The main ingredient in BOTOX® is botulinum toxin type A, which allows the treatment to work by interfering with chemical signals that cause muscles to contract. Stopping the contractions means the skin won’t crease and form wrinkles on the surface.
If you’re considering this treatment for any reason, you may have many questions on your mind, such as, “How much does preventative BOTOX® cost?” “What will BOTOX® for head sweating cost?” or “What will BOTOX® for wrinkles cost?”
Injectors typically price BOTOX® by area or by unit. BOTOX® treatment costs can vary significantly depending on a few factors, such as where the patient lives, the desired results, procedural supplies, how many units they’re getting, the area where it is being injected, and their provider. Patients should also remember that regular maintenance sessions are needed to preserve results, and this will affect the price you pay for BOTOX® in a year.
BOTOX® costs less for smaller areas on average, meaning that if you’re having BOTOX® under the eyes to soften wrinkles or muscles that show when you squint, or BOTOX® around mouth for perioral wrinkles, your under eye or lip BOTOX® cost may be lower than what something like jawline BOTOX® costs.
Masseter BOTOX® or jawline BOTOX® for TMJ is a popular treatment to slim the jawline area for cosmetic reasons or reduce discomfort or tension associated with clenching or grinding the teeth. BOTOX® for forehead wrinkles or horizontal lines above the brows can sometimes cost more than BOTOX® for glabellar lines or frown lines. Trapezius BOTOX®, a BOTOX® brow lift, and BOTOX® for neck costs, or underarm BOTOX®/BOTOX® for sweating costs can also vary based on these factors.
If you’re getting BOTOX® for migraines, sweating, TMJ, or muscle tension, it might be possible to get insurance to cover the full or partial costs of these treatments, since they are medical in nature.