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Many patients come to me confused about Botox.

What is Botox and can it improve your life?

Botox is a highly purified protein.  It does NOT contain bacteria!  The protein comes from a bacterium called C. botulinum.  Botox is made by Allergan and it is F.D.A. approved to relax frown lines, (the “11’s” between your brows.)

Botox has been used to treat over 1 million people worldwide for over 11 years.  We’ve used it over 4 years in many different facial areas.  I’ve injected it into myself (usually the forehead and frown areas).

How can Botox improve your life?  If you have moving wrinkles like the frown lines (the 11’s), the horizontal worry lines going across the forehead, or “crow’s feet” lines around the eyes, Botox can help you look and feel better.

Using Botox will:

*Prevent future wrinkles
*Preserve youthful skin and reduce the wrinkles you have (when used regularly)
*Help sinus or tension headaches
*Help depression
*And, you’ll still have plenty of facial expressions.

To see if you are a good candidate for Botox, just give me a call to schedule a free consultation.  When you have an area treated, I will inject it 3-5 times using a very tiny needle.  Voila!  Process complete!

Gradually, over the next 3 to 10 days, only the muscles treated will relax.  So, if your frown is treated, you will be able to make all sorts of facial expressions…just NOT that ugly frown!  Some patients feel that their sinus headaches or tension headaches are improved.  In fact, a recent study showed that using Botox to “stop the frowning!” worked just as well against depression as an anti-depressant!

How long will the results last?  Usually, the 1st treatment will last 3 months.  If you continue to keep the same area “Botoxed,” future treatments can last up to several months.

Now what about $99 Botox?  Is it safe?
Your guess is as good as ours.  We can’t speak to the safety or lasting effectiveness of a $99 Botox treatment.  What we DO know is this:  There’s only enough Botox in 1 vial to treat an average of 4 areas.  Charging $99 per area would not even pay for the Botox.  Although we can’t possibly know how other establishments operate, there are only so many possible ways to profit from a $99 Botox treatment:

*Buy real Botox at a much lower price (unlikely.)
*Losing money on Botox, but up selling you additional, more profitable services.
*Injecting less than the recommended dose per area.
*Diluting the Botox beyond the manufacturer’s recommended specifications.

Just remember:  ‘Buyer Beware.’  I personally make up and inject all of the Botox at Med Spa Plus.  So, at Med Spa Plus, you will always get the proper dosage of Botox, diluted to the exact specifications recommended by the manufacturer so that you can be sure of optimum, long lasting results from your Botox therapy.

D.L. Cantrell, M.D.