BoTox is now the latest style in Sydney society and has become a grooming must for many in the city. But I never cease to be surprised by the insane misconceptions surrounding this treatment.

Below are a few of the urban legends often heard at Star Cosmetic Medicine in Pyrmont, Sydney.

Urban Legend # 1: I could lose the ability to express emotions!

The human face has sixty or so muscles. The extensive use of these muscles can cause the formation of wrinkles. Too many doses of Botulinum Toxin may result in the facial musculature becoming over relaxed. More often than not physicians use comparatively small dosages to are designed to make you look ‘refreshed’, but still you will always maintain your facial expression.

Therefore a carefully measured amount of BoTox in the proper site means facial expression is saved whilst the fine lines are reduced.

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Urban Legend # 2: Botulinum is a toxin!
There is some truth in this assertion. Botulinum Toxin Type A is the correct pharmacological terminology. An overdose may relax muscles that you do not want loosened or can cause sickness.

But to put everything into perspective: an old pharmacy expression is that ‘everything is a poison – it all depends on the dose’. A large dosage of any medicinal drug can induce illness. In fact water can be a poison if you take too much.

Urban Legend # 3: BoTox will sting!
The hypodermic needles used at Star Cosmetic Medicine have a diameter smaller than your hair. Numerous people say that the injections are not worse than a bug bite. It is certainly not as sore as a procedure like a blood test.

Urban Legend # 4: BoTox will numb the sensation in my face!
False. BoTox works on the neuromuscular junction, and not on the nerves of sensation. Only the ability to relax muscles is affected by BoTox.

Urban Legend # 5. Once you begin BoTox you have to continue otherwise you may age faster than ever!
This is also incorrect.

One treatment will last about 3 months. Later treatments do last a little longer. The wrinkles will eventually re-emerge as the muscle regains its strength. However they will certainly be no more pronounced than when you began.

Even if you never have BoTox shots ever again – any wrinkles should be less severe than if you had not been treated. This is obviously because your skin has had a ‘wrinkle holiday’ for a few months.