Botox® injections relax the muscles that create wrinkles thereby lessening the appearance of frown lines, laugh lines and crow's feet - wrinkles that that occur with overuse of facial muscles. Botox® has grown to become one of the most popular cosmetic procedures; there are many reasons for this. Firstly it will attack wrinkles at their cause. If one develops a frown line, putting a substance in to fill that line is not as effective without the use of Botox® treatments to stop the frowning.

Frown lines, forehead lines and crows feet are caused by the constant movement of muscles underneath the skin. For example, a wrinkle in the area between the eyebrows may appear and persist because of the repeated, often unconscious action, of frowning. Botox® injections will diminish these lines and wrinkles. Botox® Cosmetic works by relaxing muscles that cause lines or wrinkles. This wrinkle reduction treatment can therefore work only on areas that can benefit from this effect.

Botulinum toxin type A is purified into a protein that blocks the release of acetylcholine. The effects are 100% reversible but Botox® typically lasts for a few months. The effect of Botox® is to temporarily weaken overactive muscles. Because of this effect Botox® has become very popular to treat a variety of muscular and neurological disorders. The results of the Botox® trials indicated that a large majority of patients showed smoothened frown lines within a week of their Toronto Botox® injections. The patients in the clinical trials also reported that results persisted for up to four months following their treatment with Botox®.

Dr. Solish,a Dermatologist at Sunnybrook and Women's Health Science Centre and a Board Member of the IHHS, offers new solutions for severe hyperhidrosis cases, such as BOTOX® injections, and how they can alleviate the condition dramatically for most patients. Click here to read about Dr Solish's Botox® Hyperhidrosis interview. Botox® can be used to lessen the appearance of frown lines, laugh lines and crow's feet - wrinkles that that occur with overuse of facial muscles.