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Many Botox users are terrified that their faces will become dramatically wrinkled if they stop using the treatment. This is just not the case.
"If you do too much Botox on your forehead for many, many years, the muscles will get weaker and flatter," cautions Wexler, adding that the skin can also appear thinner and looser. Moreover, as your muscles become weaker, they can start to recruit surrounding muscles when you make facial expressions.
The fear for some people is that once they stop using the Botox, the wrinkles will actually be worse than they were previously. There is definitely not that case and you can expect the wrinkles to return to exactly as they were prior to treatment.
Once Botox wears off, wrinkles begin to reappear again and do not become worse after the treatment. However, since you have become used to smoother skin and a youthful appearance, it might come as a shock when the Botox wears off.
If you stop BOTOX treatments after many years of regular injections, the only effect will be that your wrinkles will return, albeit a bit more slowly than if you had not been using BOTOX. It's true: Even after you stop, you will still look younger than you would have if you had never been injected.
Your BOTOX results will start to wear off after about 3 to 6 months, with a gradual return of movement. This is usually a good time to schedule a follow-up treatment to refresh your look.
One case that may lead to Botox actually accelerating skin aging is if a patient starts treatment too early and too much. Because facial muscles, collagen production, and skin structure overall weaken with age, consistent freezing of your muscles can make them weaker and thinner.
When people see lines forming after BOTOX wears off, they assume treatment made their wrinkles worse. Actually, your face simply returns back to its natural state. No new wrinkles or lines are ever caused by these injections.
“Your skin will still look younger, smoother with softer wrinkles as the muscle itself will have weakened over time.” She continued, “You will still look much younger than you would have if you hadn't gotten injected, but you will be at risk of getting wrinkles again as the effect of Botox wears off in 3 to 6 months.”
Avoid restricting your facial area
Because most Botox treatments involve the facial area, it is important that you do not restrict your face. After Botox treatments, the facial area needs to breathe so that the treatment can work properly.
“When an area of the face is frozen with absolutely no wrinkles, you can assume the person has had a date with a needle.” "When you look at a photo and see an area of the face that is extremely smooth and shiny," Rusher says, "that can be an indicator that the person may have had Botox."
Although fans may be convinced that Kardashian's facial features and body appearance have drastically changed over the years (and that she may have undergone more than she says), Botox in her forehead and neck and laser treatments are all she has confessed to getting.
Daxxify (daxibotulinumtoxinA-lanm) is the first Botox alternative that is free of human albumin or animal-based components, and it was FDA-approved in September 2022. It is also the longest-lasting of all the cosmetic injectable wrinkle treatments, lasting for 6 months in most people and 9 months in some.
Dysport (abobotulinumtoxinA)
While just as effective as Botox, the molecules in Dysport are smaller than the molecules in Botox. Smaller molecules allow Dysport to work faster than Botox.
Again, there's no hard and fast rule about when you should start Botox, but earlier than your mid-20s is probably too early. Certain wrinkles are often genetic, so once you start noticing fine lines that mimic what you see in your older relatives, you might seek treatment.
People of any age can get treatment with Botox, and it is regularly used on people between the ages of 25 and 50 particularly.
First, he said, "a patient needs to understand that using Botox to alleviate all wrinkles will have negative effects such as separating and lowering the brows." Maercks called this the “the Botox V deformity" and it's what causes many people who get Botox to look surprised, he said.
There's No Difference. Your patient may not be showing any “bad” side effects such as Spock brows, ptosis, facial asymmetry, or a frozen expression, but if they look the same even after they have had Botox, then it means the treatment didn't work as intended.
The skin becomes supple, and the signs of aging disappear. Overall, the skin looks healthier, vibrant, and plump. In fact, in many before and after Botox session photographs, you can distinctly make out the difference in which the face looks more taut and fresh.
“In my experience, many patients just require fewer units over time because their facial muscles are less dynamic and thus require less,” Dr. Schaffer said. Despite its impermanence, “bad” Botox can last for months, making it risky for your self-esteem.
So in summary, us men don't really notice too much, so you can be rest assured that if you want to keep your botox a secret from your husband, you can do.
Botox causes paralysis of the forehead muscles that lead to wrinkles, resulting in the forehead wrinkles disappearing. Once these disappear, the face becomes smoother, leading to a shiny or glowing appearance that is perfectly normal.