Botox, the best-known brand name of the botulinum toxin product, is used to perform certain procedures on the face, among other things. Botox is an injectable liquid that temporarily relaxes your facial muscles to soften lines and wrinkles. It is a neuromodulator that works by blocking the signals from the nerves to the muscles, preventing the injected muscle from contracting and giving the skin a chance to regenerate, thereby fading wrinkles and lines in the treated area. Moreover, this will prevent existing wrinkles from becoming deeper.
We notice that three specific botox treatments are rapidly increasing in popularity. These treatments include the gummy smile treatment, the eyebrow lift with botox and the crow's feet treatment. The eyes and mouth are very characteristic of the face, which is why botox treatments around these areas are very popular. In addition, botulinum toxin is a liquid that is broken down by your body, so the effects of the treatments will be only temporary. Below we will discuss these three treatments in more detail.
The first botox treatment that is rapidly increasing in popularity is the gummy smile treatment. This is a cosmetic treatment that ensures that the muscles in the upper lip, also called lifting muscles, are relaxed. The lifting muscles ensure that the lip is pulled upwards when you smile, but in some people these muscles work a bit stronger than in others. In that case, the lip is pulled up so much that a reasonable amount of gum can be seen. A gummy smile is therefore also called a gum smile.
By injecting botulinum toxin, this can be reduced and the upper lip will fall more over the gums. People with a gummy smile have this smile from birth, because a gummy smile is innate. A possible cause for the gummy smile is the overactivity of the lifting muscles that pull the upper lip upwards. This phenomenon is also known as the “superior elevator labialis muscle”. A gummy smile can have a lot of impact on the face and therefore it is possible to change this with a small intervention. The gummy smile treatment falls under soft surgery (cosmetic surgery that does not involve a knife), because the treatment procedure is not intensive.
The next treatment that we would like to highlight is the eyebrow lift with botox. This is a procedure in which you give a temporary lift to the eyebrows by strategically using a neurotoxin such as botox. This lifts the muscles and subcutaneous tissue of your forehead, raising your eyebrows a bit. The muscle corrugator supercilii or the eyebrow muscle, is the muscle that ensures that the eyebrow is pulled down and how the eyebrow is positioned. By relaxing specific parts of that muscle with the help of botulinum toxin (which pulls the arch and outer corner of the eyebrow down), the arch of the eyebrow can be pulled back up, as it were. This provides a physical lift of the eyebrows which can provide an open and fresh look as long as the botox remains active, which is usually between three and five months.
Finally, we highlight the crow's feet treatment. This is a cosmetic treatment that uses botulinum toxin to remove the lines on the side of the eye. These lines resemble a crow's feet, as they extend outward from the corner of the eye. Laughter is healthy and good for you and often makes you feel more beautiful. But the so-called wrinkles on the outside of the eye cause annoyance and/or irritation in some people. When laughing or squinting the eyes, the Orbicularis Oculi muscle is tensed. Whether or not someone suffers from crow's feet is often genetically determined. It is true that people with light eyes have to squeeze their eyes shut more often to offer protection against the sunlight, which can cause them to get more crow's feet.
We would like to summarize the above three botox treatments again. The treatments that are increasing in popularity are:The gummy smile treatment, eyebrow lift with botox and the crow's feet treatment. With all three botox treatments, certain muscles are temporarily relaxed. This will make wrinkles and lines disappear or fade, but note that certain facial movements can be altered. The botox treatments in these previously mentioned areas of the face are usually undergone for a fresher and younger look. Make sure that you are treated by a practitioner who has experience with injecting botox. It is also important to check whether the practitioner is registered in the BIG register, so that you can undergo safe treatment and be satisfied with the result.
