Botox

Overview

Botox is the best known of a group of medications that use various forms of botulinum toxin to temporarily paralyze muscle activity. Noted primarily for the ability to reduce the appearance of some facial wrinkles, botulinum toxin injections can also treat repetitive neck spasms (cervical dystonia), excessive sweating (hyperhidrosis), overactive bladder and some causes of crossed eyes. Botulinum toxin injections also help prevent chronic migraines in some people.

Why choose Mayo Clinic?

• Experience and expertise. Improperly placed botulinum toxin injections can cause serious complications, so it helps to choose doctors with experience. Mayo Clinic doctors perform thousands of botulinum toxin injections each year.
• Time for you. Your Mayo Clinic specialist will take time to discuss options and answer your questions about botulinum toxin injections.
• Efficient care. At Mayo Clinic, your appointments are coordinated, so you usually can complete your treatment in a few days.

Mayo Clinic: Answers you can trust

At Mayo Clinic, we assemble a team of specialists who take the time to listen and thoroughly understand your health issues and concerns. We tailor the care you receive to your personal health care needs. You can trust our specialists to collaborate and offer you the best possible outcomes, safety and service.

Mayo Clinic is a not-for-profit medical institution that reinvests all earnings into improving medical practice, research and education. We're constantly involved in innovation and medical research, finding solutions to improve your care and quality of life. Your doctor or someone on your medical team is likely involved in research related to your condition.

Our patients tell us that the quality of their interactions, our attention to detail and the efficiency of their visits mean health care — and trusted answers — like they've never experienced.

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