Botox

Deep lines and wrinkles can make you look older than your years, but Botox® cosmetic treatments smooth out those creases so you feel young again. Kenya Williams, MD, and the Suburban Medical Aesthetics team in Evanston, Illinois, excel at producing natural-looking results for patients using world-renowned Botox injections. Their skill ensures you minimize lines on your forehead and between your eyes without looking artificial. Call Suburban Medical Aesthetics to learn more about the benefits of Botox, or request an appointment online today.

What is Botox?

Botox is an aesthetic treatment that reduces the appearance of lines and smooths the skin to give you a more youthful appearance.

Botox has been around for over 30 years as a medical treatment, receiving approval from the FDA in 2002 for use as an aesthetic treatment. Since then, Botox has become the most popular cosmetic treatment in the United States, with around seven million procedures taking place each year.

Botox is particularly suitable for:

• Moderate to severe frown lines
• Creases between the eyebrows
• Wrinkles on the forehead
• Crow’s feet
• Smoker’s lines on the upper lip

Botox treatments can also produce a beautiful, natural-looking brow lift for some patients.

Botox is made from botulinum toxin, a naturally occurring substance from which the manufacturers extract the active ingredients. When your provider injects Botox into your skin, it blocks the chemical signals that activate your muscles, making them relax and smoothing out the lines.

What happens during a Botox treatment session?

Botox injections only take around ten minutes to complete. Afterward, you can resume your normal activities. Most patients don’t find the injections painful, describing the feeling as similar to a pinch. If you have any concerns, you can use cooling packs or a topical numbing cream on your skin before the procedure.

During the treatment session, your Suburban Medical Aesthetics provider injects tiny amounts of Botox into the target areas. They have considerable expertise in using exactly the right amount of Botox and placing it in precisely the right spot to produce the most effective and natural results.

You should see the difference between 24 and 48 hours after your treatment.

How long does Botox last?

The effects of Botox treatments typically last between four and six months. After this time, your face will likely start to show signs of lines and wrinkles reappearing. Stopping treatment has no detrimental effects; you simply revert to how you looked before.

If you want to maintain the effects of Botox treatment, you need to return to Suburban Medical Aesthetics for more treatments three to four times a year.

To benefit from the safe and natural power of Botox to improve your appearance, call Suburban Medical Aesthetics or request an appointment online today.