EYE CENTER OF TEXAS BLOG

Last night the Eye Center of Texas hosted a Black Bag & Botox Benefit...supporting the Houston Chapter of Dress for Success. Dress for Success provides professional attire, support and career development tools to help women thrive in work and life. This is a great organization and if you would like to learn more...check out this 2 minute video:
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LATISSE
Lash enhancement for life!
Imagine the beauty and confidence that comes with longer, thicker and darker eyelashes. If you are one of the many people that suffer from inadequate eyelashes, now there’s an easy solution. LATISSE™ is an FDA approved prescription treatment for hypotrichosis, the scientific name for having insufficient eyelash coverage. This breakthrough formula is used to grow your real eyelashes for life, making them longer and more prominent. Learn how you can enhance the appearance of your eyes—one of your most distinguished and striking features—with this simple daily topical treatment.

What is LATISSE™?
LATISSE™ is the first and only FDA-approved prescription treatment for inadequate or insufficient eyelashes (also known as hypotrichosis of the eyelashes). This specialized
topical treatment is applied directly to lashes once daily to make them longer, thicker and darker.

How does LATISSE™ work?
The LATISSE™ topical treatment is designed to target and enhance the normal “growth phase” of eyelash hair by both increasing the length of this crucial phase and multiplying
the number of hairs grown during this time. If you stop using LATISSE™, eyelashes will gradually return to their previous appearance.

How quickly will I see results?
Eyelash growth with LATISSE™ is gradual, and fills in naturally over time. Initial changes may be visible around four weeks with longer, thicker and darker effects peaking at 16 weeks. At four months, 78% of those in a LATISSE™ clinical study showed significant increase in overall eyelash prominence.

How do I obtain a LATISSE™ prescription?
Call the Eye Center of Texas at 713-395-1515 to schedule your LATISSE™ evaluation and find out if LATISSE™ is right for you

From the makers of Botox, Allergan, Inc, comes a drug that will make your lashes--longer, thicker, darker, Latisse.

This product means what it says!!! My lashes are so much longer and thicker. Latisse made my lashes darker too, so now when I take my mascara off at night, it looks like I still have it on!!! LOVE IT!!!

What is BOTOX?

BOTOX is the trade name of Botulinum Toxin Type A, purified neurotoxin complex manufactured by Allergan. In large amounts, this toxin blocks the nerve impulses to muscles, causing a form of paralysis to each muscle group. Although it is a toxin, BOTOX has been used safely by ophthalmologists for over 10 years. It has been used for wrinkle therapy since the early 1990’s with no serious side effects. In fact, people with migraine or chronic headache pain often find relief of their symptoms after BOTOX therapy.

This naturally formed substance (BOTOX) is injected into muscle that is contracting abnormally. Be assured that BOTOX therapy is safe. It has been tested and used for aesthetic purposes for many years and is an especially popular treatment for visible signs of aging.

How does BOTOX work?

By using extremely small doses of BOTOX, injected directly into a specific muscle, only the action of that muscle will be paralyzed. Therefore, the problem that muscle causes will be stopped, leaving your skin smooth and relaxed. After the treatment, the overlying skin remains smooth and unwrinkled while the untreated facial muscles contract in a normal fashion. Some of the most common areas treated include crow’s feet, frown lines, laugh lines, and forehead wrinkles.

Can it be used for wrinkles?

BOTOX injections are best on the upper third of the face. Forehead lines, furrows between the eyebrows, and lines around the eyes (”crow’s feet”) respond favorably to the treatment. Please visit our office for a personal consultation on how BOTOX treatments can help you.

Are there any side effects?

The side effects of BOTOX injections are typically related to the area where the solution is injected. There may be a slight discomfort from the needle entering the skin, and a small chance of a bruise at the site of the injection. There have been no permanent treatment side effects. In fact, BOTOX treatments have recently been awarded approval for cosmetic use by the Food And Drug Administration.

Am I a candidate?

If you would like to learn more about what BOTOX treatments can do for you, simply call our office. Our doctors are experienced in BOTOX injections and will be able to tell you if the treatments will work for you.

Many of us would love to improve our appearance, but don’t have either the time or the desire to undergo cosmetic surgery. With today’s advancements, there are things that we can do to make amazing changes without surgery or a long recovery period. Thanks to a FDA approved drug, dynamic lines can be dramatically softened. BOTOX treatments can be used to improve the appearance of worry lines, frown lines, laugh lines, crow’s feet and other wrinkles caused by aging. BOTOX injections are one of the most popular cosmetic treatments today. This procedure can be done on a lunch break and requires no anesthesia or recovery. Overall, the vast majority of patients love this “quick fix” and return for a BOTOX treatment boost as soon as the wrinkles begin to reappear!

Call us at the Eye Center of Texas to schedule your BOTOX appt!