Recent stories have been in the press with the headlining angle that it's now been revealed that Botox may cause wrinkles. How ironic.
In fact, when your explore the stories a little further, it soon becomes clear that the sources of the stories tend to be companies competing with the treatment, such as skin cream manufacturers.
Let's look at it a little closer. One academic whose work has been published, and touted by such a company, is David Becker (assistant professor of dermatology at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York. Becker stated that, "Paralysis of a set of muscles might lead to recruitment of other muscle groups in an attempt to reproduce the conditioned activity being blocked -- resulting in more prominent muscle activity in adjacent regions."
In so many words: The muscles will still work over time and continue to flex and move - which is the main reason that we get wrinkles in the first place - and that, in essence, Botox is, at best, a temporary solution."
This appears to be a case of stating the obvious. Other muscles will try to compensate but most people still want some movement in order to avoid the 'frozen look'. A professional & skilled practitioner will inform the client regarding the possibility of this occurring and also treat other muscles that are likely to try to compensate. Also, a good practitioner will offer to review or top up a treatment after 2 weeks.
The other aspect is the 'revelation' that botox is a temporary treatment. Well, we all knew that anyway and thank goodness! None of us would want a permanent one, would we!?
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Botox is a natural, purified protein that relaxes wrinkle causing muscles creating a smoothed, rejuvenated and more youthful appearance. It is a simple non-surgical procedure that smoothes the deep, active, persistent facial lines that develop over time.
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