Botox® Price | Shim Clinic, Singapore

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Botox® Price | Shim Clinic, Singapore: Botox® Cosmetic, Dysport®, BTX-A, botulinum toxin type A injection, wrinkle removal treatment clinic, Singapore. Cost/price for treating glabella frown lines, crow's feet, horizontal forehead lines, jaw/face reduction/slimming. Definitions, references, and latest news.

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• Wrinkle
• Wrinkle treatment
• Botox®
• Botox® price
• Botox® cost
• Botox® treatment
• Jaw reduction
• Jaw slimming
• Face slimming
• Botox® jaw reduction
• Botox® jaw slimming
• Botox® face slimming

Jaw reduction / jaw slimming / face slimming / Botox® jaw reduction / Botox® jaw slimming / Botox® face slimming price.

Botox® treatment is with the original Allergan Botox® Cosmetic

• The units differ for different brands.
• Price quoted is for average ladies face, with average musculature.
• Muscular men might require up to twice as much.
• Minimum charge is for 10 units.

Wrinkle

One of the ways by which we communicate our emotion, and the way we feel about things to another person, is by facial expression. The way we change our facial expression is by contracting muscles below the skin of our face to move the overlying skin in various directions.

Depending on the muscles contracted, we create wrinkles like glabella frown lines when we are concentrating, crow's feet when we smile, and horizontal forehead lines when we are surprised.

When we are young, our skin is soft and supple, and easily springs back to its original shape when the muscle relaxes after contracting. However, as age catches up, the skin becomes harder and stiffer, and tends to retain the crease lines. As happens with repeated crumpling of paper, the crease lines become deeper and more prominent over time.

Wrinkle treatment

Reducing the tension in these muscles, prevents our skin from being repeatedly damaged, and thus allow us to retain our youthful appearance for a much greater length of time.

Botox®

The application of Botox^® Cosmetic, Dysport^®, BTX-A in aesthetic facial procedures is the introduction of minute quantities of a substance to relax and reduce the tension of specific muscles of the face which control facial expression bringing about a reduction of wrinkles.

Botox^®

Purpose: To reduce the appearance of wrinkles on the forehead, between the brows and around the eyes. It can be used on wrinkles on the lower part of the face and neck, often in combination with dermal fillers.

Procedure: The commercial name of a botulinum toxin is Botox^®. When you smile or frown, this is a result of a nerve signal from your brain to your muscles causing them to move. Botulinum toxin is a purified protein that blocks this signal from brain to the nerve endings. This means that when you laugh or frown, the overlying skin becomes smoother and unwrinkled while the untreated facial muscles work normally, and facial expressions are not affected. Your skin will be cleaned and then small amounts of botulinum toxin will be injected into the area to be treated.

The injection itself takes a few minutes. In most cases treatment takes between 10 and 20 minutes. The surgeon uses a special syringe and injects a small amount of Botox^® to the muscles involved. Men usually require larger amounts, due to larger muscles. The pain involving the injection is usually well tolerated by most of the patients, so there is no need for local anaesthetics. In selected cases a sedative drug or local anaesthetics may be used. You will be advised not to massage or rub the treated area and to treat it gently for 24 hours following treatment.

Results: The area treated should appear smoother and with less wrinkles. Results are often visible by around 8 days, although it may take between 2-3 weeks after the treatment for the full effects to be seen. The effects of botulinum toxin injections generally last for about three to four months, although the results can last longer with repeated treatments. Botulinum toxin may be less effective for people aged 60 and over because the muscles underlying the skin are not as firm.

The Risks of Botox^® Treatment: Every procedure has its risks. It is very hard to predict exactly how botulinum toxin injections will affect your muscles. You may therefore find that the results are not what you intended. Occasionally patients who receive botulinum toxin injections in the forehead experience a drooping of the eyelids or eyebrows, although this is temporary and will resolve itself when the effects of botulinum toxin wear off.

Rarely double vision or blurred vision can occur and you should seek medical attention if this happens to you. Common side effects include: bleeding around the injection sites, headache, flu-like symptoms and local pain. You should not have treatment with botulinum if you are pregnant, breast-feeding, have a neurological disease or a known hypersensitivity to it. Botulinum has been used in thousands of patients over the last fifteen years. It is made in a controlled laboratory environment, highly purified, and administered in tiny quantities. It has an excellent safety profile. As soon as your treatment is over you can resume normal daily activities.

Before You Start: The effects of botulinum toxin injections are temporary. If you are looking for longer lasting solution, you may want to talk to your surgeon about alternative techniques.

Botox^® fast facts

History: for over 15 years, Botox^® has been used to treat a range of medical conditions. In that time, its efficacy in relaxing the muscles that cause lines and wrinkles became evident, and in 2002, it was first approved by the US Food and Drugs Administration (FDA), for the treatment of facial lines. It is now approved in over 75 countries and used by millions of people around the world.

Safety: over the years, Botox^® has proved to be remarkably safe. Today it is widely used in people of all ages, including young children with certain medical conditions.

Authentic Botox^®: to be confident of receiving pure Botox^® (and not an inferior substitute), it is essential to seek a medical clinic, in which qualified doctors guarantee authentic Botox^® treatment. Botox^® is registered with regulatory authorities worldwide. By law, authentic Botox^® is available only from licensed medical clinics.

The procedure: using a tiny needls, a few drops of Botox^® are injected into the muscle responsible for causing the line or wrinkle. As a result, the lines diminish dramatically and may disappear completely - creating a smoothened, rejuvinated and more youthful appearance.

The response: improvement is seen within days and on average, lasts up to four months. Individual results may vary. The benefits of treatment are subtle, and enhance, rather than change, your natural appearance.

No downtime: Botox^® usually involves a 10-minute procedure, after which you can go back to work or resume your social activities. It's commonly called a 'lunchtime procedure'.

Minimal discomfort: as doctors take steps to ensure minimal discomfort with all Botox^® procedures, it may be painless or cause mild discomfort - like the feeling of an ant bite.

Aesthetic services available:

• Weight loss program for obesity treatment and slimming.
• Acne, acne scarring and pigmentation treatment with Beauty SG and Shim Clinic skin care products and Neostrata® chemcial peel.
• Wrinkle treatment, jaw reduction, jaw slimming, and face slimming.

References

• Botox - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• Botox: Definition from Answers.com
• Botox - definition of Botox in the Medical dictionary - by the Free Online Medical Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia.
• Information for Healthcare Professionals: OnabotulinumtoxinA (marketed as Botox/Botox Cosmetic), AbobotulinumtoxinA (marketed as Dysport) and RimabotulinumtoxinB (marketed as Myobloc)
• BOTOX® Cosmetic Injections for Frown Lines and Brow Furrows: BOTOX® Cosmetic Official Web Site
• Ipsen Limited UK - Dysport®
  
• HowStuffWorks "How Botox Works"
  
• Botox -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia
  

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