Get Your Botox Injections Done By A Plastic Surgeon

Botox blocks signals from the nerves to the muscles, which weakens the injected muscle. This temporarily relaxes and softens the wrinkles that are caused from excessive facial muscle movement.

Strong candidates for Botox® include men and women who are healthy and want to improve the appearance of forehead creases, glabellar lines and crow’s feet without surgery. The results of Botox treatments do vary. In general, patients seeking earlier intervention and exhibiting less advanced signs of aging achieve the best results.

Botox® has been used in the medical field for more than 30 years with an excellent safety profile. It was first used to treat spasms in patients with facial paralysis and voice disorders.

Botox® is now available in multiple locations, from the mall to the dentist office. However, patients should choose a board certified facial plastic surgeon for Botox® because they are experts in the facial muscle anatomy that determine facial expression. Dr. Stong is an elite facial plastic surgeon that understands how to safely assimilate and apply this knowledge to create the most balanced, natural, and youthful look achievable using Botox.

With Botox®, in order to minimize the risk of bruising, we use the tiniest needles to place the medication specifically in the desired location while avoiding blood vessels local to the area. At Kalos, patients can benefit from an expert injector who is well trained in the facial anatomy and who uses the smallest needles possible to place the medication. This results in a much lower risk of bruising. Additionally, using very concentrated Botox® injections allows for more precise placement of the medication, avoiding migration of the medication and any consequent adverse effects on muscles in other areas of the face.

At Kalos, we use acupressure, icing, topical numbing creams and any other comfort techniques that may be necessary to provide patients with the most comfortable and pleasant experience possible.

Botox® is a fast procedure with virtually no downtime. Side effects such as minor irritation, redness or swelling at the injection site are normal and typically subside within an hour after treatment. Patients can expect results from Botox® to appear after a few days. Most importantly, patients can immediately resume their daily activities and do not need to take off from work following Botox treatment.

One thing patients need to be wary of is unrealistically inexpensive Botox found online. Some med spas and practices dilute their Botox in order to make more money and inject smaller doses than the patient is paying for. If one is not injecting the proper doses the medication will have a shorter duration of effect or no effect at all. Also, some places routinely inject smaller doses which will result in the same problem: a perception by the patient that the medication does not work for them. When in fact, all the patient needs is a standard dose to experience the desired effect.

Although it is extraordinarily uncommon, it is possible for some patients to develop an immune response to Botox®, which may reduce the effectiveness of treatment. This is because Botox® is a protein complex, and in some patients the body’s immune system may respond by producing “blocking” antibodies that can disable the protein’s biological activity. For people who are experiencing Botox® immunity or resistance, we offer Dysport as an effective alternative. Dysport is simply another brand of botulinum toxin.

The effects of Botox® typically last between three to four months. Repeated injections are necessary in order to maintain the results. Dr. Stong will determine the amount of Botox® you will need to achieve your individual goals and discuss in detail your ongoing treatment plan and the benefits to the procedure.