Facial Injections: Info, Prices, Photos, Reviews, Q&A

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Botox represents the gold standard for treating vertical frown lines, transverse forehead wrinkles, and crow’s feet.

Unfortunately there are no alternatives to botox that offer significant advantages over botox. Dysport is very similar to botox and has similar advantages and disadvantages.

In patients who have severe brow descent surgery is an alternative. Under these circumstances endoscopic brow lift might elevate the brow while simultaneously addressing transverse forehead wrinkles and vertical frown lines.

For isolated vertical frown lines, horizontal forehead wrinkles, and crow’s feet botox represents the best treatment alternative. In reality nothing else comes close. (Richard J. Bruneteau, MD, Omaha Plastic Surgeon)

What are the Best Botox Alternatives?

Botox and/or Dysport are the best ways to deal with your forhead wrinkles. I do not believe there are any good alternatives to correct your wrinkles other than possibly skin care. (Robert Heck, MD, FACS, Columbus Plastic Surgeon)

The best alternatives would be other forms of Botulinum toxin such as dysport or xeomin. There is no proven cream or medication alternatives to Botox. (Kris M. Reddy, MD, FACS, West Palm Beach Plastic Surgeon)

Botox alternatives

Botox is a paralytic. It prevents the muscles from contracting by blocking the signal to contract at the level of the muscle. There are other brand names of botulism toxin A but they have the same effect.

Botox is a safe effective and easy way to limit frown wrinkles. The alternative to Botox for the treatment of frown wrinkles include chemical peels which remove the top layer of skin off the wrinkles and therefore make them shallower.

A forehead lift stretches or removes the excess skin which improves the wrinkles. A corregatorectomy or frontalis myomectomy basically cuts out portions of the muscle so the skin moves less and therefore wrinkles less. (Chad K. Wheeler, MD, Spokane Plastic Surgeon)

Botox alternatives work in the same way

There really aren’t any similar alternatives to drugs like Botox, which work directly on the junction between nerves and muscles to block muscle contraction, lessening the appearance of wrinkles.

There are other brands, such as Dysport and Xeomin, but they work in the same way and cost roughly the same.

The only other effective way to lessen forehead and brow wrinkles would be to strip out these muscles surgically, which can be performed during surgery such as endoscopic brow lift. (Matheson A. Harris, MD, Salt Lake City Oculoplastic Surgeon)

Botox may not even be the best option for you. I’d recommend a consultation with a Board Certified Plastic Surgeon. Depending on your age and where the wrinkles are you may be a great candidate for a brow lift. (Jerome Edelstein, MD, Toronto Plastic Surgeon)

Alternatives for Botox

There isn’t any lotion or creams that work like Botox. The only alternative available is Dysport. Dysport is FDA approved neurotoxin that is also injected into the muscles to improve the look of moderate to severe frown lines. (Vincent N. Zubowicz, MD, Atlanta Plastic Surgeon)

Alternatives to botox in the forehead

Other considerations for rejuvenating the forehead:

1) filler injections – as we age, our skull gives less support to our forehead muscles and overlying skin. A relatively small amount of filler, right on the bone, can provide support and create a beautiful curved appearance for the forehead. Although filler does not weaken the muscle, the muscle relaxes after the procedure, which diminishes forehead lines. I find that I am turning more and more towards filler injections to rejuvenate the forehead, especially in older patients.

2) topical muscle weakners – there are now products on the market that you can use topically to weaken the strength of the muscle. (Melissa Chiang, MD, FAAD, Houston Dermatologic Surgeon)

If you’re looking for a non-invasive remedy for your frown wrinkles I would suggest using a medical-grade wrinkle cream. Medical-grade wrinkle creams arenot sold at your typical drug stores or even at stores such as Sephora or Ulta.

You will most likely need to purchase them from a doctor. They provide betterand faster results than your typical drug store alternative because the activeingredients are at a much higher percentage. My office carries a brand called “SkinMedica.”

They offer a variety of creams and serums that are specific to the aging process of the skin.

Otherwise there are no real alternatives to Botox except other forms of Botulinum toxin A (the active ingredient in Botox). (Jimmy S. Firouz, MD, FACS, Beverly Hills Plastic Surgeon)

Botox Alternatives

The only other alternatives on the market with the same great results as Botox are other neuromodulators like Dysport or Xeomin. There are only slight differences between the 3 brands, but all will be effective in targeting and erasing frown wrinkles. (Cory Torgerson, MD, PhD, FRCSC, Toronto Facial Plastic Surgeon)

Botox alternative

Personally I have found that Dysport is as effective as Botox, and at times may work faster and also be less sensitive upon injecting. (Teanoosh Zadeh, MD, FRCSC, Montreal Plastic Surgeon)

Botox alternatives

Botox is a neuromuscular blocking agent And it paralyzes and weakens the muscles of expression on the face temporarily. There are other forms of neuro-modulators such as Dysport, but it acts the same way as Botox.

The only other alternative to Botox to smooth out frown wrinkles would be a surgical alternative to surgically soften the muscles of expression in forehead.(William Portuese, MD, Seattle Facial Plastic Surgeon)

Why look for something complicated when botox treatments are so easy painless and relatively inexpensive….botox is a fantastic product, it’s readily available and produces reproducible results without the potential for harm…

depending on the severity of your wrinkles the only other rational choice might be a filler such as juvederm, restylane or belotero…actually these may combined with botox depending on the depth of the creases…

if you’re young then just botox…if the wrinkles have been there for a long while, then maybe both…and there are brow lifts and other surgical procedures that are more expensive, more risky and not may still not provide the results you desire…so the simple solution is still botox or similar product. (Ken Landow, MD, Las Vegas Dermatologist)

As far as injectables the only alternative is Dysport which works in a similar fashion to Botox. Soft tissue filling agents such as Juvederm do not relax the muscle like Botox. (Jeffrey Zwiren, MD, Atlanta Plastic Surgeon)

Alternatives to Botox

Botox (and others, like Dysport and Xeomin) works by making the muscles in the area where it is injected temporarily weaker. The effect lasts anywhere from 3 to 6 months, depending on the dose, the specific patient, and the injection site.

The desired effect is to decrease the fine lines and wrinkles that are caused by repetitive muscle activity. Other ways to get rid of fine lines and wrinkles, that work in a different way than Botox, include different types of resurfacing procedures.

These literally remove the top layer of the skin, and as things heal, the wrinkles are lessened. Chemical peels and lasers are typically used. (Evan Ransom, MD, FACS, Bay Area Facial Plastic Surgeon)

What Are the Best Botox Alternatives?

One new alterantive to Botox that is coming to the market is off a device called Thermigen. Like GFX, it can use electrical energy to ablate nerve endings. However, the company making Thermigen has some interesting new feaures that may advance the idea of weakining nerves without Botox further.

Keep an eye out for Themigen as you do your search. (Farhan Taghizadeh, MD, Phoenix Facial Plastic Surgeon)

Botox alternatives

All the products which produce the same effect as Botox are forms of botulinum toxin.

Other alternatives would include Thermage, for skin tightening, or the facial fillers. See a board certified plastic surgeon in consultation who can evaluate the wrinkling and make a personalized recommendation.

If you have what patients like to call the “11s” between your eyes, filler may certainly be a reasonable, longer standing option. (Robert L. Kraft, MD, FACS, New York Plastic Surgeon)

Alternatives to Botox

There are no creams or potions you can topically use to reduce the muscle motion causing wrinkles. Botox seems to be the best option. While there is also Dysport, Botox’s competitor, Botox currently seems to be the most frequently used.

There are other options such as laser resurfacing, for example fractional CO2. Lasers may not completely eliminate but rather soften the look of the wrinkles for a more permanent approach. (Yael Halaas, MD, Manhattan Facial Plastic Surgeon)

Botox and Dysport are the only FDA approved neurotoxins available in the United States. They are virtually identical in the length of time they act. Very rarely do I find a patient that can tell the difference.

They topical neurotoxins currently in clinaical trials work poorly and are much more expensive. We find that pain of injections is greatly reduced by using 32 guage needles, ice and acupressure. This is the main objection in most of our patients. (Michael Tomcik, MD, San Ramon Dermatologist)

Fillers may help smooth away wrinkles that are visible when your face is in a neutral expression, but it is also administered by injection. Laser technologies can also help. (Michael Constantin Gartner, DO, Paramus Plastic Surgeon)