Botox is a highly accessible and minimally invasive cosmetic treatment. It requires no surgery and no downtime. 

Most people who have fine facial lines make great candidates for Botox. Botox injections can minimize and even eliminate these lines, rejuvenating your appearance. 

But Botox doesn’t just make you look more youthful. It can subtly enhance your overall facial appearance, making you feel younger as well! 

Keep reading to learn more about botox and how it can make you appear more youthful!

What is Botox?

Botox is a medical treatment that’s administered through injection. It’s made from a chemical solution that includes a small amount of botulinum toxin, which is a paralytic. 

Most people only think of Botox as a cosmetic treatment, but it’s also used to treat several medical conditions, including neck spasms, lazy eye, and excessive sweating. But, of course, Botox is often used for purely cosmetic purposes.

This is because Botox can reduce the appearance of facial lines by relaxing the muscles in your face. 

How Does Botox Work?

Facial lines are a natural part of aging. They form from repeated muscle movements under the skin. 

The most common kinds of facial lines are laugh lines/frown lines, crow’s feet, forehead lines, and neck lines. When you get Botox, it’s injected with a very thin needle directly under the skin into the muscles that make these lines. 

The Botox relaxes your muscles, making those lines much more challenging to see since the muscles that form them don’t move as much. The results of the injection last about three months but can last longer if you have Botox treatments regularly. 

The more often you get Botox, the longer it’ll last between treatments. But the chemical solution will eventually be processed out of your body whenever you stop getting treatments.

After getting Botox, you don’t need to take any time to recover. You can go about your activities as normal. 

You only need to be careful not to lie down for four hours after the injections and not to rub your face at all for twenty-four hours. You don’t have to worry about taking a long time to heal from treatment.

Additionally, as long as you’re a good Botox candidate, the risk for any complications is extremely low.

Who is a Good Botox Candidate?

In order to have Botox, you need to have realistic expectations. Botox is great for most patients who have facial lines they want to get reduce the appearance of or get rid of. 

Wrinkles caused by sagging skin are not affected by Botox and often need surgical treatment. You should also be in good health if you want Botox. 

You also shouldn’t have any skin conditions or infections, especially on your face. Before having Botox, you also need to make sure that you don’t have an allergy to any of the ingredients in the injection. 

Your doctor at Sugiki Portis will be able to go over all the ingredients when they’re evaluating you as a Botox candidate, and they’ll also go over your medical history to make sure that you don’t have any issues that may interfere with treatment. 

Botox may interfere with certain medications, so it’s also important that your doctor goes over all your current prescriptions. As long as you’re healthy and know the limits of treatment, you’ll probably make a great Botox candidate. 

If you are a Botox candidate, you can look forward to an easy treatment that’ll make you look and feel younger!

Let Botox Make You Feel As Young as You Are

Botox changes your appearance in a very subtle way. After getting Botox, your face won’t appear puffy, bruised, or frozen. 

But you will look naturally refreshed. Since the change in your appearance is minimal, it’ll be very difficult for most people to even tell that you’ve had any kind of treatment.

Cosmetic treatments like Botox can make you look younger, but more importantly, they can make you feel younger. By just making little changes to your appearance, you can positively affect your mental health. 

What you look like to others isn’t as important as how you feel about yourself. Facial lines can make you feel older than you are, which can also make you feel less confident and more worn out. 

By smoothing out these lines, you can look and feel more like yourself. You’ll look more energetic, which can help you feel more energetic, too! 

If you don’t like the way Botox makes you look? No problem, the effects are temporary. 

You don’t have to worry about surgically altering your appearance in a way that’s difficult to reverse. But if you do end up loving your results, you can easily schedule treatments to further enhance or maintain your new look. 

So if you want to look and feel younger, make an appointment at Sugiki Portis to talk to one of our specialists about Botox and whether it’s right for you. The professionals at Sugiki Portis can help you accomplish your cosmetic goals. 

Are you interested in learning more about Botox? Schedule an appointment at Sugiki Portis in Honolulu, HI, today!