Botox is the trade name for an injectable agent currently used for the treatment of wrinkles. The concept behind Botox is totally different from the technique of “filling” the wrinkle with a tissue-filling agent such as Collagen or Restylane. Botox is a muscle-paralyzing agent, which it is derived and purified from the Clostridium Botulinum Bacteria. The injection does not use or involve bacteria, only the neurotoxin it produces.

Botox interferes with the way the nerve, carrying impulses from the brain, communicates with the muscle. Thus the treated muscle cannot contract, no matter how hard one tries. If the muscle cannot contract then the skin cannot fold causing the dynamic wrinkles we see on our forehead when we frown and at the corners of our eyes when we squint. Botox does not injure the nerve or the muscle. It only causes a temporary paralysis, which will last from three to six months. The treatment consists of small injections into the muscle to be treated (usually on the forehead for the scowl lines or forehead creases, and the squint lines). There is no recovery period for this procedure, but usually takes 2-3 days to become effective.
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