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Botox Treatments

What is the difference between Botox and Dermal Fillers?

Botox is a beauty injection to treat wrinkles between the brows, on your forehead, around the eyes. Botox relaxes wrinkles by preventing muscle contractions while Dermal Fillers smooth out wrinkles by restoring volume. They work best together for difficult to relax wrinkles like the glabella (between your brows) or crows feet(around your eyes)

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BOTOX® is a safe quick, painless and highly effective way to soften hard lines in the face. These lines are damage caused by the process of living and ageing. With over 3 million BOTOX® treatments performed in 2006 alone  (are there not more recent statistics than 2006???), one may easily determine the safety, effectiveness and popularity of this cosmetic procedure.  

 

 

BOTOX® is injected in highly diluted doses into specific facial muscles, using specific small thin needles. Often these procedures can also be done using the   . Any swelling or bruising that might occur will subside within a few days.  

 

 

BOTOX® from Allergan must be transported correctly, stored properly, utilized in a concise time frame and administered by an experienced Medical/Dental Professional.  

 

BOTOX® takes effect any time within 14 days of the treatment being administered, after which a follow up appointment must be made with Dr Pretorius for her to check that the results are according to expectations and to monitor her patient’s improvement.

 

As BOTOX® lasts three to four months, Dr Pretorius offers a holistic approach in order to solve some of the problematic areas for longer periods of time.

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