You may think Botox simply freezes a few muscles in your face and that's the end of it until it's time for your next injection; however, there's actually a lot more to Botox than that. Especially if you've never had this treatment and are considering injections, it's important to know these additional benefits and how they may have a positive influence on your beautiful face:
1. Botox May Stimulate Your Skin's Natural Elasticity
Your skin loses its ability to bounce back or recoil from movement over time, but injections may give some of that elasticity back. When the skin is tightened, as is the case following the introduction of Botox, its reflexes become more taut again, affording it the ability to recoil quicker. This is a difference you should notice right away and similar to the effects seen with other treatments, such as radio frequency skin tightening, although with injections, the process is much faster and doesn't involve heat or pain.
2. It Helps Detoxify The Surface Of Your Skin
The importance of detoxification applies to your insides and your outsides, and if you have exfoliated your face recently, you've seen what a difference removal of old, dead skin cells can make. With decreased movement (of your facial muscles), there's going to be a decrease in the amount of cellular waste and toxins on the surface of your skin, giving the Botox treatment a natural antioxidant side-effect. Those pesky toxins can degrade your skin's youthfulness by damaging or inhibiting collagen and elastin, both of which are needed for healthy, glowing skin that bounces back.
Ask your dermatologist how often you should exfoliate and through what means, based on your use of cosmetics, pollution in your area and other variables, in order to achieve your healthiest and most attractive complexion.
3. Botox Injections Give Your Skin Cells The Opportunity To Relax
Whether you're precociously winking at someone you adore or laughing your way through a fantastic comedy film, your face and all its 43 muscles are in constant motion and that means stretching and straining on the cellular level. Eventually, and as you know, if you aren't still a kid in college, facial expressions can lead to permanent expressions of wrinkles, but that's also something Botox may help you with.
Since the injections cause a stillness within the facial muscles, your skin has a chance to relax and avoid all the motion that contributes to more wrinkles.
4. Botox Can Help You Fight Acne
At any age, acne is a menace, but if you're also trying to battle Father Time while simultaneously fending off breakouts, your plight is far more difficult. Since Botox injections in strategic places and amounts can effectively limit oil production on your face, you gain an immediate advantage in your quest to combat acne caused by excess oil.
Carefully discuss your options for using Botox with this dual purpose, though, as not every area on your face producing too much oil is a good site for an injection. Oil-induced acne is most commonly treated through this method on the forehead area. If that's where you need the youthful boost, you're likely going to be doubly pleased by the results.
5. Sweating Should Decrease
While sweating isn't something most people enjoy talking about, it happens to everybody. Especially if you are more prone to sweating, have been diagnosed with hyperhidrosis, or simply like to cram a workout into your lunch hour, sweating can be brutal on makeup. To worsen the situation, water or sweat-proof cosmetics often contain a chemical called Prime Yellow Carnauba Wax, which can be irritating, even leading to dry-eye syndrome if you apply a lot of mascara containing the wax. Fortunately, when you use Botox, the nerve messaging system which tells your glands to sweat is slowed or shut down, meaning you're going to sweat a lot less. Less sweating should also mean you don't need to touch-up your face as often. Doctors actually use Botox to treat hyperhidrosis because it's that effective; however, regular injections for improved skin appearance should yield similar results for you.
Overall, Botox injections do a lot more than just take a few years off your appearance, which, in and of itself is amazing. From stimulating the production of important proteins — collagen and elastin — to improving the healthy glow of your complexion, there are numerous ways these injections can help you to be more beautiful.