Buy Botox For Under-Eye Wrinkles: Is It Really Effective?

Botox For Under-Eye Wrinkles: Is It Really Effective?

The botulinum toxin Type A, commonly known as Botox, is a treatment able to relax the muscles of the face and, as a consequence, able to smooth wrinkles. It’s mostly used to treat: glabella wrinkles, crow’s feet and forehead wrinkles – as well as other problems not related to wrinkles -.

Recently, though, they began to study the use of Botox to treat under-eye wrinkles.

All you need to know about Botox

Before we get to under-eye wrinkles, let’s take a closer look to Botox: how does it work, its effectiveness and its costs.

Our face is full of muscles that we constantly, daily, move, without even noticing. All these movements lead, over time, to wrinkles, and that’s when Botox comes in.

As we said above, Botox acts on wrinkles by relaxing the muscles and smoothing the wrinkles, working, then, as an anti-aging treatment.

When you decide to have Botox, be careful to choose a professional, we suggest you to rely on a doctor specialised in this kind of treatment, or on a dermatologist, a physician or a plastic surgeon.

One of the best things about Botox is that it’s no surgery, so you can “go back to your normal life” right after the first treatment. One of the worst things about it, instead, is that, well… it’s no surgery! Meaning that its effect it’s not permanent and you have to repeat the treatment after 4-6 months, if you want to keep the results obtained the first time. Also, you won’t notice its effect right after the treatment, but 3 to 6 days later, circa.

Now moving to one of the most asked questions: “how much does it costs?” unfortunately, this is not just one of the most asked questions, but also one of the hardest to answer. The problem is that there’s not, actually, just one answer.

Doctors can, in fact, choose to make you pay for the area (or areas) you want to treat or for the units of Botox they are going to use on you and, as you might imagine, each case has its cost.

We can generally say, however, that the costs go from $200 to $800 per each treatment/session, but, as we said before, these numbers are just approximate.

Botox For Under-Eye Wrinkles: Does It Work?

Botox is mostly used just for certain areas of the face, such as crow’s feet, forehead wrinkles and glabella wrinkles. Its use for under-eye wrinkles is still being studied and its effectiveness on the area depends on the type of wrinkle: if it’s dynamic, then Botox might work, otherwise the doctor might suggest you other ways to treat them.

Possible Side Effects And Alternatives

Even though Botox is FDA-approved and is thought to be not risky for your health or your skin, you might still incur in some side effects like: little bruises or swelling in the injection site, headache and dizziness. There are also some more serious side effects, such as: blurry vision, allergic reactions, inability to move your face muscles and breathing difficulties. If you experience any of the followings inform your doctor as soon as you can.

If you are “scared” about the possible side effects or you’re sceptical about Botox’s efficiency, then you might be happy to know that there are several alternatives to Botox if you want to smooth your under-eye wrinkles, such as: chemical peels, surgery, laser treatments, fillers (like Juvederm) and specific creams that don’t guarantee the same smoothing effect like a more “invasive” treatment, but still do their job and help you smooth your wrinkles.

According to the considerations we did above, we can say that Botox is incredibly effective when it comes to forehead and glabella wrinkles and crow’s feet. If your goal is to reduce under-eye wrinkles talk to your doctor about it and he/she will tell you if your type of wrinkle can go with the treatment, or else ask him/her some alternatives.