Botox is a toxic agent, but it is used in such minute dosage that there is not evidence of any adverse reaction. Botox® has been used for the last 20 years to treat patients with numerous muscular diseases such as blepharospasm associated with dystonia. It is also used "off label" for a variety of more prevalent conditions that include migraine headache, chronic low back pain, stroke, traumatic brain injury, cerebral palsy, achalasia, and various dystonias.913 The drug is well accepted in the medical arena.
In facial Aesthetics, when botox is injected into frown and wrinkle lines, it causes the muscles to relax to such an extent that they loose the capacity to frown. It is particularly suitable in the forehead and between the eyes where results can be particularly good, In other areas of the face, however, the results can lead to a loss of expression.
Dermal Fillers are used to put back volume in the skin and to sculpt certain areas of the face such as the lips and deep lines on the face. Whereas Botox® relaxes or temporarily incapacitates certain muscle of the face, which tends to give us an angry disturbed look.
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