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Botox treatment against migraine is very effective. It is not exactly clear what causes migraines, but the involuntary tightening of the facial muscles seems to be a major initiator. Because Botox can relax these muscles, this treatment is often a good solution.
As many as one in five Dutch people have headaches at least one day a week. Often this is migraine. Migraine is headache that comes in attacks. It is still not entirely clear what causes migraine. In many cases, however, involuntary muscle contractions are the culprits.
Often it hits you during the day like a bolt of lightning, a thunderclap. Sometimes migraine sneaks into your head while you are sleeping, like a thief in the night. Migraines usually manifest themselves on one or both sides of your head. The pain is severe, throbbing and gets worse with exertion. Many people also experience nausea, to the point of vomiting, during an attack. Bright light and loud noise are poorly tolerated and in most situations there is nothing to do but sit it out or lie down.
Between 10 and 20% of migraineurs experience auras before or during a migraine attack, such as loss of visual field, loss of strength, flashes of light, difficulty speaking and/or tingling on one side of the body
Imploding headaches feel like being hit on the head with a hammer, while exploding headaches feel like the head is bursting apart. Tension headaches are not the same as migraines can also be treated with Botox.
Migraines are not easy to control. During a migraine attack, painkillers such as NSAID’s can sometimes suppress the pain. Any nausea can be treated with anti-emetics.
Are the migraine symptoms more severe? Then targeted anti-migraine medications such as triptans are much more effective. Triptans relieve the migraine attack significantly, but they also have unpleasant side effects, may only be used 10 times a month and may even increase the frequency of attacks. If attacks occur frequently, it may sometimes be better to take preventive medication as a prophylaxis.
When painkillers, rest and avoidance of stimuli do not help, or only slightly, with recurring migraines, Botox may be a solution for you. This is because Botox has been shown to be an effective treatment for headaches caused by increased muscle tension. In addition to migraines, these include cluster and muscle tension headaches.
Botulinum toxin is a protein produced by the bacterium Clostridum Botulinum. This protein blocks the stimulus transmission from nerve to muscle and thus acts as a muscle relaxant. This makes Botox a good treatment to combat migraines. Botox works mainly when there are imploding headaches.
Exactly how botulinum toxin works is currently the subject of several studies. Meanwhile, experience tells us that about 70% of people with migraine and other headache symptoms benefit from the use of Botox. After Botox treatment, most people experience a decrease in both the severity and the amount of migraines.
Prior to a Botox migraine treatment, we look at where the client experiences the most headaches. Is it in the forehead, just in the neck, or on the side of the head? Migraines are most common directly behind the eyes. Nevertheless, this is different for everyone.
It is important to locate the right spot before administering the Botox for headaches. This is because the Botox must be injected into the right muscles, in the place where the migraine is most severe. The Botox injection causes the muscles to rest. This reduces not only the frequency of migraine attacks, but also the severity of the headache.
During the treatment, we apply the Botox directly into the muscle with a thin needle. The treatment takes about ten minutes. Generally, treatment of the frown muscle or forehead muscle is sufficient to bring a significant improvement in headache symptoms or even prevent a migraine attack. Sometimes, based on the description of your pain symptoms, we also treat the back of the head.
Most people we treat describe the Botox treatment as small pinpricks that don’t hurt much. The effect of Botox migraine treatment is always temporary, with a maximum duration of six months. If you benefit from the treatment, we recommend repeating it at regular intervals.
The effect of the treatment occurs after 3-4 days. After treatment at our clinic, 70% of our clients report a reduction in migraine symptoms. The attacks are much less frequent and they become less severe. With any luck, you will no longer suffer from migraines at all.
If the migraine symptoms are described as exploding (as if the head is bursting), Botox treatment appears to give little improvement. Hormone-related headaches are also not as well treated with Botox.
Migraine treatment with Botox has been proven effective, which is why many health insurance companies cover a Botox treatment for migraine. Do you want to know whether your health insurer also covers such a Botox treatment? Check the website of the insurer concerned. Usually you pay for the treatment yourself and then claim the invoice from your health insurance company. Depending on the terms and conditions, they will then refund all or part of the amount.
In addition to treating migraines, Botox helps with excessive sweating or reducing wrinkles, such as:
Do you suffer from migraines and are curious about what we can do for you? Then schedule a non-binding consultation and stop by our clinic.
