Botox Is Not Just For The Face

Botox has been assisting many men and women with the stagnation or the slowing of the effects of wrinkles on one's appearance. Its muscle relaxing properties are injected into the muscles of the forehead, around the eyes, mouth, and neck to temporarily inhibit the movements that are contributing to deep expression lines over the face and neck. For some of those same patients, it is also contributing to migraine treatment. But there is so much more that Botox can do to treat medical conditions that patients struggle with.

There are several muscular conditions that affect the delicate eye and neck areas that cause sufferers a lot of discomfort, pain, and disability. A few of these conditions include crossed eyes, eyelid spasms, and neck spasms (or spasmodic torticollis). All of these conditions involve the involuntary tightening of muscles that significantly affect head/neck mobility and sight. For crossed eyes, there are usually only a few muscles that cause the displacement of the eyeball. However, neck spasms impede work, chores, and day to day function because of the uncontrollable and painful movements. Lastly, eyelid spasms can prevent clear sight during rapid blinking, which makes driving, working, and movement in unfamiliar places quite impossible.

Botox can help all of these conditions with a method quite similar to cosmetic treatments. The solution is injected into the specific muscles that are causing the spasms or inappropriate movement. Once the muscles relax, regular function and sight is useful. The effects last up to three months as with the cosmetic application. But, there is one more condition that many women in particular were once embarrassed to talk about or address publically. It is reported that nearly one in five people admit that they sweat more than the average person. Yes, I'm talking about excessive underarm sweating. And, yes, Botox has been proven to treat those muscles effectively as well.

For those who have been suffering with excessive sweating since puberty, Botox treatment for the underarm sweat glands is heaven sent. Every deodorant and antiperspirant combination can have touched your 'pits', so to speak, but you still feel as though you can't or shouldn't raise your arms. There are entire groups of clothing fabrics (silk, wool) or colors (white, or anything pastel) that haven't been on your shoulders in years. But, in a lovely change of pace, you can receive treatment for an event such as your wedding, a trip, your family reunion in the Florida Keys, or half the year with a six month usage. Now, the sweat, spasms, and conditions you once believed would hinder you for life can be history.