Say Goodbye to Those Worry Lines with BOTOX

Say Goodbye to Those Worry Lines with BOTOX

Between the horizontal creases across your forehead and the deep-set crevices between your brows, your face is a veritable map of your past emotions. When you were a kid, your skin had so much elasticity and resilience that no matter how you scrunched it during a temper tantrum, or wrinkled it with joy, it always bounced back to a smooth, plump, neutral appearance.

But that doesn’t mean what your parents told you about your face “freezing” that way wasn’t true — it just took a while to happen.

Now that you’re older, years of making expressions have left an indelible mark on your face. If you long for that youthful skin and smooth complexion, you won’t find it in a jar, but you can restore it with BOTOX®.

At his plastic and cosmetic surgical practice in Rockville, Maryland, and McLean, Virginia, Frederick H. Watkins, MD, has helped hundreds of people banish their ingrained worry lines and reclaim their neutral “at-rest” look with quick and painless BOTOX treatments. Here’s how.

The science behind BOTOX

BOTOX is a refined form of a toxin that comes from a poisonous bacterium called Clostridium botulinum. It was discovered during an outbreak of botulism (food poisoning) in Belgium in 1895

Decades of research and testing revealed that, while large quantities could paralyze a person and even lead to death, a controlled and purified form could treat medical conditions, such as eye twitching, crossed eyes, and other spasmodic muscular issues. 

While testing the treatment on monkeys with strabismus (crossed eyes), scientists discovered that injections also smoothed out the creases between the monkeys’ brows, which opened the door for a wide range of cosmetic applications. 

BOTOX and cosmetic uses

There are two kinds of wrinkles: static wrinkles and dynamic wrinkles. Static wrinkles are caused by aging and environmental factors, such as gravity, sun exposure, and loss of collagen and elastin.

Dynamic wrinkles — which is what BOTOX treats — are caused by years of making repeated facial expressions. With time, the muscles that make these expressions can begin to stay in a semicontracted state, thus pushing the skin above them into wrinkles.

BOTOX causes these muscles to relax, thereby allowing the skin above them to smooth out. Among the wrinkles BOTOX can treat are the following:

When Dr. Watkins injects BOTOX into the muscles that crease your facial skin, the toxin binds to your nerves and stops them from releasing a neurotransmitter called acetylcholine. This effectively shuts down the targeted muscle’s ability to contract and crease your skin.

BOTOX results

Early applications of this method produced a “frozen” face appearance that looked stiff and expressionless, and these negative outcomes are still a possibility if you choose to receive BOTOX from an amateur administrator. 

But Dr. Watkins’ many years of experience have made him a highly sought-after BOTOX expert who delivers natural-looking, stellar results every time. 

The treatment only takes about 15-30 minutes depending on the location and size of the area to be treated, and it doesn’t hurt. Dr. Watkins numbs the area first and uses extremely thin needles for the injection. 

You’ll start to see your deep worry lines disappear in about a week, and they’ll stay away for 3-6 months, at which point you can simply pop in for a touch-up. The good news is that with regular injections, you may be able to retrain your muscles to remain relaxed, so you can taper off your BOTOX injections and still remain wrinkle-free. 

If you want to say goodbye to your worry lines, you can trust Dr. Watkins to get rid of them safely and naturally with BOTOX. To learn more about BOTOX or to discuss our full line of noninvasive, minimally invasive, and surgical cosmetic treatments, book an appointment online or over the phone with the practice of Frederick H. Watkins, MD, today.

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