BOTOX

Remove lines quickly, safely and effectively with BOTOX

You want to look your best and control the appearance of lines, furrows and wrinkles. BOTOX® can smooth the lines that make you appear tired, angry, worried or stressed when you actually feel fine. By balancing muscle activity, we can soften your appearance to one of calm confidence, and reduce fine lines caused from squinting and sun exposure, as well as shape and raise your eyebrows. BOTOX can help you look relaxed while maintaining all degrees of expression.

BOTOX Can Give You:

• Reduced mid-forehead furrows and frown lines
• Shapely and lifted eyebrows
• Smoothed crow's feet and fine lines under the eyes
• Lifted corners of the mouth
• Softened lip lines as well as increased fullness of the upper lip
• Reduced neck bands and lines

Make sure it's genuine BOTOX

Dr. Arlette in Calgary only uses BOTOX Cosmetic produced by Allergan Inc. This is the only product currently approved for cosmetic treatment of hyperfunctional lines in Canada. BOTOX is the most popular cosmetic procedure in North America, due to its success in treating wrinkles at their origin by softening over-active facial muscles. A BOTOX treatment takes only minutes and is exceptionally safe. Side effects of this cosmeceutical are minimal, results are noticed within days and the benefits last for months.

Background of BOTOX Cosmetic

BOTOX® has been safely used by doctors since the 1980s. BOTOX Cosmetic has been approved for treatment of facial wrinkles since 2001, and BOTOX is also used as an effective treatment for armpit sweating. BOTOX Calgary treatments relax muscles that cause wrinkles allowing a smoothing in the appearance of frown lines and crow's feet.

More about BOTOX

BOTOX is the registered trademark of Allergan Inc. BOTOX (botulinum toxin Type A) for a purified natural protein produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum. This protein toxin blocks nerve impulses to muscles leaving them no longer able to contract. When BOTOX is injected into specific muscles that cause facial lines, the action of frowning is stopped and the wrinkles soften, relax and fade.

BOTOX® safety

The safety of BOTOX® has been demonstrated over the last 20 years in millions of treatments of adults and children for problems ranging from lazy eye to cerebral palsy to skin enhancement. BOTOX® was approved for cosmetic therapy in 2001, both in Canada and the U.S. Pregnant or breast-feeding women and those with special nerve disorders are not treated with BOTOX®.

BOTOX® treatment

The wrinkle injection treatment itself only takes a matter of minutes and is carried out with a very tiny needle. Some patients will notice minor and temporary discomfort at the site of the injection. The effects of a BOTOX® treatment begin to appear in two to three days with complete results in seven days. The benefits last for three to four months, after which time the treated muscles will gradually regain their activity. When the lines start to reappear, a simple repeat treatment will maintain desired results.

BOTOX® side effects

As with any injection, there can be temporary swelling, redness, bruising, headache or discomfort. Depending on the area to be treated, there may be some specific cautions that will be reviewed with the patient. Occasionally, uneven or incomplete responses can be seen with BOTOX®, but all of the known side effects are temporary and resolve within a few weeks.