What’s the difference between Botox and a filler?
Botox works by blocking the release of a chemical, acetylcholine, that is necessary for muscles to contract. Several small injections are made into muscles that cause lines and wrinkles to appear. By relaxing these muscles that cause the frown lines, forehead lines, or crows’ feet, these lines and wrinkles are eliminated or softened. A filler, on the other hand, “plumps-up” folds, lines, and wrinkles, but does not relaxed the muscles that cause them. Fillers are generally injected into the dermis or just beneath the dermis while Botox is injected directly into the muscles causing lines and wrinkles. Until now there’s been nothing better than Botox to temporarily reduce wrinkles. In fact Botox has been the number one non-surgical cosmetic procedure many years. According to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, over 4 million Botox procedures were performed last year. The new wrinkle to fight aging is Dysport which was FDA approved July 1, 2009. Like botox, when it inhibits facial mu
