The repeated contraction of muscles of the mímic causes in our skin the characteristic face wrinkles that are an expressive sign of the passage of time. They appear prematurely around the eyes, in the forehead and between the eyebrows. The botulínic toxin is a substance that temporarily paralyzes the contraction of mentioned muscles of the mímica acting concerning the transmission of the nervous impulse to the muscle.
Correctly applied on suitable muscles this substance flock the face wrinkles by a variable period included between the 6 and 8 months, spent east time it will be necessary to repeat the process. The botulínic toxin (their commercial names are botox and vistabel) is applied by means of a series of injections in the selected zone to eliminate the wrinkles administering previously one anesthetic ointment so that the patient does not feel pain in the applications.
Their results are excellent applying it a the region of the forehead, for the small wrinkles around the eyes and in the wrinkles of between the eyebrows. In addition we can modify the position of the eyebrows elevating its lateral zone. It brings about an ascent of the tail of the eyebrow that gives to the glance a more luminous and attractive aspect.
Botox also can be used to diminish excessive perspiration in hands and armpits (hiperhidrosis). Also it is applied to hospitable level to treat numerous syndromes that go from their use in paediatric ophtalmology to in the face paralyses.
The procedure is realised of traveling way without hospitable entrance being precise local anesthesia to carry out it solely.
