Boost Your Confidence With Botox

The signs of aging come for us all, even if you take all the precautionary steps and add all the right products to your skincare routine. Thankfully, there’s a product on the market that not only turns back the hands of time but also boosts your confidence along the way.

Our team, led by Boris Itskovich, MD, at Brooklyn Aesthetics located in the Ocean Park Way area of Brooklyn, New York, offers Botox® to help you regain some of that self-confidence you may have lost when you started gaining fine lines and wrinkles.

While Botox has become a household name since receiving FDA approval in 2002, you may not fully understand how powerful this treatment is. So, that’s why we’ve chosen to dive into how effective this cosmetic treatment is in this blog.

Wrinkles: the first signs of aging

We all know that wrinkles are frustrating and tend to make us look older than we are. So, how do they form in the first place?

When you’re young, your skin has plentiful amounts of essential proteins called collagen and elastin. These nutrients help to not only keep your skin’s shape but also keep it looking soft, plump, and youthful. 

Over time, many things, such as growing older, sun damage, and outside environmental aggressors, cause your skin to lose its internal structures, dry out, and become much more fragile. These factors make your skin much more susceptible to dynamic wrinkles.

Dynamic wrinkles develop when you repeatedly contract the muscles around your eyes, forehead, and mouth. So, every time you smile or frown, those wrinkles start forming. While young skin can easily handle those colorful facial expressions, older and less elastic skin can’t bounce back well at all.

This is where Botox comes in. 

Botox to the rescue

Because dynamic wrinkles are a huge contributor to fine lines and wrinkles, you need a way to prevent your muscles from contracting so much. And that’s exactly what Botox is for.

Botox is the brand name of a toxin formed from the bacterium Clostridium botulinum, and when experts like Dr. Itskovich administer it, it’s pure magic.

When we inject Botox into your facial wrinkles, the solution prevents those muscles from contracting. The less your face moves, the fewer wrinkles show up and the less noticeable they are when they do. 

We recommend Botox injections for the following:

• Lines between your eyebrows
• Crow’s feet
• Lip lines
• Forehead lines
• Creases that form in the skin on your neck

Botox is right for anyone at any age. In fact, more and more 20-30 year olds are coming in for injections as a preventive measure. 

What to expect

Botox injections are simple, fast, and carry a low risk for side effects. Your results develop over a few days to a week and can last for months as long as you care for your skin, maintain a healthy lifestyle, and avoid excessive sun exposure. 

We may recommend a series of touch-up infections over the following months if your wrinkles are severe or haven’t quite met your aesthetic goals.

Have more questions about what Botox can do for you? Schedule a consultation by giving us a call at 718-550-6956 or by using our online booking tool today.