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Botox injections are commonly injected into three main sites – forehead lines, crow's feet lines around the eyes and the vertical '11' frown lines between the eyebrows.
What are the three areas for botox? The forehead (frontalis muscles), the frown lines (glabella), and the crow's feet (Orbicularis Oculi) muscle. Dr. Deepak Dugar primarily injects these three muscles for the face to look youthful and vibrant, without that over-done and frozen look.
A good injector should know where to never inject.
A qualified, experienced injector should never inject the area near the orbital bone right above the pupil. If Botox is injected here, it can drift down toward the upper eyelid and cause an eyelid droop. This can last from weeks to even months.
You can get multiple Botox injections during your visit. So, if you were looking to get all three areas done you would need a total of 64 units. This may be less depending on the severity of the area of treatment.
For horizontal forehead lines, practitioners can inject up to 15–30 units of Botox. For “11” lines between the eyes (or glabellar lines), up to 40 units are indicated, with higher doses needed in male patients .
The Guide to Botox
Right above the eyebrows and in between the eyes is called the frown lines. According to the recommendations, this requires 20 units. And finally, for the lines further up the forehead, which we just refer to as forehead lines, it takes 20 units of Botox.
Botox onset is 5 to 7 days. Botox peaks at 10 to 14 days.
On average 25 units of Botox will give your skin by your glabellar a full correction and will remove the 11 lines. The '11 lines' are the glabellar lines in between your eyes and eyebrows. The amount of units botox between the eyebrows and eyes that you need for your 11 lines is dependent on how severe your lines are.
Here are what the average units of Botox for the different areas of the face are, so you have a baseline of what to expect when doing your first treatment: Chin: 2-6 units. Corners of the mouth: 3-6 units. Crow's feet (outer canthal lines): 5-15 units.
Typically, the effects of Botox last for up to three to four months. Therefore, the recommended treatment is once every three to four months. Nonetheless, if your facial muscles begin to train themselves to contract less, the period of time for each treatment may be extended longer than three or four months.
1) Under-Eye Area
Results from these procedures suggest about 8 Botox units will be enough to reduce the appearance of under-eye wrinkles and even bagginess.
The only person you never need to tip is a doctor, even for aesthetic treatments like Botox (another reason to only get injections from a dermatologist or plastic surgeon). At the end of the day, all of these stylists, aestheticians, and technicians live off their tips, so be sure to help them after they've helped you.
You should NEVER leave a tip for your PA/NP or nurse injector. Injectables are medications, just like a blood pressure pill or a thyroid medication. You would not tip your primary care provider for doing an EKG on you so no need to tip on our medical services either.
The average price is about $20 per unit, and a single treatment might use anywhere from 20 to 60 units per area. Expect to pay about $500 to $800 per session on average. That said, if you use our site, you could find deals on Botox near you for as low as $7 per unit, and between $120 to $600 per session.
While it is commonly injected to address concerns of wrinkles and fine lines in areas such as smile or forehead lines, Botox can be injected near the eyes as well!
Typically for women, 10-30 units of Botox are injected into the forehead. To determine your precise unit needs, schedule a consultation with your plastic surgeon. Expect to plan follow-up visits every 3-6 months for touch-ups.
The "standard" dose, meaning what Allergan writes in the product information, is 40 units to the forehead and glabella (11's/frown) combined. If you have more muscle mass you may need more.
"Facial exercise speeds Botox's wrinkle-reducing effects: Simple facial exercises shortly after injection get quicker results by one day." ScienceDaily.
The body begins to form antibodies against the product. Eventually the antibodies will block Botox® from working, and the facial muscles will recover very rapidly. At that point, there is little point in getting further injections of Botox®. This resistance process typically takes months or years to complete.
Why does Botox eventually stop working? Your body makes new neurotransmitters all the time, so the “blocking” effect of Botox gradually wears off as these chemicals start circulating in your body again. The muscles are no longer inhibited.