Are you over 25 years old? Then, for sure, considering the first wrinkles on your face, you have thought about injections at least once. Let’s see what they are and how they work.
History: In 1980, American physician Alan Scott successfully used botulinum toxin injections (abbreviated as Botox) to treat abnormal facial muscle contractions. Later, botulinum toxin was used to block neurological spasms and correct strabismus. And only after that, cosmetologists guessed to use the drug to fight wrinkles.
How does it work: The skin of the face is directly connected to the muscles. Therefore, with active facial expressions, wrinkles appear. “Communication” between the nerve and the muscle, as a result of which it stops moving. Due to genetic aging and external factors, the skin fades and wrinkles become more pronounced. Botox blocks the work of muscles – mimic activity is suspended, the skin rests and smoothes.
Procedure: Botox is injected with a short needle, after which the skin is either moistened with cool water or ice is placed on it. You can not massage the injection site in the first hours after the procedure. On the first or second day, it is not recommended to strain the mimic muscles, to be more upright and not to sleep “on the face”. You can not go to the bathhouse and sauna, it is undesirable to drink alcohol in large quantities. The effect appears after about 14 days and lasts for 6 to 9 months. After 3 – 4 months, muscle mobility is partially restored. On repeated the effect lasts longer – up to a year. Muscle atrophy does not occur as the blood supply remains the same.
Botox can:
- Smooth horizontal forehead wrinkles
- Vertical wrinkles between the eyebrows
- Wrinkles at the outer corner of the eye
- Wrinkles on the eyelids
- Nasolabial folds
- Vertical lines above and below the lips
- Neck wrinkles
- Raise your eyebrows
- Lower eyebrows
- Eliminate sweating of palms, armpits and feet
History: The technique appeared in France in 1952, its founder is Dr. Michel Pistor.
How does it work: When carrying out mesotherapy, the necessary substances are delivered to the “target” directly, directly to the problem area. Usually, cosmetic products do not penetrate deeply, and medicines, when taken internally, affect the entire body, and only a small part of the medicine reaches the right place. As a result of the “point attack”, the effect is achieved in an extremely short time. Different compositions of the mesotherapeutic cocktail can solve a wide range of problems. The effect is also enhanced by physical stimulation of the skin with a needle during the procedure.
Procedure: To achieve maximum effect you need… Usually it is divided into an intensive period (8 – 10 sessions once a week) and a maintenance period (1 – 2 sessions per month). Hyaluronic acid, trace elements, coenzymes, vitamins and amino acids are usually used as active substances. All components of mesotherapy cocktails are selected individually. Each component is responsible for a specific skin problem. You can take both an express course (4 – 6 sessions) and a comprehensive program (10 – 12 sessions). In both cases, 1 session is performed per week, which lasts no more than 30 minutes. There is no need to be afraid of pain – modern methods of pain relief will make the procedure comfortable and painless. For mesotherapy, the thinnest needles with a diameter of tenths of a millimeter are used, which practically do not damage the skin and do not leave marks or redness. The effect is manifested already after the first procedures: the skin revives, begins to “glow” from the inside, there is no need to use a large amount of cosmetics.
There are weekend programs, and even a lunch break, which give an instant effect.
Mesotherapy can:
- Improve muscle tone
- Strengthen the walls of blood vessels and get rid of spider veins
- Even out the color and structure of the skin, help with acne
- Stop hair loss
- Get rid of cellulite
- To consolidate and improve the result of plastic surgery
- Boost immunity
History: Previously, synthetic gels (acrylic, silicone) were used to give bulk to fabrics. The body did not always accept them, various maladies appeared. In the 90s, the Swedish company Q-MED created the drug Restylane, which contained hyaluronic acid, which was perceived by the body as its own. This is how fillers appeared.
How does it work: For the correction of nasolabial and other pronounced folds, the same method is used as for lip augmentation – bio-gels based on hyaluronic acid (Restylane, Perline, Juvederm, Surjiderm, Newfil) are used or lipofilling is performed. In this case, the patient’s own adipose tissue, specially prepared for this, acts as a “filler”.
Procedure: Injections are done under local anesthesia using fine needles that do not leave marks. The duration of the procedure depends on the amount of work. The gels do not cause allergies, inflammation and do not create seals around the injection site. Possible – redness, itching, a feeling of tension. There may be a slight swelling or even a bruise, but after a day, everything goes away. It is not recommended to visit the sauna and solarium after the injection. The effect lasts 6 – 8 months. After lipofilling – from a year or more.
Fillers can:
- Fill in deep expression lines
- Reshape cheekbones, chin and lips
- Correct the relief of the skin of the face, neck and décolleté
- Rejuvenate the hands (lipofilling)
- Correct the shape of the arms and legs (lipofilling)
- Enlarge the buttocks (lipofilling)
- Complement one or another plastic surgery