Benefits of using Botox

The benefits of Botox injections have made them a popular cosmetic treatment. Botox treatments can give the face a younger, revitalized appearance. Our aesthetic physicians at the Athenaeum Spa in Malta will take years off you!

As we age, the effects of time, gravity and stress begin to show on our faces and bodies. Skin begins to lose its elasticity, leading to facial lines and wrinkles. Some of the most common problem areas include the areas on the forehead, around the eyes and around the mouth. Botox is actually a bacterium-based toxin derived from botulinum toxin type A. While it can be dangerous or fatal in a pure state, its use in Botox helps relax facial muscles and smooth lines.

IIn addition to smoothing out current lines and wrinkles, regular use of Botox can also help prevent future facial lines. Every time you raise your eyebrows, squint your eyes or frown, your facial muscles create skin wrinkling. Over time, these wrinkles can become permanent. By relaxing muscles with Botox, these creases become less prominent and less likely to develop into much deeper wrinkles.

Botox is also effective when used after a surgical procedure such as a forehead lift , facelift , or eyelid surgery . It can be used in combination with a forehead lift to eradicate residual lines or wrinkles, located between the eyebrows that may still be present after the procedure. Finally with eyelid surgery, which primarily adjusts the lower fat pads under the eye, Botox can eliminate crow's feet that may still be present after the procedure. This is a safe and effective treatment and is on offer at the Athenaeum Spa in Malta.

“Dynamic wrinkles,” or wrinkles caused by facial expression and muscle movement, are especially prevalent in the area around the eyes. The treatment effectively reduces or eliminates crow's feet and other wrinkles around the eyes. Since Botox injections only affect muscle nerves, not nerves of sensation, patients do not experience a loss of feeling in the treated area.

Smiling, laughing, and frowning can all result in permanent wrinkling of the brow. Removing wrinkles from the area between the eyes can dramatically change a person's appearance from one of continual anger or sadness to one of contentment and restfulness.

As people age, the muscles used to form facial expressions create permanent creases in the skin. In areas such as the forehead, where horizontal wrinkles tend to form, the BOTOX® benefits are particularly valuable. Once you have received your Botox treatment, the muscles that ordinarily cause wrinkles and lines to appear in the forehead are no longer as active for a period of several months.

Recently, doctors have discovered a new Botox benefit: Patients with oversized masseter muscles, the muscles of the jaw used for chewing, can be treated with BOTOX® injections. Many patients with square-shaped faces want a non-surgical option to give them the oval face shape they desire. There is virtually no recovery time necessary; you can resume your normal activities immediately after treatment.