Botox is an incredible treatment for many issues. While it is often associated with cosmetic medicine, many other people can benefit from Botox injections. If you would like to know more, check out these four uses of Botox.

1. Wrinkle Reduction

Of course, many people choose Botox to fight wrinkles. Botox paralyzes small muscles in the face and is commonly used on the forehead and around the nose, eyes, and mouth. This prevents wrinkles from appearing when you smile, raise your eyebrows, squint your eyes, etc.

Besides helping to reduce the appearance of wrinkles, Botox may help prevent wrinkles. If you use Botox regularly to prevent certain muscles from contracting, you may prevent creases from appearing. Botox can not fill in wrinkles like dermal fillers.

2. Excessive Underarm Sweat

When your body gets hot from the heat or exercise, it sweats to cover your body with some water to cool down. However, if you experience excessive sweat when you aren't hot or exerted, you may be suffering from hyperhidrosis or excessive sweating, especially under the arms.

Botox injections under the arms block the nerve signals that tell your underarms to sweat. In most cases, Botox injections can reduce underarm sweating by 82 to 87 percent.

3. Lazy Eye

If you have a lazy eye, the eyes don't move in unison. One is typically a little slower than the other. Without treatment, the condition can worse, and some people may even go blind in the weaker eye. Botox injections into the muscles that control the eyes relax the muscles. This improves the chances of the eyes working together.

4. Bladder Dysfunction

There are many types of bladder dysfunction, and many people struggle with this condition. Two common problems are overactive bladder and urgency incontinence. Patients with overactive bladder may have a sudden need to urinate and difficulty holding it. Urgency incontinence is also a sudden urge to urinate, but you cannot make it to the toilet.

Both conditions are usually caused by neurologic issues, and Botox can help by relaxing the muscles that contract when you must urinate. This gives you more time to make it to the restroom.  

Botox is a great treatment for many conditions. Besides helping reduce the appearance of wrinkles, it may fight more irritating issues like incontinence and underarm sweat. If you would like to know more, or if you want to schedule an appointment for Botox injections, contact a dermatologist in your area.