The enemy will not pass! And advertising too. Regarding this section, we give our 100% guarantee. Only honest reviews of tried and tested beauty products and services. This time we will focus on beauty injections.
“I’m unlucky with genes. I’m 27, but people around give me no more than 22 (colleagues, are you sincere ?!). But even in my case, nature takes its toll. Stress and lack of sleep, disgusting capital climate and voila – I find the first signs of aging on my face. From constant sitting in front of the computer, a deep wrinkle forms between the eyebrows, into which the tonal base is hammered at the end of the day, from which the fold seems even larger.
An inner voice has been whispering for a long time: “We must do something.” And I make up my mind. Secretly from everyone, because I know that I will hear: “Are you out of your mind? It’s poison! What if the whole face is distorted! Don’t you watch TV at all? “
I really don’t watch TV. But from time to time I read news from the field of medicine and cosmetology and I know that Botox was used in the middle of the last century for medical purposes. Today it is used to combat migraines, excessive sweating, and even muscle spasms and tics. The drug came to cosmetology a little later, but it is reliably known that since 2000, according to the most conservative estimates, more than four million people have injected Botox.
Expectations: they just take your breath away. And I want a perfect forehead, and it pricks … On the eve of going to the beautician, I reread a lot of different articles in which ordinary girls talk about their successful experience. But the inner voice still haunts: “What if they say the truth on TV?” I read on the Internet that in case of an unsuccessful injection, you can inject an antibiotic and Botox will dissolve. I take another deep breath.
Reality: plucking up courage, I go to the clinic “Lantan” for the first injection of beauty in my life. “You promised without advertising?” – now you will say. Well, somewhere I had to do it?
I fill out the card, then a detailed questionnaire, in which there are several dozen questions about my lifestyle and health status. Then I go to the beautician. The doctor carefully examines my face, then asks me to grimace, while portraying various emotions from surprise to anger. It takes him about a minute to mark the points at which injections will be made later with a special marker. Six dots and 20 cubes of a drug called botulinum toxin. Total: the whole procedure takes 5 minutes (!)
– Is that all? – I first round my eyes, and then frown (I still can).
– This is one of the simplest procedures in cosmetology. And they are afraid of her solely out of ignorance, – the doctor smiles at me and pretends to frown. – For the next two weeks, you cannot visit baths and saunas, take hot showers, use antibiotics and alcohol. The first two days may have a headache.
By the way, my head really hurt. And quite a lot. True, I can hardly shift all the blame on the drug that was injected to me. I was lucky to do the procedure on those days when atmospheric pressure jumped in the capital. Absolutely everyone complained of severe malaise. Experts even compared the state of Muscovites with people who are at a depth of about 250 meters below sea level (if in doubt, read about it HERE). But I drank the pain reliever, and there was no trace of the headache.
The first result from a beauty injection was promised from 4 days to a month. I have noticed the changes already on the third day – the wrinkle has become slightly smaller.
By the end of the first week – decreased by half, while it became more difficult to frown.
In two weeks the crease became barely noticeable, and I forgot how to frown. Since my entire forehead was not chopped off, but only the eyebrow, the property of surprise was preserved.
In a month the wrinkle disappeared for everyone around. Today, looking at my face in a magnifying mirror, I still see the thinnest line, which, however, is visible only to me and is masked by any tonal means.
Rating: 10 of 10 points. Did I feel satisfied with the procedure? Yes, I am happy with the result. Does it bother me that I can no longer frown? Since the procedure, I have never felt any discomfort.
What if I was in a hurry?
Modern cosmetology has gone a long way since the days when our mothers first brought home a cucumber tonic for skin care and acne. On the way to the beautician, I caught myself thinking: “What if I’m in a hurry?” Today, the beauty industry offers a lot to fight wrinkles: creams with the Botox effect, laser correction, and also Facebook building, which is gaining popularity in the network …
– Facebook building is really very fashionable now. With stimulation and good toning of the face, it is really possible to postpone the wrinkling process a little. But if we talk about the wrinkles that have already formed, then it will not work to correct the problem with the help of creams and exercises. Creams are applied to the skin and are not completely absorbed. Botox and drugs based on this toxin are injected directly into the muscle tissue to relax it. Therefore, given the simplicity and effectiveness of this procedure, you should not be afraid of it. But if you tighten it up, later you will have to take more drastic measures to combat wrinkles, – explained to me the cosmetologist, head of the clinic “Lantan” Ilmira Petrova.
Specialized clinics, beauty salons, and even home offices offer Botox injections. The latter have a price tag several times lower. Is it safe?
“Any medical services, including procedures for aesthetic medicine, must be carried out in specialized institutions that are licensed. Injection techniques (which include botulinum toxin injections) must be carried out in a treatment room. These premises are subject to increased requirements of the sanitary and epidemiological regime, which eliminates the risk of infection, explains Ilmira Petrova. – Preparations based on botulinum toxin have special temperature requirements for storage and transportation (2-8 above zero). If they are not observed, the duration of the drug is reduced or disappears.
In accordance with the legislation, before carrying out a medical service (procedure), a contract must be concluded with the patient, he must be familiarized with the possible results of the procedure and complications. This information is recorded in the contract for the provision of medical services and informed consent to the procedure, which are signed by the patient and the representative of the medical institution. “