The botox® (botulinum toxin A) is obtained from the bacterium named Colostridum Botulinum found in the soil and water and. was first used in the humans by ophthalmologist Dr. Alan Scott in 1980, since then it has been used in many eye diseases (for example, strabismus), neurological diseases (for example, strabismus, tics, muscle spasms) and general surgery (for example, anal fissure treatment). In recent years, the new treatment methods have emerged, especially in the field of Plastic Surgery.
With the use of botox® in the field of Plastic Surgery, the facial wrinkles are successfully treated for the aesthetic purposes. In 1992, the studies conducted in the field of aesthetic accelerated when a team of the ophthalmologists and dermatologists reported that the frowning eyebrow deformity was corrected with the botox® in a study published. With the applications in Plastic Surgery, the facial lines, forehead lines, crow's feet, frown lines and fine lines on the lips can be corrected. In addition to all these improvements, the different applications such as changing the shape and position of the eyebrows and eyebrow lifting are also carried out.
Other application areas of the botox® in the plastic surgery are the treatment of excessive sweating and the treatment of migraine and tension-type headaches.
The use of the botox® in the treatment of migraine and tension-type headaches emerged completely coincidentally in 1992, when William Binder, an Ear Nose and Throat Specialist, observed that the headaches of his patients treated for the facial wrinkles were also relieved. With the advanced research and applications, it has been revealed that the effect of botox® on the migraine and tension-type headaches is to reduce the severity of pain and to increase the time between pain attacks.
The migraine, which is frequently seen in the society, causes great distress to the patient, disconnects her from her daily life and causes serious loss of the work force, is detected by the neurologists or pain specialists and the drug treatment is started. The patients who do not benefit from the drug therapy or who do not want to use the drugs continuously can now consider botox® among their treatment options. As a result, although the botox® is a drug treatment, it provides a great advantage over the routine drug treatments with its effect duration of 3-4 months and at the same time creating a younger appearance in the applied patients. In addition, since the effect of botox® on the nerve endings can be evaluated in the patients having successful results with the botox®, the surgical treatment can be recommended for these patients, which ensures the permanence of the treatment.
The effect of the botox® on the migraine can be explained as follows: The nerve compressions that cause the migraine occur in the certain areas of the face, inside the nose and on the back of the neck, in very thin nerves just under the skin. Since these nerves are relaxed with the botox® in the forehead stretching and wrinkle treatments, the migraine is also treated. Again, on the contrary, the patients whose migraine treatment is treated with the botox® have an aesthetically rejuvenated appearance in the forehead and temple areas with a duration of effect between 4-6 months, which is another advantage of the botox® over the routine drug treatments.