Botox - The Procedure

Botox® injections are not surgery and are simple office procedures that take but a few minutes. Often, 'dots' of numbing cream are first placed to decrease the sensation of the small needlestick. While Botox® can be injected into any muscle with resultant paralysis, it appears to be most effective for:

• forehead/brow furrowing or wrinkling
• periorbital wrinkling (lines that encircle the eyes)
• neck banding (vertical necks bands)

While it has been used in many other facial areas, the beneficial effects of paralyzing other facial muscles has not yet been completely determined.

The injections are done with a very small needle that is similar is size to that when one gets a TB test. A small wheal or area of redness persists in the injection site for a few hours but one shortly has no signs of having had facial injections.