WHAT IS "BOTOX" OR "DYSPORT"?

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BOTOX AND DYSPORT ARE THE TRADE NAMES FOR BOTULINUM TOXIN TYPE A (BONT), A PURIFIED TOXIN PRODUCED BY THE BACTERIUM CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM.  IN EXTREMELY SMALL DOSES, DR. ARMAS AND/OR KASSIDY INJECTS BONT DIRECTLY INTO THE SPECIFIC MUSCLES THAT CAUSE WRINKLES SUCH AS FROWN LINES, CROW’S FEET AROUND THE EYES, FURROWS, PLATYSMAS BANDS AROUND THE NECK, AND MORE.  THESE ISOLATED MUSCLES ARE “FROZEN” BY THE BONT INJECTIONS AND CAN NO LONGER CONTRACT. THE ACTION OF FROWNING IS STOPPED, AND FROWN LINES DIMINISH. A SIMILAR PROCEDURE CAN BE DONE IN THE BROW AREA TO PRODUCE A “LIFT” IN THE FOREHEAD AND PROVIDE A "BOTOX BROW LIFT". BONT CAN BE COMBINED WITH OTHER DERMAL FILLERS, TO HELP RESTORE THE YOUTHFUL FEATURES OF YOUR FACE IN A NATURAL LOOKING WAY.

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WHAT ARE DIFFERENT THERAPEUTIC BENEFITS TO BONT?

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• TMJ PAIN:  BONT IS HIGHLY EFFECTIVE AT TREATING THE SYMPTOMS OF TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT (TMJ) DISORDERS AND JAW TENSION FOR PATIENTS WHO SUFFER FROM THIS DISORDER. BONT INJECTIONS ELIMINATES THE HEADACHES ARISING FROM TEETH GRINDING AND DIMINISHES LOCK JAW AS WELL.
   

• MIGRAINE HEADACHES:  BOTOX HAS BEEN APPROVED FOR PATIENTS WITH SEVERE MIGRAINES TO RELIEVE THE PRESSURE AND ALLEVIATE THE PAIN.
   

• EXCESSIVE SWEATING (HYPERHIDROSIS):  BONT IS COMMONLY USED TO REDUCE SEVERE UNDERARM SWEATING AND MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR PATIENTS TO WEAR CLOTHING WITHOUT STAINING.
   

• DEPRESSION:  RECENT STUDIES HAVE SHOWED THAT BONT INJECTIONS CAN TREAT FACIAL EXPRESSIONS AND INFLUENCE FEELINGS OF DEPRESSION AND MAKE PATIENTS FEEL HAPPIER SINCE THEY DO NOT APPEAR FROWNING.
   

• CERVICAL DYSTONIA:  BONT TREATS THIS NEUROLOGICAL MUSCLE DISORDER WHICH CAUSES NECK PAIN AND SEVERE MUSCLE SPASMS IN THE HEAD AND NECK.
   

• OVERACTIVE BLADDER OR URINARY INCONTINENCE:  BONT IS HIGHLY EFFECTIVE AT TREATING ADULTS WITH URINARY INCONTINENCE, WHO HAVE SYMPTOMS OF URINARY URGENCY AND FREQUENCY, AND HAVE AN INADEQUATE RESPONSE TO OR ARE INTOLERANT OF ANTICHOLINERGIC MEDICATION.
   

• BLEPHAROSPASM:  BONT IS USED TO TREAT BLEPHAROSPASM, WHICH IS AN ABNORMAL TWITCH OF THE EYELID, MANY OF WHICH ARE CHRONIC.
   

• STRABISMUS:  STRABISMUS IS A DISORDER IN WHICH THE EYES CANNOT LOOK IN EXACTLY THE SAME DIRECTION AT THE SAME TIME AND BONT CAN TEMPORARILY ALLEVIATE.
   

• MUSCLE SPASMS:  BONT CAN REDUCE MUSCLE SPASMS AROUND THE EYES AND IN THE NECK, ARMS, LEGS, HANDS, AND FEET.
   

• CONTRACTURES IN PATIENTS WITH CEREBRAL PALSY (CP):  ONE VERY PAINFUL SIDE EFFECT OF CEREBRAL PALSY, PARTICULARLY IN PEDIATRIC PATIENTS, AGE 2 TO 17, ARE MUSCLE CONTRACTURES AND SPASTICITY OF THE ARMS AND LEGS. BONT INJECTIONS CAN RELIEVE THIS PAINFUL SIDE EFFECT OF CP WHEN PHYSICAL THERAPY CANNOT RELIEVE THESE CONTRACTURES. BONT HAS BEEN USED TO TREATMENT UPPER LIMB SPASTICITY IN CHILDREN WITH CEREBRAL PALSY.

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