Tell your healthcare provider if you have any side effects that bother you or do not go away. These are not all the possible side effects of Botox.

Limiting the dose injected into the sternocleidomastoid muscle may reduce the occurrence of dysphagia. Injections into the levator scapulae may be associated with an increased risk of upper respiratory infection and dysphagia.

To get more personalized information, the best thing to do is to schedule a consultation with a healthcare provider.

Botox is given by a healthcare provider as a series of tiny injections into the affected muscle(s) or skin.

The cosmetic benefits of this procedure were discovered by accident – the original reason Botox was injected into the masseter muscle was to relieve teeth grinding (also called bruxism) and jaw pain or tension. Continue reading

Dosing in initial and sequential treatment sessions should be tailored to the individual patient based on the patient’s head and neck position, localization of pain, muscle hypertrophy, patient response, and adverse event history.

An intravesical instillation of diluted local anesthetic with or without sedation may be used prior to injection, per local sitio practice. If a local anesthetic instillation is performed, the bladder should be drained and irrigated with sterile saline before injection.

Botox Cosmetic and Botox come as separate products but are both prescription medicines that contain the active ingredient onabotulinumtoxinA. Continue reading

That’s probably pelo surprise—but do you know exactly how? Two important components are collagen and elastin, which help keep facial lines and wrinkles at bay.

Injection in the back of the hand may result in temporary difficulty performing activities. RADIESSE® may cause nodules, bumps or lumps in the back of the hand and can last up to 1 year.

In patients 12 years of age or older: Consider an intravesical instillation of diluted local anesthetic with or without sedation, or general anesthesia prior to injection, per local sitio practice.

Injection without surgical exposure or electromyographic guidance should not be attempted. Physicians should be familiar with electromyographic technique.

Botox is a neurotoxin that temporarily blocks nerve signals to specific muscles radiesse or sweat glands. This targeted approach:

The initial listed doses of the reconstituted BOTOX typically create paralysis of the injected muscles beginning one to two days after injection and increasing in intensity during the first week. The paralysis lasts for 2-seis weeks and gradually resolves over a similar time period.