Perhaps no name has come to better represent the advanced state of aesthetic medicine today than Botox®. Widely tested, FDA-approved, affordable, and effective– with a proven track record– Botox® has over the past decade become the gold standard for skin smoothing, wrinkle-removal, facial uplift and firming.
Last year more than 10 million procedures were performed with Botox®, at an extremely high success rate. Little wonder that Botox® continues to grow in popularity as clinicians and patients become more aware of the possibilities.
What’s in this magic elixir? Botox® works by inhibiting the secretion of a neurotransmitter (called acetylcholine) that causes muscles to contract. This process relaxes the muscles of the face and neck– which reduces or minimizes wrinkles, creases and lines.
Botox leaves your natural features intact, for a younger-looking you. Little wonder that it’s become the first name in aesthetic medicine.
Treatment with Botox® can achieve the following:
- lessen laugh lines
- reduce or eliminate lines between the brows
- smooth wrinkles on the forehead
- minimize parentheses (grooves on both sides of the mouth)
- treat crow’s feet around the eyes
- smooth throat muscles
A typical procedure might take 15 to 30 minutes, and targets the forehead, brow area, laugh lines or crow’s feet.
Restoring lost expressiveness . . . .
The procedure does not interfere with one’s ability to express pleasure, surprise, sorrow or sympathy; it simply restores the youthful flexibility of the skin.
Rather than erasing one’s unique facial features, Botox® softens facial tension. The result is a more youthful face– not a cold mask but a warmer, softer expressiveness.
Unlike surgery, Botox® treatment requires no hospitalization, no anesthesia, and no healing (recovery) time. It can be performed on an outpatient basis by trained clinicians.
In the modern clinic, Botox® treatment might be preceded by a local anesthetic (although the fine needle injection is virtually painless). The practitioner will carefully select certain facial muscles to be targeted. The procedure is usually complete in less than 20 minutes, and there is no restriction of activities afterward.
At the National Center for Integrative Medicine® in Joliet, IL., our board-certified physicians and trained clinicians have performed numerous Botox® procedures.
A customized approach . . . .
We approach each case individually. In free consultation, together we outline your goals. Then we devise a treatment plan which is tailored to your needs and situations, and in most cases your first session will begin immediately after your consultation.
Although Botox® may be the most widely-used facial treatment; it is not the only option. Only after meeting with you personally can we decide how to achieve the objectives you desire. Botox® is one of many tools and procedures applied at the NCIM to achieve the look you’ve always wanted.
At the National Center for Integrative Medicine®, our highest goal is your well-being. We’re not satisfied until you look your ultimate best.
Call 815-330-3120 to find out why the National Center for Integrative Medicine® has become the leading aesthetic clinic of its kind.
