The Difference Between Botox and Fillers
Not a day goes by that I don’t get asked about the difference between Botox and Fillers. So, let me take this opportunity to clear things up for everyone who is also wondering. The basic difference is that Botox works with “muscular movement” whereas cosmetic fillers work by “adding back volume or support underneath the skin” and “in the skin.” To keep it simple, Botox relaxes the muscles that cause wrinkle lines–it simply blocks the muscles that cause the skin to wrinkle. Botox is mainly used to treat the lines near and between the eye area–like “11” lines between your eyes and “crows feet” on the sides of your eyes. If a wrinkle around the eye gets worse with muscle movement such as squinting it may be better treated with Botox. Cosmetic dermal fillers, such as Juvederm, Radiesse and Voluma, to name a few, are different than Botox. Fillers are…