Anti-Wrinkle Injections

Wrinkle relaxing injections are a safe and effective way to erase facial lines and wrinkles without surgery and no real recovery time. Ophthalmologists and neurologists have used neurotoxin injections for years, for the treatment of eye squint and nervous twitching. It acts by temporarily putting muscles to sleep.

There are a number of different options available today for the treatment of wrinkles and facial lines. They can be softened, or erased by anti-wrinkle filler injection, chemical peels, laser resurfacing, and even face/brow lifting. These procedures treat the effect of repeated usage of facial muscles, i.e. the wrinkling, skin creases and lines but not the cause.

A wrinkle relaxing injection uses a purified protein toxin produced by the clostridium botulinum bacteria. Although a toxin, there have been no serious side effects in more than 20 years of use in medicine. This is because, for the treatment described, it is used in extremely small amounts and does not spread throughout the body.

Wrinkle relaxers (anti-wrinkle injections) work by temporarily immobilising the  facial muscles, and hence suspending the cause. These facial muscles are easily identified and their movements can be minimised with the treatment of anti-wrinkle relaxer injections. The facial lines will soften or simply disappear following anti-wrinkle injections.

There are several areas of the face where wrinkle-relaxing injections are commonly used. The forehead consists of 3 main muscles (the powerful corrugator, the frontalis, and the procerus). These muscles give forehead lines, wrinkles, frowns and the anxious look. The orbicularis oculi muscles create crow's feet at the corners of the eyes.

At the angle of the mouth the depressor muscles are more active than the elevator muscles giving a “jowl” or down turned appearance. The chin may display a “cobblestone” appearance that can only be treated by neurotoxin injections.