Botox has been shown to have benefits beyond just reducing wrinkles. Studies have found that Botox can improve mood and self-esteem, and is also used to treat migraine headaches, urinary incontinence, excessive sweating, and cardiac arrhythmias. More recent studies have indicated two additional benefits: that Botox can rejuvenate aging skin by altering collagen and elastin fibers and appearing to have an antioxidant effect, and that early post-operative Botox injections may minimize scarring by reducing muscle tension along scars.

1. Botox …. Just a wrinkle remedy? Well think again!
Studies have confirmed that Botox has anti-depressant effects. Patients administered with Botox
have shown improvements in mood and self – esteem that outlast improvement to their wrinkles
in clinical study. A wrinkle reduction is amazing but aside from that it seems that Botox has
several other interesting benefits!
Botox is also used for treating migraine headaches, urinary incontinence, effectively stops
excessive sweating in underarms and even cardiac arrhythmias.
Lately, we have stumbled onto two more important uses for this amazing product!
Botox for Skin Rejuvenation
Studies in JAMA Facial Plastic Surgery (published online May 21, 2015) showed that Botox
(BTX-A) not only relaxes muscles assisting with the relief of wrinkles, but also rejuvenates
aging skin. After an injection of Botox (BTX-A) actually altered collagen and elastin fibers in
the skin, which not only makes the skin look less wrinkled but also makes it appear younger
overtime. Even studies looking at UV damage in the skin have shown minimization of damage
with Botox (BTX-A), and a link has been established to Botox (BTX-A) injections and the
prevention of free radical release by cells—essentially an antioxidant effect. Dr. Joely Kaufman,
a board-certified dermatologist out of Miami, has been studying this effect for years and agrees
that Botox (BTX-A) softens the skin and makes it look even more flawless.
Botox for Treatment and Scar Prevention
Another study in the September/October edition of Wound Repair and Regeneration is
demonstrating the effectiveness of early post-operative Botox (BTX-A) injections for
minimizing surgical scars. The study seems to indicate that Botox (BTX-A) may also improve
keloid scars and prevent the muscle tension along scars that can lead to scar thickening. Again, it
is hypothesized that this improvement results from the ability of Botox (BTX-A) to effect
collagen production.
Both of the studies mentioned above are smaller-scale studies, but the results seem promising.