BOTOX TREATMENTS
What is Botox?
Botox is the purified protein which
relaxes muscles 5-14 days after injection. It prevents
the local nerve from causing muscle contraction, thereby
achieving relaxation of the muscle treated.
Is Botox permanent?
Botox temporarily relaxes the muscle,
allowing the patient time to appreciate its value and
decide if they want another injection in another 3-6
months.
Is Botox safe?
Botox’s potential toxicity is similar
to Tylenol – a normal dose can be enormously
helpful, but like a huge dose of Tylenol, a food
poisoning dose of Botox is dangerous. No allergy to Botox
has occurred in over 20 years of use. Botox is a
therapeutic breakthrough in spasticity and wrinkle
treatment!
Are Botox injections painful?
The tiny needle used to give Botox is far
smaller than the needle used to draw blood from the arm
for routine blood tests. Usually only several seconds of
minimal discomfort occur, and the entire procedure lasts
less than 15 minutes.
What is Botox used to treat?
Botox has been used successfully for years
to treat spasticity as well as to relax the muscles of
the forehead, between the eyes, and around the eyes to
eliminate the pull on the skin, safely removing wrinkles.
Botox is also used in torticollis, hemifascial spasm, and
to create facial symmetry in patients with stroke or
Bell’s Palsy.
Is any special equipment
required to deliver Botox?
Botox has limited migration capacity, so
the best results to decrease spasticity or remove
wrinkles are achieved with the use of an electromyogram
(EMG). An EMG records electrical activity of muscle
during medication delivery to confirm optimal placement
of the tiny needle and medication to achieve the highest
quality treatment.
Which doctors are trained in
the use of EMG equipment to guarantee the best treatment?
Rehabilitation is the only medical
specialty in which physicians must complete 250
EMG’s to board certify. Further expertise in EMG can
be confirmed by additional certification by the American
Board of Electrodiagnostic Medicine.
Who delivers Botox?
The physician specialty that is most
commonly trained in the use of EMG machines are
rehabilitation doctors. Botox is most commonly delivered
by rehabilitation physicians, neurologists,
dermatologists, and plastic surgeons.
Who will be my
doctor?
Aaron S. Geller, M.D. graduated with highest honors from
the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. He is
triple board certified by the American Board of Pain
Medicine, the American Board of Electrodiagnostic
Medicine / EMG / Peripheral Neurology, and the American
Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.
How can I
schedule an evaluation with Dr. Geller? Please bring your
doctor’s referral.
Dr. Geller’s offices in Nashua and
Concord can be contacted via phone via e-mail at GellerTreatment@hotmail.com. Office hours in Concord are on Mondays.
Directions to
Dr. Geller's offices
To get to Dr. Geller’s NASHUA office near the Nashua
Mall, one block off the Everett Turnpike, 30 minutes
south of Concord, take 93 South to 293 South, then veer
left to the Everett Turnpike and take exit #6 to
130-West. At the first set of lights, make a U-turn back
to the highway. After you pass the Shell gas station,
take an immediate right at 150 Broad Street at the
Carlson Real Estate Building. Continue through the
parking lot past the Japanese Bistro to the adjacent
building at 154 Broad Street, Nashua, NH 03062.
To get to Dr.
Geller’s CONCORD office adjacent to the Capitol
Center of the Arts, take 93 South to exit #14, and take a
right at the end of the ramp. Continue through three sets
of lights and take a left to North Main Street. Continue
approximately eight blocks. After you pass the sign for
Capitol Center of the Arts on your right, take a right to
Concord Street for a block to 46 South Main Street. Dr.
Geller’s office is on the second floor near the
Naturopathic Clinic area, Concord, NH 03301.
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