When you hear the words Botox, most people think of a product that is designed to help improve your facial appearance and keep you looking young. While Botox can do this, Botox treatments for your face are not only done to help you look younger. Here are some of the reasons Botox treatments are completed and some of the signs that you may benefit from obtaining Botox therapy in Idaho Falls.
If you experience nine or more headaches or migraines per month, Botox treatments may be beneficial to you. Botox treatments can be injected into your forehead, neck or shoulders, helping to lessen the symptoms and pain you experience from headaches or migraines, while also helping to reduce the frequency in which you experience migraines or headaches. If you have just started to get headaches or migraines, you should speak to your doctor or a neurologist to ensure your headaches or migraines are not a symptom of any other health conditions. If you are a longtime migraine sufferer, Botox treatments may provide you with some necessary and welcome relief.
If you suffer from temporomandibular disorders, TMD, you may experience frequent pain. Your temporomandibular joint connects your jawbone to your skull. If your muscles, joints or nerves are affected by TMD, you may experience frequent pain when you move your jaw to do things such as speak or eat. You may also experience jaw clicking or locking of the jaw. Traditionally, medications, bite guards and physical therapy have been offered to help treat the problem and minimize the symptoms. However, new research is showing that Botox injections in and around the temporomandibular joint, or jaw region, can help reduce the symptoms associated with this problem, or eliminate the symptoms altogether.
Botox treatments can also be used to treat a lazy eye or eye twitching. Both of those conditions are related to the muscles around the eye. A lazy eye is caused by an imbalance in the muscles around the eye that are responsible for the positioning of the eye, while eye twitching is caused when the muscles around the eye start to twitch for unknown reasons. When you inject Botox around the muscles that are near the eye, you can help correct the imbalance that causes a lazy eye and you can relieve some of the contracture or twitching that causes eyes to twitch. Botox has to be regularly injected to control both of these conditions.
If you have fine lines or wrinkles around your face, eyes or in your forehead, Botox can be used to help reduce their appearance or eliminate them altogether. Botox is a filler, so when it is injected, it helps to fill in the area under your skin. Wrinkles and fine lines are caused by loose skin, as your skin naturally loses collagen as you age. By filling in these areas, you essentially plump up the area, helping to stretch the skin back out and remove or reduce all of these fine lines and wrinkles.
The final common reason why you may need a Botox treatment is because you want to prevent wrinkles or fine lines from appearing in the first place. If you are in your mid 20s to mid 30s, you may be concerned about developing wrinkles in the future. Most people start to develop fine lines and wrinkles in their early to late 30s. However, when Botox is injected prior to any fine lines or wrinkles appearing, you can prevent wrinkles from forming to begin with. If this is your goal, you should start having Botox treatments no later than your early 30s.
Botox treatments can help reduce the frequency and number of headaches or migraines you experience, may help reduce the symptoms associated with temporomandibular disorders, can help with eye twitching or if you have a lazy eye, can smooth out your facial skin, helping to hide the appearance of fine lines and winkles, or, if started early enough, can prevent wrinkles and fine lines from forming. Botox is safe and has many benefits associated with it. If you are interested in learning more about Botox treatments for your face, reach out to Taylorview Dental for a consultation.
