Treatment explained
Body Botox: how botulinum toxin is injected into the trapezius
Botulinum toxin is injected into the trapezius muscle on top of the shoulder.
Film guide (1–10)
What the numbers show
- 1. Top of the shoulder · trapezius area (example)
- 2. One of the injection sites
- 3. Needle
- 4. Epidermis
- 5. Dermis
- 6. Subcutaneous fat
- 7. Trapezius muscle
- 8. Injection site
- 9. Injection site, enlarged
- 10. Deeper tissue
In the film
- Injections are spread over several points between the neck and the shoulder.
- A fine needle is inserted perpendicular to the skin.
- The needle tip sits in the trapezius beneath the skin and subcutaneous fat.
- The medication is injected into the muscle.
