Will Botox Leave Me With a Frozen Face?

For most people considering Botox, the first questioned asked of their practitioner is almost always, "Will Botox leave me with a frozen face?" That's a good and pertinent question, and the best (okay, the funniest) answer to it is this: "No. That only happens to rock stars and Hollywood celebrities." Truly, you can't believe everything you read in the tabloids.

Those famous celebrities that you see in the tabloids who are suffering from frozen face syndrome may not be telling the whole truth - they may have omitted the fact that other cosmetic procedures were earlier performed (really, who wants to admit to having a couple of inches of fleshy skin hoisted up behind their ears), or that their Botox treatment was done at a so-called "Botox party" by a "doctor" dressed in designer togs who may or may not have been sipping a few (quite a few) flutes of champagne during the festivities ("this might sting just a bit... slurp!") as opposed to having their Botox treatment done in a clinical setting.

The truthful answer to that question - "Will Botox leave me with a frozen face?" - is this: Botox, in and of itself will not give a person a frozen face, provided, however, that it is properly administered by a qualified medical cosmetic doctor who is skilled in the knowledge not only of anatomy but the physiology of facial muscles. That is a mouthful of words for this simple answer: "No; not if the person knows what he or she is doing."

It is true that Botox is a paralysing agent, but a skilled practitioner will know exactly how much Botox to inject, and exactly where to inject it. It is only when the person doing the injection hasn't familiarised him or herself with the proper technique that trouble might occur. In the hands of a trained medical cosmetic doctor, the only thing that should happen to a Botox user is that they will look more natural, with smoother, less wrinkled skin.

"Will Botox leave me with a frozen face?" Not if it's done right it won't. And you can ensure that it is done right by asking your prospective cosmetic doctor some questions about their experience and training. Also, ask to see before and after photographs of some of their other patients who have undergone the Botox treatment. The answers to your questions should leave you feeling satisfied and confident that you have made the right choice. And the photographs should confirm it.

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Botox to Manage Underarm Sweating

Have you ever considered Botox to manage your underarm sweating? No? Lucky you. "Why lucky?" you may wonder. Well, two reasons come to mind: 1) Lucky, because you probably never heard of axillary hyperhidrosis (because if you had, you'd be looking for a solution for it, and 2) lucky because you just found your solution to axillary hyperhidrosis, a condition that you're probably all too familiar with.

Axillary Hyperhidrosis is the medical terminology for a condition that in simple terminology is excessively sweaty armpits. Everyone sweats; that's a fact of life. It is how the body cools down and maintains a normal temperature. Certain external factors contribute to increases in sweating - the foods you eat, the amount of stress you are under, the weather conditions - but for people not afflicted, a regular underarm anti-perspirant is perfectly adequate.

Unfortunately, for individuals with axillary hyperhidrosis, everything seems to contribute to excessive sweating - some of these poor people are sweating even as they come out of the shower, for pity's sake. Even more unfortunate, for these individuals, a simple anti-perspirant is wholly inadequate; even in a prescription-strength anti-perspirant, these temporary measures all fail to provide relief for any length of time.

What can and does provide relief for sufferers of axillary hyperhidrosis is Botox to manage underarm sweating. Botox is an FDA-approved injectable medication that effectively paralyses the muscles. You're probably more familiar with Botox as a facial wrinkle-reducer; it is popular and successful because it relaxes the muscles that create the wrinkles and creases. Doctors realised several years ago that Botox could be used to treat other areas of the body.

In simple terms, what happens when Botox is injected into the armpit is that the nerve endings can't send word to the sweat glands that they should switch into maximum over-drive. No communication between nerve endings and sweat glands, no sweat.

Several injections of Botox are needed to manage underarm sweating enough to reduce sweat output - in some individuals by more than 50%. The number and location of the injections will vary from person to person,as this is dependent on the size of the sweat- producing area of your armpits.

You will feel some discomfort, but the needles are tiny when compared to the larger ones used for 'flu shots and such, and it is only inserted a few millimetres beneath the skin.

You will need more Botox injections to manage your underarm sweating after about four months, as its effectiveness has usually worn off by then.

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