Wrinkle Treatments: Botox®, Dysport®, Xeomin®

Throughout our lifetime our faces create many expressions. As we age, the elasticity and collagen of our skin changes and these expression lines become etched into our skin and remain on our faces with or without expression. These lines are also referred to as ‘wrinkles’. The word wrinkle was once a dreaded word, but with the advent of neuromodulators (substance that relax muscles responsible for our expressions) we can diminish the appearance of wrinkles. In our society, the first product of its kind to come to market to control our wrinkles was Botox®. Botox® been joined by two other products whose mechanism of action is designed to do the same thing, Dysport®, and Xeomin®.

The most common place we see wrinkles are around the eyes, between our eyes, also known as our frown region, forehead lines, horizontal and diagonal lines along your nose, commonly referred to as ‘bunny lines’, fine lines around your lips (‘smokers lines’ or lines where lipstick bleeds into) and a marbled appearance some individuals experience to their chin. Neuromodulators can also reduce the appearance of a ‘gummy smile’ and can reduce a saddened expression at the corners of the mouth.

Neuromodulators (wrinkle relaxers) such as Botox®, Dysport®, and Xeomin® play a strong role in a wide variety of uses over and above wrinkles. They can be used to provide a more open appearance to the eye, commonly referred to as a non-surgical brow lift. Neuromodulators can be used to treat excessive sweating in the underarm region. Others have a genetic predisposition to a strong jaw, with the appearance of an area of protrusion on either side of their jaw in a muscle known as the masseter, while others have large, overdeveloped calf muscles. Neuromodulators play a strong role in the treatment in all of these individual concerns.

Our aesthetic team, Dr. Colin Hong can help to diminish the appearance of wrinkles, excessive sweating, and enlarged jaw and/or calf muscles alike.

Neuromodulator treatments are quick and painless, and do not require any downtime. The results take between 24 hours to 14 days to take full effect and last upwards of 4 months.

You can book a consultation with our team to discuss your areas of concern and together, you can develop a treatment plan.

You might consider a breast lift if you are interested in restoring a youthful contour to your breasts. While a breast lift can be performed at any age, it is recommended that this cosmetic surgery procedure be undertaken only when breast development has stopped. Childbirth and breast-feeding can have a significant effect on the size and shape of your breasts.

If you have lost considerable volume in your breasts, you may also want to consider having saline or cohesive gel breast implants inserted either prior to or at the time of breast lift surgery.

Women considering having a breast lift or breast reduction before having children should discuss plans to breast-feed with the surgeon.

Call 416-222-6986 to book your complimentary consultation for neuromodulator treatment with us.

Botox not only helps with wrinkles, it actually makes you feel more relaxed as frowning causes tension.

Dr. Hong provides a number of surgical procedures for the face including facelift, facial injectables and eyelid surgery. He is also known for his skill and compassion as a talented rhinoplasty Toronto surgeon. Dr. Hong also grants the many requests of his patients by providing body and breast procedures. Among Dr. Hong`s regular body sculpting patients are those in search of tummy tuck, liposuction and breast augmentation with breast implants in Toronto.