Botox & Juvederm Buckhead Atlanta, GA
Invest in a Youthful Appearance Today!
Your dentist can help you invest in your confidence using a variety of cosmetic procedures to achieve your dream smile. Did you know your dental office offers more cosmetic treatments than just those for your teeth and gums? Now, you can turn back the hands of time to maintain a youthful appearance with Juvederm and Botox in Buckhead Atlanta. Dr. Jane C. Puskas offers the treatments as part of our services to help you look your best.
What is Botox?
Botox is an FDA-approved treatment made from a purified protein that temporarily paralyzes specific muscles. When injected into a certain area, it stops the muscles from contracting. This softens the visibility of wrinkles, fine lines, and folds. After just one session, you can enjoy results that can last for 3 to 6 months.
Botox is often used on patients who have wrinkles and lines appearing as the result of showing emotion, like smiling or laughing. It works best when treating shallow lines, like laugh lines and crow’s feet.
What is Juvederm?
Often, it is thought Botox and Juvederm are the same, but they are actually quite different. Juvederm does not paralyze your muscles like Botox. Instead, it is a special gel made from hyaluronic acid. It is injected into a certain area of your skin to smooth lines and grooves. It is often used to eliminate the appearance of deep wrinkles, giving you results that can last for as long as 2 years.
The dermal filler is recommended to treat wrinkles and grooves that appear when your face is in a resting position. The gel replaces the volume you have lost naturally in your facial tissues to give you a younger look. It is best for treating deep lines that appear near the upper lip, mouth, cheekbones, and frown lines.
Am I a Candidate?
If you are interested in Botox or Juvederm in Buckhead Atlanta, you first need to schedule your consultation. After a visual examination and discussing the results you want to achieve, we create a customized treatment plan using one or both options.
What Can I Expect?
The treatments do not cause significant pain or discomfort, but a topical numbing agent may be applied to the skin. A small needle is used to inject the solutions into specific treatment areas. Generally, it only takes a few minutes to complete either treatment.
You may notice some redness at the injection sites. You may also have some slight tenderness or bruising. Any side effects dissipate within a few days after your treatment. Severe adverse reactions are rare.
Schedule Your Consultation Today
If you are feeling insecure about an aged appearance, you can invest in your confidence with a trip to your dentist. Besides teeth whitening, porcelain veneers, or Invisalign, you can also benefit from Botox and Juvederm to look your best. Contact our dental office today to schedule your consultation for a personalized treatment plan.
BOTOX® & Juvéderm FAQs
How Can I Prolong My BOTOX® Injections?
Here are some of the best ways that you can prolong the results of your BOTOX® injections.
Avoid Sun Damage: BOTOX is ineffective against wrinkles and lines caused by sun damage because they aren’t due to muscle movements. Sun damage can also cause an inflammatory response within the cells that break down your BOTOX®.
Low-Intensity Workouts: High-intensity workouts raise your metabolic rate, which can cause your body to break down the BOTOX® more quickly. It’s best to stick to low-to-moderate training in your workouts.
Reduce Stress: Stress can apply pressure to the muscles that have been targeted to relax with BOTOX®. This can cause the effects to wear off quickly.
Moisturize Often: Moisturizers containing collagen and hyaluronic acid can be particularly beneficial by keeping your skin plump and healthy.
Don’t Use Nicotine: Smoking and vaping cause your collagen to break down, damage your skin shells, and reduce the effectiveness of your BOTOX® injections.
Does BOTOX® Remove Wrinkles?
This depends on the cause of the wrinkle. BOTOX® blocks signals from the nerves to the muscles. The injected muscle is unable to contract. That makes wrinkles relax and soften. It is effective on forehead lines, crow’s feet, and drown lines, but won’t help with wrinkles caused by sun damage or gravity. “Dynamic wrinkles” are caused by muscle movement, so BOTOX® is a good option to smooth them out. “Static wrinkles” are caused by a loss of elasticity and collagen in your skin or damaged caused by the sun or smoking. For this type of wrinkle, a combination of BOTOX® and Juvéderm typically produces the best results.
What Happens If I Stop Getting Juvéderm?
With dermal fillers, most people think that your skin will become wrinkly or saggy if you stop getting injections. This isn’t necessarily true. The effects of the fillers wear off after months or years, but the treated area is likely to return to its original state. The benefits of fillers will disappear, so you may notice those lines and volume loss returning. However, if you decide to get Juvéderm again in the future, your face will be smooth again, giving you a mouth youthful appearance.
Should I Go to My Dentist for Juvéderm?
A thorough knowledge of anatomy, the properties of the available filling materials, and injection techniques are essential to prevent complications with dermal fillers. Dermal fillers are used by dentists for high lip lines, uneven lips, and to make the peri-oral area more esthetic, among other reasons. These help patients to appear more youthful. Dentists are true specialists of the face, and they already know how to give comfortable injections, so the learning curve is short for dermal filler training.