Botox Injections KH Plastic surgery.

Ahhhhhh injectables. To say I don’t have a love-hate relationship with them would be lying. On the one hand, they are the fountain of youth in a little syringe. If used cautiously and responsibly they can take 20 years easily off one’s face. If used irresponsibly, one could end up with facial malformations and irregularities, lumps, and bumps. For the past ten years or so, smug little 27 years old have been lining up at dermatologists and plastic surgeons to use Botox and Dysport to prevent the wrinkle from ever even forming. Botox is a neurotoxin produced by the bacteria clostridium botulinum and is a poison secreted by a bacterium. This neurotoxin freezes and relaxes the muscle. There are plenty of FDA approved uses for Botox, including migraines, neck spasms, excessive sweating, and hyperhidrosis.
On this Wednesday I made my appointment with a plastic surgeon I know well, named Dr. Ari Hoschander. His office is in Manhasset, NY.
I was greeted by friendly, welcoming staff on arrival. I waited in the waiting room and was quickly taken back. Dr. Hoschander asked me whether I have had Botox before and which areas. He asked me which areas I wanted to have done today, and I said all three of the most common areas, including forehead, glabellar and crows’ feet. The injections were practically painless, but your skin does make a weird sound when injected because the liquid goes into the subcutaneous layer of skin. The forehead hurt the least followed by the glabellar and then the crow’s feet, which was a little weird to have something injected so close to my eyes. After each injection site, he used a vibrating tool to help spread the liquid quickly to avoid the Botox accumulating in any particular area. I had no bleeding afterward and felt physically healthy and drove from the office right to work. About an hour after the injection I did notice a small hard bump on the rightside of my forehead which initially concerned me, but I reached out to Dr. Hoschander who got right back to me and told me it was normal and it might bruise a bit which it did not. The average price of botox in the NYC area ranges from 10-20 dollars per unit or 250-500 dollars per treatment area. I would suggest using a reputable doctor or practitioner either in a plastic surgery office or a dermatologist. The above pictures are top pre botox, left three days post and right five days post. The effects of botox are not immediate and usually, take between 3-7 days to see any impact. It is also not permanent and wears off anywhere from 2-4 months after the injections. The experience at KH plastic surgery overall was quick, easy, and painless, and I would return in the future for this or other treatments.