What is BOTOX^® Cosmetic?
BOTOX^® Cosmetic is the only approved treatment to temporarily improve the appearance of both moderate to severe frown lines between the brows and crow’s feet lines in adults.

A well-studied treatment BOTOX^® Cosmetic is one of the most extensively studied medical aesthetic treatments and is approved for cosmetic use in 78 countries.*
BOTOX^® Cosmetic has a record of experience that aesthetic specialists know and trust. And, the safety and efficacy of BOTOX^® Cosmetic have been evaluated in both
Allergan sponsored clinical trials as well as in 417 peer-reviewed articles in scientific and medical journals.

*VISTABEL^® outside of North America.

Derived from sources that exist in nature BOTOX^® Cosmetic contains tiny amounts of a highly purified botulinum toxin protein refined from the bacterium, Clostridium botulinum.
Formulations, potency, and approved doses vary among botulinum toxin products, which means that one product cannot take the place of another.
Those are a few reasons why there is no such thing as a “generic” form of BOTOX^® Cosmetic.
There have been no studies to support that other products are Unit-to-Unit equivalent to BOTOX^® Cosmetic.

A treatment experienced by millions of people, approximately 10.9 million vials of BOTOX^® Cosmetic have been sold in the United States since 2002, and millions of people have already made
BOTOX^® Cosmetic a part of what they do for themselves. 
Today, BOTOX^® Cosmetic is the #1 selling product of its kind in the world. ^†Data collected through June 2014.

How does BOTOX® Cosmetic work?

BOTOX^® Cosmetic targets one of the underlying causes of frown lines and crow’s feet—the repeated muscle contractions from frowning and squinting over the years.
Your specialist will inject these muscles with BOTOX^® Cosmetic to temporarily reduce muscle activity.
You will begin to notice a visible smoothing of your crow’s feet lines and frown lines between your brows.

Wrinkles result from a combination of many factors. It’s not just about cellular changes that can occur over time, reduction of collagen, or damage caused by free radicals in the sun and the environment.
When you frown or concentrate, the muscles between your brows contract, causing your skin to furrow and fold. And when you squint, the muscles around your eyes contract and cause crow’s feet.

For the crow’s feet area, your specialist will inject 3 areas of the orbicularis oculi, the muscle that frames the side of the eye.
This will be repeated on the orbicularis oculi muscle on the other eye.
Injecting BOTOX^® Cosmetic into the muscles that cause crow’s feet lines temporarily reduces the activity of those muscles.
The result is a reduction in the appearance of those lines.