Botox Injections

Botulinum toxin (Botox) injections at Plastic Surgery Chicago, administered by Dr. Robert L. Walton, MD, FACS in the Gold Coast. Treats dynamic facial wrinkles including forehead lines, frown lines (glabellar '11s'), and crow's feet. No anaesthesia required. Results last 3–4 months. In-office session of a few minutes. Consultation or booking call required for pricing.

Botox injections at Plastic Surgery Chicago are administered by Dr. Robert L. Walton, bringing the anatomical precision of a formally trained surgical specialist to a non-surgical setting. Botulinum toxin type A (commercially available as Botox Cosmetic, Allergan) works by blocking acetylcholine release at the neuromuscular junction of targeted facial muscles, causing temporary muscle relaxation that smooths the overlying dynamic wrinkles — creases formed by repeated facial expression rather than by volume loss or structural change. The primary cosmetic indications at this practice mirror standard practice: horizontal forehead lines created by frontalis muscle contraction, vertical glabellar frown lines ('11s') between the brows created by the corrugator supercilii and procerus muscles, and lateral orbital crow's feet produced by the orbicularis oculi. Dr. Walton's surgical background and familiarity with facial musculature from operative anatomy is directly applicable to injection medicine — identifying exact muscle anatomy beneath the skin and calibrating dose and injection point placement to produce balanced results while preserving natural facial movement. Onset of effect begins within 3–5 days post-injection and reaches full clinical effect at two weeks. Duration is typically 3–4 months, influenced by individual metabolic rate, muscle mass, and injection frequency. At this practice, Botox is offered as a non-surgical maintenance and preventive treatment and as a complement to surgical outcomes — for example, used post-facelift to maintain facial muscle tone or pre-surgically to assess the dynamic component of wrinkle formation. Perlane (a hyaluronic acid filler for deeper static folds) is also available for patients whose wrinkles are not primarily dynamic in origin. Sessions are conducted in-office with no anaesthesia required and take only a few minutes. Consultation or a booking call is required for pricing.