Could Botox help you stop grinding your teeth?

Wouldn’t you like to find a way to stop grinding your teeth successfully The article below from The American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery discusses how Botox may be able to help nighttime teeth grinders. Sleek Surgical & MedSpa offers Botox as well as many other MedSpa services. Make sure and take advantage of the last day of our promotion with $10 per unit Botox. For more information on Botox or other services visitwww.sleekmedspa.com or give us a call at 1-800-SLEEK-USA. We look forward to seeing you at Sleek shortly!

Botox may help nighttime teeth grinders

Have you ever woken up after a long night's sleep feeling like you had been chewing on gravel while you slept? A pair of new studies has found that Botox, the drug commonly used to help individuals improve their looks by reducing the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles on the face, can also help those who suffer from nighttime teeth grinding.

MyHealthNewsDaily.com reports that researchers from the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston tested the efficacy of using Botox injections to treat nocturnal bruxism, or chronic nighttime teeth-grinding.

For the study, 23 patients with nocturnal bruxism were randomly assigned to receive a Botox injection or a placebo injection. Four weeks after the initial injection, participants and their partners were questioned about whether their nighttime teeth grinding had improved. Scientists found that the Botox was found to provide significant relief to those who received it, while the only side effect was a slight change in appearance for some people when smiling.

A separate study, conducted by scientists at the Henry Ford Medical Center in Detroit, showed that patients who were experienced severe bruxism following head injuries benefitted from Botox injections, and experienced no side effects, according to MedicalXPress.com.

DeltaSleepLabs.com reports that nocturnal teeth grinding is one of the most common sleep disorders affecting 30 to 40 million Americans. Many people don't know they have the condition and are alerted to it by their partner or a dentist. Nocturnal bruxism can damage the teeth, and has been associated with headaches and pain in the jaw area.

Experts say larger scale studies are needed to determine if Botox is effective in treating teeth grinding.

It's important to note that the wrinkle-reducing injectable has been approved for several other non-cosmetic uses as well. According toBotoxMedical.com, Botox is also commonly used to treat urinary incontinence, chronic headaches, muscle stiffness, cervical dystonia and eye problems including muscle problems with the eyes (strabismus) or abnormal spasm of the eyelids (blepharospasm). Scientists are also currently testing Botox's efficacy in treating other conditions such as asthma.

However, the most common use of the drug is to treat crow's feet, laugh lines and other wrinkles by temporarily paralyzing the muscles. According to the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, Botox was the most commonly performed non-cosmetic surgical procedure in 2011, with more than 2.6 million individuals undergoing it.

While Botox often provides positive cosmetic results with few side effects, its effects are not permanent and injections need to be repeated every three to six months for the best results.

Individuals interested in the procedure should speak with a licensed, board-certified plastic surgeon or cosmetic dermatologist to ensure their safety and a positive outcome.

Could an eye-lift cure chronic headaches? How migraine sufferers are turning to plastic surgery for relief

Extreme migraine sufferers are now turning to cosmetic surgery to cure their debilitating pain.

Through routine surgeries, such as an eyelid lift, doctors are able to have 'easy access' to the critical sensory nerves around eyes that can cause migraine pain, with patients also benefiting cosmetically.

After several patients reported their migraines improved after a forehead lift, U.S. plastic and reconstructive doctors have come up with a successful procedure combing pain relief with aesthetic enhancement.

When other women also cited migraine relief following Botox injections, Dr Bahman Guyuronthis, chairman of the plastic surgery department at University Hospitals Case Medical Center in Cleveland, told the Boston Globe: 'We put two and two together and designed a surgical procedure to help these patients.'

This nerve decompression procedure, an operation that relieves pressure on the nerves behind the eyes believed to cause migraine pain, was first developed 12 years ago by Dr Guyuronthis.

However a big challenge was having neurologists, who were skeptical about the otherwise cosmetic approach, to refer patients. 

Of the over 36 million Americans afflicted with migraine, 27 million are women, according to the Migraine Research Foundation, and eventually some patients were willing to try the experimental procedure because of the added cosmetic benefits.

To read more of this article check out Could an eye-lift cure chronic headaches? and visit us at Sleek Surgical & MedSpa to learn more about this procedure. 

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Unsure of the difference between Juvederm and Botox? Read the below to learn more!

Botox vs. Juvederm

While BOTOX® Cosmetic is still the top wrinkle treatment in the country, there are many other dermal injectables such as Juvederm™ that are also effective at treating fine lines, wrinkles, crows feet, frown lines, acne scars, forehead creases, dark under eye circles, not to mention plumping lips and rejuvenating skin. The fact that both are proven injectable treatments leads some patients to ask, what's the difference between the two?

First off, the main difference between Botox and Juvederm is in the injections' solutions themselves. Juvederm is a dermal filler that uses a hyaluronic acid-based gel to literally "fill in" wrinkles and rejuvenate aging skin. Botox, on the other hand, is an injection that uses a refined solution of botulinum toxin type A. This toxin, also known as a neuromuscular blocking toxin, eliminates the appearance of wrinkles by blocking the chemical that triggers muscle responses, acetylcholine. This creates a temporary paralysis of muscles at the injection site, thus smoothing skin in the forehead and around the eyes for a more youthful appearance. By comparison, Juvederm's filler solution plumps weak or deteriorating skin tissues to temporarily compensate for reduced collagen levels and loss of skin elasticity.

Botox and Juvederm are both used to rejuvenate the appearance of aging skin; however, Juvederm and other dermal fillers can also be used for lip augmentation and to correct fat loss in the face, whereas BOTOX® Cosmetic is strictly a wrinkle treatment. Outside the realm of aesthetic enhancement, Botox injections can be used to treat an assortment of medical conditions like migraine headaches and excessive sweating (hyperhidrosis). Juvederm injections are used solely for cosmetic enhancement.

Like Botox, Juvederm has been FDA approved to treat wrinkles for cosmetic patients. Its naturally occurring, hyaluronic acid gel means that Juvederm poses virtually no risk of allergic reaction, and is a very safe filler option with minimal side effects. Juvederm's formula also provides long-term effectiveness, with results lasting anywhere from 6-9 months, or even up to 12 months.

You can also visit us at www.sleekmedspa.com to learn more about these procedures, as well as other cosmetic surgery procedures that are 15% off this month only. 


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