Who can use Botox?
The procedure is increasingly used as a wrinkle preventive as well as a treatment for existing wrinkles. It can be appropriately used in people from 18 years and up with realistic expectations. People who cannot use Botox include pregnant and breastfeeding women. No cases of damage to unborn or breastfed babies have been recorded, but because no trials have been carried out it is a matter of prudence not to treat such people. Other people who should not use, or will not benefit from, Botox include those with neurological diseases such as myasthenia gravis and Parkinson’s disease. People with local skin disorders or infections are not recommended to use Botox. If you are using blood thinning medications such as Warfarin or Heparin you are at a far higher risk of bruising from the injection. Side effects As with any medical intervention there are possible side effects. Beneficial side effects which have been reported include a reduction in tension headaches and facial sweating. In the pe
