Dr. Ghada Skin Care Center, Cairo, Egypt

It's true you grow old, but still you can have more refreshed younger appearance. Lines and wrinkles happen when we frown, smile or laugh. Our muscles contract in our face into folds of skin to form dynamic wrinkles. By time this wrinkles and lines become deeper and more permanent. It makes you look older than you are.

Now you can easily erase these lines, without surgery, scars and recovery time by using BOTOX.

What is Botox?

Botox contains a highly purified protein. When injected into muscles BOTOX relaxes the facial expression muscles and stop them contracting leaving overlying skin smooth and unwrinkled.

The amazing is what BOTOX works only on specific injected muscles leaving surrounding muscles to function normally to produce normal facial expression. It cannot "Freeze" your facial expression.

What is the treatment like?

Botox is injected with a very fine needle into several locations on the face. Treatment takes around 15 minutes depends on number of injected area. It takes 2 -3 days to see full effect.

How long will the effects of Botox last?

Duration of effect varies by patient and depends on the severity of the condition being treated. You may need to repeat it two times a year.

But overtime the duration of the effect increase so, you may require less frequent treatment in the future to maintain the result you have come to like.

How safe is Botox long-term?

Botox treatment has been used in patients to manage various wrinkles for over 10 years in Egypt and for over 15 years around the world.

A recent analysis of Botox studies has followed over 2000 patients for an average of 12 years of treatment and has concluded that Botox has a favorable safety and tolerability profile.