Botox was first approved for cosmetic use by the FDA in 2002 and has remained the most popular minimally invasive cosmetic procedure in the United States ever since. In 2023 alone, there were nearly 10 million neuromodulator treatments.
In the early days of Botox, it was common to see results that looked overly done — frozen faces with little to no expression. You still see that from time to time.
At Skin Shop Med Spa, Dr. Tiffany Su and our experienced aesthetic team strive to deliver results that look natural — the kind that leave people wondering why you look so refreshed, not guessing what you’ve had done, through our wide range of aesthetic services.
In the hands of our experienced and skilled aesthetic team, Botox can provide you with results that don’t scream that you’ve had work done. Instead, you can keep ‘em guessing why you’re looking so fresh and vibrant.
A quick note before we dive in: There’s more than one neuromodulator on the market, including Dysport®, Xeomin®, and Jeuveau®. To be simple, we collectively refer to them as Botox in this blog.
Every time you smile, laugh, raise your eyebrows, or frown, you’re using facial muscles that create expression lines — also called dynamic wrinkles. Over time, your skin becomes less elastic, and these expression lines can become etched into your skin.
For example, those forehead lines don’t smooth out after you lower your eyebrows, and you have a permanent frown line between your eyes, making you look angry.
Whichever dynamic wrinkles are involved, they become far less dynamic and more permanent as time progresses.
With Botox, we target the muscles that contract to form these wrinkles with a neurotoxin that temporarily quiets the muscles, causing the wrinkles to relax and your skin to smooth out.
During early use, practitioners tended to be a little overzealous with Botox, and the results were faces that appeared expressionless and frozen — a look that most of our clients would prefer to avoid.
At Skin Shop Med Spa, our cosmetic injectable specialists approach Botox as both a science and an art. We study how your facial muscles work, and inject Botox to enhance your natural beauty — not mask it.
We view administering Botox injections as an art and tailor these injectables to each person’s unique facial structure and goals.
For example, we look at the skin on your forehead to determine how to inject the Botox in a way that smooths your forehead lines without causing your eyebrows to fall.
We also want you to be able to make expressions, so we ensure that we don’t freeze your face with Botox. The goal is to allow you to make an expression, but that expression won’t linger longer than it should. Instead, you have a relaxed and youthful resting face between expressions.
We also listen to our clients and incorporate their objectives into each Botox treatment. After we review where you’d like to make some changes, we determine the best way to go about it. This step likely includes Botox but we may suggest other approaches, such as dermal fillers, for more natural-looking results.
While Botox is best known for smoothing forehead lines and crow’s feet, it's also a powerful tool for rejuvenating the lower half of the face — an area often overlooked.
Botox can be used to:
These lower-face treatments help refine your profile, improve facial balance, and contribute to that “refreshed but not obvious” effect that so many of our clients love.
Whether you’re new to injectables or looking for a provider who understands how to deliver subtle, customized results, our aesthetic team is here to help. We bring a deep knowledge of facial anatomy, artistic vision, and a commitment to helping you feel confident in your skin.
To see how we can deliver natural results with Botox that bring out the best in your face, contact our office in Houston, Texas, by phone or online to schedule your cosmetic injectable appointment today.
