Botox for Lewisboro, NY

Every line has a muscle behind it

An expression line is the skin’s record of a muscle at work. Botox does not fill anything or resurface anything; it quiets one chosen muscle so the skin lying over it stops folding. That is why a good treatment begins with anatomy rather than with the crease itself, and why your injector will ask you to frown, squint and lift your brows before deciding where a single injection goes.

Which muscle draws which line

• The corrugators and the “elevens”. These small muscles pull the brows together and carve the vertical frown lines between them. Softening those lines is the use Botox carries its FDA approval for.
• The orbicularis oculi and crow’s feet. A ring of muscle around each eye creases the outer corners whenever you smile or squint.
• The frontalis and forehead lines. The broad muscle that raises your eyebrows folds the forehead into horizontal bands.
• The levator labii superioris and bunny lines. It wrinkles the sides of the nose when you scrunch it.
• The platysma and neck bands. With age, this thin sheet of muscle forms vertical cords down the front of the neck.

Tiny, measured doses go into the muscles you have chosen and no others. Everything else in your face keeps moving as it always has, which is how the result stays natural.

Why the specialty matters

Bellava’s injector team is led by its medical director, Donna D’Alessio, MD, who is board certified in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, a field built around muscles, nerves and the way the body moves. Treatments are given by nurse injectors Grace Jacildo, BSN, RN and Nicole Cardwell, FNP-BC, who work to the standard she sets and adjust your plan at later visits.

Quick enough to sit beside the errands

Lewisboro has no downtown business district, so most residents do their shopping at the plazas in Goldens Bridge, Cross River and Vista, or over the state line in Ridgefield. A Botox appointment slots into a morning like that: the injections take about 10 to 15 minutes, each one a quick pinprick, and there is nothing to recover from afterwards. From Cross River, Bellava is around 13 minutes away without traffic, heading west on Route 35 through Katonah; from South Salem, allow about 16.

Lewisboro patients ask

When does it start working? The treated muscles begin to relax somewhere between day three and day ten, and the full effect shows at about two weeks. It then lasts roughly three to four months before the next visit is due.

Botox or laser resurfacing? They solve different problems. A laser improves the texture and tone of the skin but leaves the muscle working; Botox stops the creasing but leaves the surface as it was. Bellava offers both, the laser side including fractional CO2 skin rejuvenation.

Are there side effects? Slight swelling, redness or a small bruise at an injection point, usually gone within a few days. As a precaution, Botox is not given during pregnancy or while breastfeeding.

How do I book? Press Book Now to choose a time online. Financing options, CareCredit among them, are available.