What is the difference between Botox® and fillers like Restylane®?
Botox is used to weaken facial muscles to help prevent wrinkles from worsening or, in some cases, slowly improve wrinkles that are already established. Facial fillers such as Restylane or Radiesse plump deep wrinkles or folds (such as the laugh lines or frown lines) by “filling them” up to improve the facial contour. In some circumstances, facial fillers can be used to accentuate the cheeks, jaw line, and/or depressions that appear as bags under the eyes. Think of Botox as “smoothing” out wrinkles and Restylane and Radiesse as “filling” where volume is needed. Often both are prescribed for overall enhancement.
