Administered by ophthalmologist Dr. Robert Scott, BOTOX® Cosmetic™ takes just a few short minutes. The wrinkle-smoothing result can be seen within days, and can last for 3-4 months. It’s the simple, non-invasive treatment that is revolutionizing the science of creating more relaxed, refreshed looking faces.
Today, thousands of patients have discovered the beauty of BOTOX® Cosmetic™ injections in helping them, look as good as they feel.
Like most people, you find that looking as good as you possibly can is a real confidence booster. But that doesn’t mean wanting to look eighteen again. Or having a face that’s so unnaturally smooth and tight that it looks frozen.
In fact, you don’t mind having a few lines that express the character and vitality in your face. Some lines, however, like the vertical frown lines between your brows, can make you look angrier and more stressed than you actually are. Making you look perpetually tired, even when you’re well rested.
The good news is that you can have a face that better reflects the way you feel inside. That’s because there is a truly exciting option, a simple, non-surgical and safe way to help smooth out frown lines in minutes. It’s called BOTOX® Cosmetic™ and people like you are raving over it’s subtle, natural looking results.
BOTOX® has long been a trusted therapeutic choice for non-cosmetic use. Over 10 yeas ago, the Canadian Government approved BOTOX® (Botulinum toxin type A) for the treatment of ophthalmic disorders associated with muscle over activity such as misalignment of the eyes and contractions of the eyelids.
Since then, it has also received approval to relieve a variety of conditions involving hyperactive muscles including most recently, cerebral palsy in children. Its effectiveness in enabling these patients to resume normal, everyday activity is astonishing, and there are minimal side effects, all of which are temporary and reversible.
Like many medical advances, the wrinkle- smoothing properties of BOTOX® were discovered by inquisitive physicians. One such physician, a Canadian ophthalmologist, using injections of BOTOX® to treat her patients, noticed how it helped to smooth away the lines around their eyes. Following 10 more years of research and development. A remarkable new cosmetic treatment was born. In April 2001, BOTOX® cosmetic was cleared for use in Canada for patients with glabellar (frown) lines.
Repeated muscular contractions such as frowning and squinting form lines known as dynamic wrinkles. BOTOX® Cosmetic™ works by relaxing the muscles that cause dynamic wrinkles giving the face a more relaxed and refreshed appearance. The procedure is so simple and quick that patients can often have it done on their lunch hour.
How well accepted has BOTOX® Cosmetic™ become? According to the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, BOTOX® Cosmetic™ is the most popular non-surgical procedure in North America, used by more than 500,000 women and men like you who want to take control of their appearance and look as good as they feel.