Top Rated Botox Treatment: What’s the Difference?

You can undergo a personalized “liquid face-lift” service with Botox® and fillers. Board-certified specialists at Pikes Peak ENT. 

Whether you want to target lines and wrinkles or minimize the appearance of acne scars, Botox and fillers may be just the right solution.

Is there a difference between Botox and fillers?

Yes. While Botox and fillers are both considered aesthetic injectables, they each work differently to enhance your skin. Below are descriptions of the differences between Botox and fillers.

Botox

Known as a neuromodulator, Botox interacts with cell signals that cause muscle twitching and contracting. Botox simply forces muscles to relax, while surrounding muscles continue to act as they normally do. 

This way, your skin smooths out but allows you to continue to make your normal facial expressions. 

As you smile, laugh, and contract the facial muscles throughout your life, over time, furrows begin to form as wrinkles in the skin. Wrinkles can make your appearance older looking than it should. 

Botox treatments can not only prevent these lines from forming but also smooth these marks of aging, with the ability to make you look younger than before. Botox benefits also include the reduction of migraine headaches, chronic jaw, and back pain, along with reducing muscle spasms.

Dermal fillers

Dermal fillers, such as Juvéderm® and Restylane®, restore age-related volume loss, add contouring effects, and enhance plumpness. Clinical-grade dermal fillers are gel-like substances that quickly add volume to your face. 

Juvéderm and Restylane in particular contain hyaluronic acid, a substance that delivers nutrients to cells and attracts moisture for superior volumizing effects. 

These fillers can restore volume to the skin and smooth moderate to more severe wrinkles. Fillers are injectable like Botox and can be used with topical or injectable anesthesia to provide more comfort during the procedure.

What can Botox and fillers treat?

The board-certified physicians at Pikes Peak ENT personalize your aesthetic injectable package to target many types of imperfections. Botox is highly beneficial for minimizing:

• Crow’s feet
• Forehead wrinkles
• Frown lines between your eyebrows

Your doctor may recommend getting Juvéderm or Restylane dermal fillers — they’re sometimes combined with Botox — to help:

• Plump your lips
• Smooth out scars, including acne scars
• Volumize and contour your cheeks
• Fill in deep grooves, like nasolabial folds

One type of Restylane called Lyft™ is beneficial for restoring the youthful appearance of your hands by adding volume to sunken areas. 

How long do Botox and fillers last? 

Not only are Botox and dermal fillers fast treatments that require zero downtime, they’re also long-lasting. The team at Pikes Peak ENT finds that Botox tends to leave you with more youthful-looking skin for as long as four months.

If you’re getting Juvéderm or Restylane dermal fillers, you can expect optimal results for up to six to 24 months, depending on which line of filler you choose and your level of volume loss. 

Pikes Peak ENT welcomes you to come in for additional injections once your treatment starts wearing off.