Today, most people desire to be the most beautiful version of themselves, both inside and out. As much as we love to age gracefully, time tends to catch up with us, resulting in wrinkles and forehead lines that impact our facial appearance and confidence. We understand such situations at Bentley Skincare & Wellness & Wellness in Springfield, MO. As such, we offer Botox Springfield MO treatment to minimize wrinkles and smoothen the overlying lines.
Botox Springfield MO is an injectable drug that weakens or paralyzes muscles, reducing muscle contraction. It’s used in small doses to reduce skin wrinkles and treat other medical conditions. The treatment may be used almost everywhere on your face to give you a more youthful and refreshed look. Let’s explore some of the uses/places for this treatment.
Where Can Botox Be Used?
1. Frown Lines
Frown lines (glabella lines) are verticle creases that appear between the eyebrows, making you look upset, tired, or angry. Botulinum toxin is very effective in this area, reducing the depth of these lines and smoothing them out for a rejuvenated and more relaxed appearance.
Supposing the glabella lines are deep-set, our experienced practitioner is likely to recommend a combined treatment with both Botulinum toxin and fillers. This is a highly effective way to fill and smooth the area, giving you more satisfactory results.
2. Forehead lines
Forehead lines are also known as forehead wrinkles or surprise lines. They are horizontal creases that grace the top of your face and move with your expressions. Forehead muscles are constantly used; hence they are one of the first facial features to show signs of aging.
Forehead wrinkles are hard to hide, making them one of the most common areas for Botox Springfield MO. If you start seeing traces in your late 20s or 30s, it’s best to consider the treatment immediately to achieve the best possible results. The treatment of wrinkles in this area is simple and quick and requires no anesthesia; its effects may last up to 6 months.
3. Bunny Lines
These are the creases that appear on either side of your nose when crinkled. They spread from the bridge of your nose and may extend to the lower eyelid. For example, they form when we smell or sniff something.
Careful placement of anti-wrinkle injections at either side of the nose may reduce the appearance of bunny lines. However, an experienced practitioner must administer the injections to help avoid unwanted effects on other facial muscles. For example, your smile may be affected if they are not carried out correctly.
4. Hooded Eyes
Brows are well supported on younger faces, and their position above the eye remains high. Nevertheless, they begin to drop when we grow older, giving the eyelid a “hooded” appearance and causing horizontal folds in the surrounding skin.
“Botox facelift” or “chemical browlift” is the treatment that’s used to correct the hooded eyes. It’s an advanced technique used to lift the eyebrows, giving you the desired shape. However, it’s essential to use the treatment sparingly in this area to prevent the recognizable overarched, “surprised” look.
5. Crow’s Feet
The presence of crow’s feet when you are not laughing or smiling is often associated with aging. These are fine lines that extend from the corners of your eyes. These small, fine lines do not amuse most people because it gives away their advancing age.
Botulinum toxin injections work exceptionally well to ease these lines, giving you a more youthful look. The anti-aging injectables alleviate drooping eyelids, an effect that can make your eyes appear smaller. It is, on that account, one of the most popular areas for the treatment.
6. Tear Troughs
A tear trough is a deep crease between the upper cheek and the lower eyelid (under the eyes). Most people think tear troughs make them look older since they cast a shadow below the eyes, resulting in a tired appearance. It’s possible to clear these under-eye wrinkles using Botulinum toxin Injections.
However, this area requires optimal caution because the muscle that partially controls the lower eyelid is the same muscle that doctors inject. Supposing too much is used or the injection is placed incorrectly, the lower eyelid is likely to drop. You don’t need to worry because, with our experienced practitioner, you are in good hands.
7. Smoker’s Lines
Also known as perioral lines, the fine lines around the mouth become more apparent with cigarette smoking or age. Smoker’s lines appear when you purse your lips and fan out into the surrounding skin. You don’t have to smoke to have smoker’s lines.
Many muscles around this area are used to smile and other facial expressions. A minimal amount of Botulinum toxin may improve your mouth’s corners and smile. The treatment must be done in the hands of an experienced doctor, or else the wrong technique may cause problems using your lips.
8. Jawline and Neck
Wrinkles and lines develop on the neck as we age due to several factors, including genetics, weakened collagen, effects of gravity on the skin, and overworked muscles. Botulinum toxin can be used to smooth the neck in a treatment called “Nefertiti lift,” it relaxes two types of lines around the neck. Horizon creases occur naturally with the aging process and can be reduced by injecting small amounts above and below the wrinkles wherever they appear.
Vertical creases tend to affect people who love exercising. They develop rope-like vertical bands on the neck known as Blatysmal Bands, which are more visible when speaking or smiling. The platysma muscles trigger these bands, and they build up over the years through straining, eating, and jawline tension.
9. Jaw Angle/Masseter Muscle
An enlarged masseter muscle may result from prolonged jaw clenching, teeth grinding, and jaw clenching, known as bruxism. Bruxism happens subconsciously, often during sleep. Sleep conditions, like sleep apnoea and snoring, have been linked to incidences of bruxism, including stress.
It can be purely a cosmetic concern since the face becomes wider or may cause pain in the TM joint (chewing joint). If Botox Springfield MO is injected into this muscle, it will relax, making a face look slimmer. It will also help with bruxism and TM joint pain.
10. Gummy Smile
One of the most defining characteristics of a person’s face is their smile. However, when it displays features that are considered unappealing, the smile may cause social difficulties. Supposing you have a “gummy smile” or an excessive gingival display, then you might be feeling self-conscious about how your smile looks.
Many orthodontists and dentists offer treatments to relieve a gummy smile, but most of these procedures are surgical and are very invasive and expensive. Anyway, you don’t have to worry; with two or more injections on either side of your mouth, we can relax the muscles on your face that cause the gummy smile. Your lips can begin to cover up the gums, creating a more aesthetically appealing smile.
11. Droopy Corners of the Mouth (Frown Smile)
Do people think that you look sad when in reality, you are not? It may be because of droopy mouth corners, giving an upside-down smile, or a frown smile. One of the contributing factors can be over-activity of the muscle called DOA (Depressor Anguli Oris).
If a carefully calculated amount of a neuromodulator is injected into that area, it will help relax the muscle. Also, it will bring the corner of the mouth into a more neutral position. If volume loss contributes to this problem, we may also use fillers.
12. Lip Borders
As we grow older, we slowly lose some of the lip’s volume, including loss of lip border definition. If you desire a fuller lip yet are not ready for fillers, you may consider lip pop. Botox Springfield MO lip pop is an effective treatment designed to give you that sexy, fuller, pouty lip that every woman wants.
13. Puckered Chin
Puckered or dimpled chin occurs due to an overactive mentalis with aging. This effect is exacerbated by bone or tissue loss and sun exploration. Botulinum toxin may relax these muscles, hence smoothing and reducing the overall dimpled impact resulting in a beautiful, youthful chin.
Get a More Youthful Look
Botox successfully minimizes the signs of aging in the above areas. If you notice wrinkles in any of these areas, this treatment may be the answer for you. Also, the injection can prevent wrinkles because it keeps you from making the expressions that form them.
These injections are considered safe and are often seen as quick and effective in achieving a natural-looking, youthful face. However, getting treatment from someone who is not qualified may do more harm than good. Get in touch with us today at Bentley Skincare & Wellness & Wellness in Springfield, MO, to confirm if you’re a good candidate for Botulinum toxin.