First Person: Botox

Well, they say a picture's worth a thousand words. And the before and after photos from my Botox treatment below certainly say a lot. (By the way, try to ignore the red dots on the before photos. We forgot to take pictures until after the marks indicating where the injections were to go were made.)

I was skeptical about the results before getting Botox. I knew that people got Botox to get rid of the vertical lines between their eyebrows. And I did have the so-called "11s" if I was frowning, but not all the time. What really convinced me to get it done was that some people who get tension headaches stop getting them after Botox. And sure enough the headaches I use to get from frowning or squinting too much are now gone. I'm going through much less Advil now which is a good thing.

I also let Stacey Lemire, the physician's assistant in charge of injecting Botox at our office, talk me into getting Botox to relax the horizontal lines across my forehead whenever I raise my eyebrows, and the crow's feet I get when I smile. In fact, if she had to only pick one area, she said the crow's feet was the one for me. Looking at the results, I'm hooked. The fact that even when my face is at rest that some of the lines under my eyes are gone is great.

The fact that I almost instantly looked less wrinkled is what will keep me coming back for more.

Check out more information about cosmetic Botox here. And give us a call at 509-735-1100 to schedule your Botox appointment.

Before & After

Frown

Notice that even when I'm trying, I can no longer create the vertical lines between my brows:

Surprise

There's no more horizontal forehead furrows:

Smile

Not only are most of the crow's feet gone when I smile, but my eyes look less squinty and more open too:

Relax

Even when I'm not making any faces at the camera, you can tell that the lines under my eyes are diminished:

Written by Jackie Johnston, the marketing coordinator for the Center for Excellence in Dermatology.