Botox: It’s Not Just For Your Forehead!

By this point in the cosmetic skincare game, you’ve likely heard enough about Botox for smoothing out fine lines and wrinkles on your face plenty.

But did you know that it’s not just your face that can reap the benefits of Botox? Here at Green Dermatology & Cosmetic Center, we’re always looking for cutting-edge ways to help you look and feel your best, which is why we want to introduce you to all of the other ways Botox can boost your sense of being.

Botox, a common treatment that injects a prescription medicine into the facial muscles to give patients a more relaxed look, is a simple, painless and nonsurgical procedure that has been popular with both men and women for years — and it is one done often here at Green Dermatology & Cosmetic Center, a Deerfield Beach dermatologist office offering the best skin care treatments and skin care products.

More than just one of the best anti-aging treatments that improve frown lines between the brows smooths out wrinkles around the eyes, and lessens lines on the forehead, Botox has some surprisingly useful therapeutic uses as well. This injection treatment has been on the market for nearly 30 years now, and while it is definitely popular for cosmetic use on the face, it can also be used to banish neck and chin wrinkles and control severe underarm/hand/feet sweating.

Dr. Green, a Dermatologist in Deerfield Beach, is here to help bring comfort to his patients who are looking for relief from these skin woes. Botox’s most significant use is for smoothing out wrinkles — but wrinkles don’t just occur on the face. They can pop up on the neck and chin, as well. Once Botox has been applied, it blocks the nerve receptors and prevents the nerve impulses from making its way to the muscle, resulting in a controlled relaxation, or “temporary paralysis” of certain muscles that minimizes wrinkles and muscle lines. The specific muscle targeted to get rid of neck wrinkles is the platysma, which plays a large role in how the neck looks as people age — and cause that “turkey gobbler” look. When your doctor administers Botox to this area, it relaxes and softens the neck. As for the chin, these wrinkles are usually fine and shallow, which makes them very easy to pinpoint and treat with Botox, which will stop the movement of the chin and allow the creases to soften over time until they completely disappear.

In 2004, the FDA approved Botox for severe underarm sweating, which means those who just can’t seem to control their sweating even with prescription antiperspirants could finally find relief. This condition is medically referred to as Hyperhidrosis, which can also occur in the hands and feet. As mentioned above, Botox stops the release of acetylcholine, which also has the ability to temporarily block the nerves that stimulate sweating.

There is one additional area that Dr. Green treats with Botox for that technology is on the face, but might not be the first thing you think of when it comes to this treatment: the lips. Using Botox around the lips can provide various cosmetic benefits and improvements, such as getting rid of creases in the upper and lower lip area, elevating the corners of the mouth, and removing marionette lines (the lines that run downwards from the corners of the mouth).

When it comes to Botox, Dr. Green provides the best skincare procedure to help alleviate you from the conditions listed above. He recommends having Botox re-done every 4-6 months in order to maintain your desired results. In and around Boca Raton, cosmetic skin care is popular among its residents. If you’re looking for an ideal place to have Botox done, visit us at Green Dermatology & Cosmetic Center. All it takes is one phone call to , or click of a button, to schedule an appointment.

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