Botox - A Temporary Solution? Of Course!

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!?