Botox is widely considered the most effective cosmetic injectable for wrinkle relaxation. It’s composed of a neurotoxin that blocks communications from the nerve endings to the targeted facial muscles responsible for your dynamic wrinkles, such as the forehead lines, frown lines, and crow’s feet. As such, Botox injections suppress the targeted wrinkles, making you look younger.
Botox has a lifetime of 3 to 4 months, after which the results dissipate. Once the Botox wears off, you need maintenance doses to retain the results. There’s a common misconception that Botox makes you look older when it wears off. On the contrary, regular Botox treatments make you look younger even after the neurotoxin wears off.
This article highlights the aftermath of Botox—where it goes once the results wear off, what happens to your face when the results dissipate, how you can prolong the results, and what you can do after the Botox wears off.
Where does Botox go when it wears off?
The neurotoxin protein in Botox blocks neurotransmitters from engaging with your facial muscles. Over time, the Botox components are broken down into harmless particles called amino acids. The broken-down components are excreted from the kidneys as waste, or they’re used in other proteins. As such, Botox either leaves your system completely or gets recycled in a harmless form.
What happens to your face when Botox wears off?
When the Botox wears off, the neurotransmitters engage the facial muscles again, making the associated wrinkles appear on your face again. As such, the gradual dissipation of Botox leads to a reemergence of facial wrinkles, such as the forehead lines, frown lines between the eyebrows, and the crow’s feet around the eyes. However, you don’t look older than before — on the contrary, you might even look younger.
Botox has a prophylactic effect, i.e., besides treating wrinkles, it can also prevent them from appearing. Dynamic wrinkles appear because of the overuse of facial muscles. Over time, as you overuse the muscles responsible for frowning, laughing, etc., the associated wrinkles deepen and become larger. This makes them stay on your face even when you have a neutral look.
However, Botox injections temporarily paralyze the facial muscles. And just like all other muscles, sustained periods of disuse weaken the muscles, making them smaller. As such, if you get Botox injections regularly, the associated wrinkles will fade away permanently. That’s why you can also opt for Botox injections if you don’t have wrinkles — it will help you stay youthful longer. Schedule a consultation today!
Posted on behalf of Sedgh Plastic Surgery
