Wrinkles explained

The lines that appear between your brows (glabellar lines) actually result from muscle movement and the passage of time. You may have heard the expression "wearing your emotions on your sleeve," but in reality you wear them on your face. If you're angry or annoyed, for example, you knit your brows together. Underneath your skin, your facial muscles contract, cause a pleating of the overlying skin, and then, as anyone can see, you're frowning.

After years of crinkling and wrinkling, those glabellar lines start to linger longer and can become more pronounced. For women, whose faces tend to be more animated than men's, and whose skin is typically more delicate, these lines may appear exaggerated and more permanent.

BOTOX can help

Fortunately, there is a way to reduce moderate to severe glabellar lines. Treatment with BOTOX® Cosmetic can visibly smooth and soften moderate to severe frown lines between your brows. An improvement can be seen within days and may last up to 4 months, although results may vary. In clinical trials, nearly 90% of men and women surveyed rated the improvement in the appearance of frown lines between their brows as moderate to better 1 month after treatment.

The beauty of a BOTOX® treatment is that it's a simple, 10-minute, non-surgical process. A few tiny injections, and within days there can be a noticeable improvement in the moderate to severe frown lines between the brows that can last up to 4 months. Results may vary. And there’s no recovery time. You can even do it on your lunch break.

One should always be aware that any cosmetic procedure, even non surgical procedures such as BOTOX injections carry with them some level of risk. It is very important that anyone considering a cosmetic procedure ensure that he/she fully understands the chosen procedure and has done research, including consulting with a qualified, experienced and skilled specialist such as San Jose California based Plastic surgeon Dr Creasman. When you meet with your surgeon, be sure you have all of your questions answered. Research on the internet is also a good source of information. There are many websites that offer good information about BOTOX and other cosmetic procedures. The best one I have found is lookingyourbest.com- a free website that offers up a wealth of accurate and in depth plastic surgery information. This website also offers a free service to help you locate an experienced surgeon in your area.