Chicago Botox Side Effects

Many Naperville and Chicago patients have heard more about Botox risks and side effects than about the product itself. If you are considering this therapy as an alternative to collagen injections to resmooth facial skin, knowing the risks will help you to evaluate the potential benefits. When you decide that you might be a good candidate for this wrinkle treatment, a doctor can give you a professional opinion and a plan to help you reach your cosmetic goals.

Area Doctors Minimize Botox Risks and Maximize Its Benefits

Unlike collagen fillers, Botox is used to prevent wrinkles, rather than to help contour the tissue surrounding them. The product is injected into frown and smile line areas to prevent targeted muscles from scrunching, as they do in the course of normal facial expression. Thus, wrinkles are not encouraged. The risk with injecting this purified toxin lies in its dosage and placement. Incorrect levels or shot locations can result in symptoms associated with botulism, such as difficulty speaking, swallowing or breathing.

Any injection can hurt, but the risk of the superfine needles doctors use causing even moderate pain is small. The procedure itself thus offers a fairly high comfort level with low risk compared to cosmetic surgery and some topical treatments. The side effects that might occur include facial redness or bruising, headache or nausea, or temporary drooping of the tissue.

Many patients find that the lasting effects outweigh these passing problems. With skilled treatment, you can expect Botox to improve facial tone for about four months. NuU Medspa strives to make Botox treatments convenient for patients from Naperville to Schaumburg, and all over the Chicago area.