Treatments

BONT-A (BOTULINUM TOXIN TYPE A)

Botox® (Onabotulinum A), Xeomin® (Incobotulinum A) and Dysport® (Abobotulinum A)

Botulinum toxin type A is an injectable medicine that is used to treat a variety of therapeutic and cosmetic conditions. Currently, there are 3 Botulinum Toxin Type A’s that are FDA approved; Botox®, Dysport®, and Xeomin®. Injectable Aesthetics use both Botox® and Xeomin® only.

Glabellar Complex

– Botox injected “in between the brows.” This is the most commonly asked for area by patients. Vertical lines in between the brow commonly known as “11’s,” can be bothersome and unsightly.

Forehead Lines

– Horizontal lines across the forehead that are caused by raising the eyebrows. Botox in this area helps to relax the brow’s upward pull, creating less lines on the forehead.

Crows Feet

– By placing Botox into the muscle that surronds the eye, softening or elimination of the lines around the eye can be seen.

Suborbital or Under Eye

– Small amounts of Botox can be placed under the eye to help soften fine lines or minimize the “jelly roll” or fat pad that forms under the eye when smiling. This procedure also helps to open eye aperture when smiling.

Brow Lift

– Botox into the three brow depressor muscles (or muscles that function to pull the brow down) can create a 2-3mm lift of the eyebrows. This is great for patients with “deep set” eyes or those with “hooded eyes.”

Bunny Lines

– Often times, after several treatments of Botox in between the brows, “bunny lines” or horizontal lines across the bridge of the nose begin to form. Treatment with Botox to this area relaxes the nasalis muscle, thereby softening or removing the lines.

Gummy smile

– Patient’s who show a large amount of gum tissue above their teeth when smiling, can use Botox to help show less gum when smiling. By placing Botox into the muscle that elevates the upper lip, the upper lip actually lowers, creating a less “gummy” smile.

Perioral Lines (aka Smoker Lines)

– Lines above the lip can be caused from smoking, heredity, or drinking out of straws. These lines can be softened or eliminated by placing Botox into the muscle that surrounds the lips. By softening the pull of this muscle, the lines improve as well as prevent new lines from forming.

Eversion or “rolling out” of the upper lip

– By placing Botox into the border of the lip, the lip actually rolls up, causing the upper lip to look fuller. As we age, the upper lip has a tendency to roll down and lose volume. This procedure helps flip the lip back up, into the position it once was in when the patient was younger.

Downturned Mouth

–Botox can be placed into the muscle that acts to pull the corners of the mouth down. This is generally done in combination with filler for optimal results, but can be done alone. This not only helps to raise the corners of the mouth, but also works to make filler last longer in this area.

Pebbly Chin or “Orange Peel” Chin

– By placing Botox into the muscle located in the chin, it helps to soften the skin of the chin, creating a more smooth appearance.

Nefertiti Lift

– The Goddess of Nefertiti was known for her long flawless neck. By placing Botox into the muscle that draws the jowls and neck down, the neck can look rejuvenated and the jawline can look more defined. This procedure works best on patients with mild to moderate skin laxity of the neck.

Clenching or Grinding of the Teeth

– By placing Botox into the largest “chewing muscle,” the symptoms such as headaches, jaw soreness, and pain can be alleviated. The jawline often appears square in patients who suffer from TMD or bruxism due to their constant grinding and clenching. By placing Botox into the Massetter muscle, the muscle atrophies, causing the jawline to taper in.

Axillary Hyperhydrosis

– Excessing sweating under the arms often causes unsightly sweat stains on shirts, and can be quite embarrassing. By placing Botox under the arms, the sweat glands no longer can hyperfunction, causing less sweat.

Filler

Cheeks Augmentation

– As we age, we lose volume or fat in the mid face. By placing filler into the cheeks, we are able to restore the volume loss and give a lifting appearance to the face.

Temples

– Often times due to extreme weight loss or age related changes in the face, we lose volume in the temple area, causing our appearance to look gaunt. By replacing the volume in this area, we make the face look younger.

Nasolabial Folds

– the line that runs from the corner of the nose to the edge of the mouth. By placing filler into this line, you can soften or at times, completely remove the presence of the line at rest.

Marionette Lines/Oral Commissures

– These are the lines that are present at the corners of the mouth and run downward to the edge of the jawline. These lines are often deep and cause the corners of the mouth to turn down. By placing filler in this area, we are able to lift the corners of the mouth and soften the line that is present at rest.

Smile Lines

– Lines that form on the outside of the mouth, caused from smiling. These lines can be treated very superficially, allowing us to soften them while at rest. However, smile lines are typically present when animating, and filler generally does not take them away when smiling.

Lip Augmentation

– As we age we tend to lose the volume in the lip. This procedure is great for restoring lost volume, or also for simply making the lip larger in those patients who tend to have small lips.

Perioral Lines (Smoker’s Lines)

– By placing filler into the vermillion border of the lip, and sometimes the space between the nose and lip as well, we can soften or remove these unsightly lines.

Chin Augmentation

– This procedure is good for those people who tend to have little to no protrusion of the chin, especially in a profile view. By adding volume to the chin with filler, we are able to help balance the face, and give a more attractive look to the chin.

Jaw Line or Jowl Augmentation

– Often times we lose our jawline as we age, and the skin becomes loose due to elasticity changes. Other times, due to heredity and not age, some people’s jawline tends to “blend” with the neck. By placing filler into the jawline, we can help define and give a clear separation of the jaw and neck. This creates a more youthful appearance.

Eye Troughs

– The space or “hollowing” under the eye. Some people have a large hollowing under the eye that causes the eyes to look tired and tends to make a person look older. By placing filler into the hollowing, we are able to make the eyes look more rested and younger.