BOTOX - The only Temporary Wrinkle Solution
By Harald Anderson

Botox has made a huge splash in the health and beauty market
because of its ability to erase and minimize wrinkles. The
stunning success of the BOTOX solution has had beauty
enthusiasts lining up to receive their wrinkle treatments. Are
botox treatments safe? After all BoTOX is a protein toxin
produced by clostridium botulinum bacteria. This is the first
cousin to the deadly botulism bacteria.

Botox has been safely used by opthamoligists for over a decade
without any serious side effects being reported. This drug has
actually been around since the early 1960’s. Originally it was
used as a treatment for crossed eyes. The manner in which botox
works is that it is injected into the muscle where the wrinkles
appear. When the botox is injected into the muscle the frown
lines, crow’s feet and laugh lines temporarily disappear. I
stress the use of the word “temporary” because a botox treatment
normally lasts about 3 to 6 months. Botox treatments were
approved by the Food and Drug Administration as a treatment of
muscles that produce frown lines.

Botox injections have quickly become the fastest growing
cosmetic procedure and are anticipated to be used on over 4.5
million patients in 2006. They are more popular than breast
augmentation. Current botox patients report that after several
treatments that the effects of this wrinkle cure last much
longer. It is important to note that Botox is ineffective for
fine wrinkles because fine wrinkles do not appear because of
facial expression caused by facial muscles.
On the flipside, the one negative of botox treatments is a
slight and temporary drooping of the eyelid. At the present time
this appears to be the most important side effect of botox
treatment.

While botox has been safely used by millions of patients, it is
recommended that pregnant women, or women who are breastfeeding
their babies as well as patients suffering from neurologic
disease should never use botox.

Botox treatments do not work for everyone. However, over 90% of
patients who have been surveyed are extremely happy with this
procedure. This temporary cure for wrinkles has created quite a
bit of excitement in the health and beauty field. This procedure
is administered by qualified plastic surgeons. The average cost
for a simple botox treatment is about $200 - $400 for each area
that it is applied to.

About the Author: Ricardo Sanchez Gonzalez is an active health
and beauty enthusiast and the webmaster for
http://www.more-answers-now.info He is also a botox patient who
is very enthused by the results that botox treatments bring
about.

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