The Role of Fillers in Treating Depression

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Dr. Stephen Cosentino

Botox does a great job at reducing the amount of wrinkles in your face, which gives you a better appearance and as a result may make you feel better about yourself thereby reducing depression. Jason S. Reichenberg, MD, director of dermatology at the University of Texas-Austin says: “One of the theories about Botox treating depression is that it doesn’t make you smile, but it stops you from frowning,”

The study on what effect Botox has on depression found that depression showed a decrease in patients who received Botox treatment by 42%, and that figure was only 15% for the placebo group.

Botox can be worthy of a try, because conventional depression treatments are ineffective for up to a third of patients. The statistics indicate that up to 6.5% of Americans over the age of 18 suffer from depression. That’s a lot of people and the need to find an effective cure is at the forefront of research.

To summarize, Reichenberg says: “but I don’t think it’ll replace antidepressants. I think it means we need to start thinking outside the box.”

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