ARE Botulinum Toxin Type A TREATMENTS SAFE?
The safety profile is considered to be excellent. It has been used for patients with various conditions for over 20 years in over 60 countries. There can be a slight drooping of an eyelid or eyebrow following the treatment but this is temporary, lasting 1 to 2 weeks and is rare. HOW DOES IT WORK? Facial expressions occur when the brain sends a signal to a muscle tissue. Treatment blocks impulses from the nerve to the tiny facial muscles that are related to expression lines. This relaxes the muscles to stop them contracting, leaving the overlying skin smooth and unwrinkled. It works only on the specific muscles injected leaving surrounding muscles to function as usual, producing normal facial expression without the wrinkles. WHAT IS THE TREATMENT LIKE? Botulinum Toxin Type A is diluted with saline and injected very precisely into several locations. Associated pain is minimal, many patients describing it as an ant bite sting for a few seconds. The treatment takes around 15 minutes depend
