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What is Botox

Botox is the most popular “beauty injection”, which has been around for about 20 years. It is used to eliminate wrinkles, face lift, and correct the size and shape of lips.

Its active ingredient is botulinum toxin, the strongest organic poison with neuroparalytic action. Nature has not come up with a more powerful neurotoxin! And man learned to produce it himself. Of course, not for good purposes. And to destroy the enemy. It was for military needs that botulinum toxin type A (BTA) was developed and manufactured about 80 years ago. This biological weapon, when sprayed, affects nervous activity, and the person dies within three days. And doctors and cosmetologists began to inject this poison into a person of his own free will.

Botox was the first drug in medicine and cosmetology based on botulinum toxin. Later, many analogues appeared (Dysport, Relatox, Xeomin, etc.). The word “Botox” also refers to any drug used for botulinum toxin therapy.

The principle of action of botulinum toxin is to block nerve impulses entering the muscles and atrophy the muscles. It was originally used to treat eye abnormalities (strabismus, involuntary muscle spasms). Then its use spread to a variety of movement disorders, including cerebral palsy, as well as migraines and increased sweating. He didn’t miss cosmetology either.

For eyelashes and hair

Injectable Botox is often confused with drugs that are used to restore hair and eyelashes. These are completely different means! A specially developed composition is applied to the hair, which does not contain even a hint of neurotoxin type A. The name of the procedure was given for its excellent smoothing effect.

Preparations for hair and eyelashes are created on the basis of liquid keratin, which replaces destroyed cells. They contain harmful chemical compounds, so there are a number of contraindications to the restoration procedure.

The effect of leveling and smoothness of the hair shaft lasts for a maximum of a month, and then only if the recommendations of hair care specialists are strictly followed.

The best means today are:

• “Constant Delight” – a complex with aloe extract and Brazil nut oil for deep hydration and restoration;
• “Honma Tokyo” - provides almost perfect smoothness and eliminates yellowness;
• “Inoar” - allows you to thicken weak, loose hair and make it more resilient and elastic;
• "Phelps" is one of the few products that creates a cumulative effect lasting up to 5 months;
• L'Oreal is a popular product that is easy to use even at home.

Although there is no neurotoxin in hair Botox, one of the main conditions for its use is strict adherence to the instructions, which state that the main composition cannot be applied to the roots and scalp. This is not a medical procedure, but a cosmetic procedure!

Does Botox smooth out wrinkles?

Here's what we can say for sure: Botox does NOT smooth out wrinkles. It only paralyzes the muscles, due to the active contraction of which facial wrinkles are formed. The muscle stops contracting and wrinkles do not appear. But this is a temporary visual effect, for 2-5 months. And it only applies to small, dynamic folds and creases.

Botox does not remove deep wrinkles. It is powerless against the loss of skin elasticity and strength due to natural aging.

Some time after the botulinum therapy procedure, wrinkles will appear again, and in greater numbers. New folds and creases that were not there before Botox are the result of a redistribution of activity between the facial muscles. When one or more muscles are artificially “turned off,” others begin to work harder, which is not what they are supposed to do by nature, and the vector of skin tension changes.

Reasons affecting collagen synthesis

After 25-30 years of age, the natural protein responsible for the turgor of the dermis begins to gradually disappear. By the age of 40, collagen synthesis decreases by 20%, compared to the skin condition of a 20-year-old person. After 50 years, hyaluron is produced in small volumes, which is why the dermis loses its firmness and elasticity.

There are several reasons that slow down collagen production:

• increased amount and exposure to free radicals;
• negative influence of wind and sunlight;
• hormonal imbalance;
• bad habits;
• Regular consumption of drinks with high caffeine content.

As a result of decreased collagen production, wrinkles appear on the dermis and defects become pronounced. The use of cosmetics only hides cosmetic flaws, but does not tone the deep layers of the dermis.

Nithya collagen injections replenish natural protein reserves, beauty sessions improve circulation and rejuvenate the skin.

How does Botox work on wrinkles?

Those who inject botulinum poison into their faces or are thinking about it should have a good understanding of its mechanism of action. Botulinum toxin blocks the production of acetylcholine, which is responsible for transmitting nerve impulses to muscles. The impulse is not transmitted, the muscle does not contract, the skin straightens.

Cosmetologists like to smooth things over by calling the effect of poison on a muscle relaxation. The muscle seems to relax and rest. Maybe imagine her on the ocean shore with a refreshing cocktail in her hand?

We tell it like it is. The muscle becomes paralyzed. Then it is not fully restored. In addition, botulinum poison has the property of diffusion: it spreads beyond the injection zone, to neighboring areas and throughout the body. Because of this, very unpleasant side effects arise, such as ptosis of the upper eyelid (drooping of the eyelid to the point where it is impossible to open the eye), a distorted face, speech impairment, swallowing, and much more.

The nerve cell is blocked for 2-6 months. When the effect of the poison ends, the same folds and creases come out, only now they already have company in the form of new wrinkles. What does a cosmetology victim do?

He runs to the cosmetologist for a new portion of poison, and more! Where it leads? The body will begin to get used to botulinum toxin, its effectiveness will decrease from time to time. You will go to the cosmetologist more and more often. The cosmetologist will increase the number of units of the drug. And what will your face turn into? After the first Botox injections, it was not you in the mirror, but some other, frozen, waxy woman. And if you do not break out of the vicious circle of toxic procedures, ugly consequences are inevitable.

What wrinkles does Botox remove?

There are several areas where anti-wrinkle Botox injections are administered. The main ones are:

• Forehead.
  Here are perhaps the most noticeable wrinkles - vertical folds, which are especially pronounced during active facial expressions.
• Folds between the eyebrows.
  Vertical creases give a gloomy look and make the face noticeably older.
• Nasolabial folds.
  These are wrinkles that stretch from the corners of the nose to the corners of the lips. Usually, nasolabial lips make a person look older than he actually is. Folds can be barely noticeable, or they can turn into serious creases. Especially pronounced when smiling.
• Eye area.
  The skin in this area is delicate, so it is the first to be affected by wrinkles. Many women begin to notice crow's feet at the age of 27-30.

Results of the procedure

rejuvenation with Nithia collagen allows you to get the following results:

• improving skin quality;
• deep elasticity and toning of the dermis;
• reduction of deep and facial wrinkles in the area of ​​aesthetic intervention;
• restoration of the natural oval contour of the face;
• prevention of withering of the dermis from the negative effects of ultraviolet rays;
• reduction of scars and scars;
• smoothing wrinkles near the mouth and in the nasolabial area;
• compensation for the volume deficit of facial soft tissues.

After Nitiya injections, a lasting and positive effect is noted, as well as a therapeutic effect on the skin. In combination with hardware procedures, three-dimensional restructuring and lifting of the dermis is achieved.

Pros and cons of Botox for wrinkles

When we are asked about the pros and cons of Botox for wrinkles, we answer that we do not know of any pros. In medical practice, the use of Botox can be justified by the fact that it corrects pathology, mainly involuntary muscle spasms and movement disorders. Although neurologists themselves note insufficient knowledge of the consequences that Botox leads to, and therefore are wary of it. But, if there are no medical indications, why risk your health and beauty?

The disadvantages of Botox injections can be listed for a long time. Let's focus on the main ones:

• The beauty of the face and facial expressions suffer.
  The face becomes like a mask, individual facial features disappear. The ability to express your emotions properly is lost. You won't be able to frown or laugh. It’s even worse when the face expresses a different emotion than the one you’re experiencing: instead of a smile there’s disgust, instead of surprise there’s anger, and so on. All sorts of side effects are common phenomena: ptosis of the upper eyelid, bumps above the eyebrows, swelling, bruising, crooked smile, facial asymmetry, new wrinkles, and so on (more about side effects in the next chapter).
• Deterioration in health.
  Headaches and pain at injection sites are faithful companions of Botox. Fever, chills, dizziness, vomiting and other symptoms are also possible.
• Danger.
  No one can guarantee the safety of the procedure, because a cosmetologist works with poison. The result can be disastrous: the face will be distorted to the point of disgrace and will not return to its previous shape. Everything can lead to complete paralysis of the facial muscles. Due to the fact that the poison not only reaches the target, but also spreads beyond it, all sorts of dysfunctions of speech, swallowing, vision and other side effects occur.
• Acceleration of aging processes.
  Botox does not eliminate the problem, but only creates an appearance, exacerbating, in fact, age-related changes. Muscles affected by poison do not fully recover, and neighboring muscles, forced to work for them, wear out faster. Unhealthy muscle tone is a guarantee of accelerated aging.
• Development of dependence.
  Botox only has a temporary effect. After the first procedure, cosmetologists hook their clients “on the needle” and begin to pump money out of them.

The essence of Botox for hair

Botox is an effective technology that involves the use in cosmetology of a special composition based on collagen and other vitamins and nutrients. Its distribution along the strands helps to change their external condition - all damage and kinks along the length are filled, split ends are neutralized, the curls become smooth, obedient, and well-groomed.

The procedure also has a therapeutic effect, since the composition is additionally applied to the root system. And when absorbed, microelements penetrate into the hair follicles, which nourish and moisturize them, preventing excessive hair loss.

There are two methods of technique, which determines the long-term preservation of the result:

1. Hot. It involves heat treatment of vegetation during a session (using an iron) to seal and strengthen the applied product on the curls.
2. Cold. To fix the solution, a sealing serum is additionally applied, which prolongs the preservation of the effect after work.

How long Botox lasts for hair depends on the method you use in cosmetology. As a standard, hot treatment of hair helps to preserve the solution on it for a long time, so you need to proceed from the condition and structure of your curls.

The technology is subject to health restrictions that must be observed:

• Pregnancy, period of breastfeeding;
• Damage to sensitive scalp;
• Neuralgic diseases;
• An allergic reaction to the components included in the drugs used.

The technique in cosmetology can be carried out from the age of 16 or 18, which depends on the specialist with whom you perform the procedure. Pay attention to following the restrictions and recommendations to increase the effectiveness of Botox and reduce the likelihood of side effects after work.

The technology is absolutely painless and safe for women, since it involves the use of hypoallergenic compounds that are applied and distributed to the curls, and then fixed on them.

Consequences and side effects of Botox against wrinkles

If you take a poisonous injection, be prepared for unhealthy and ugly consequences.

Botox has side effects that affect most people. After injections, dry eyes are often observed, and the skin becomes tight. These troubles, which usually go away after a few days, are the most harmless.

Bruises, which occur to almost everyone, last longer. Thin injection needles injure the capillaries, which is why bluish dots appear on the face, and often even large hematomas. You can get rid of them only after complete cleansing of the body.

After injections into the forehead and eyebrow area, ugly brow bumps often appear. This occurs due to the uneven distribution of the drug, causing some muscle fibers to relax while others remain tense.

More serious consequences also arise, and these are not exceptions to the rule, but a natural reaction to poison, which occurs more often than we would like. Let's list the main

:

• Ptosis (drooping) of the upper eyelid.
  A common side effect that occurs due to uneven distribution of botulinum toxin. In addition to a disfigured appearance, it is also possible that the eye simply cannot be opened. You will have to wait two months or more until the upper eyelid returns to normal: the poison must be removed from the body.
• Headache.
  Many people sometimes have a headache after a hard day. Imagine if she gets sick every day for two weeks! Pain after Botox appears due to paralysis of the muscles that were affected during the administration of the drug.
• New wrinkles and sagging skin.
  Neighboring muscles try to replace the immobilized ones, working in an enhanced mode. The directions of skin tension change. New folds and wrinkles appear next to those that received a dose of Botox.
• Severe swelling.
  By interfering with the muscle tone of the face, cosmetologists expose women to serious disruption of lymph flow. The result is prolonged, extensive swelling. It can persist for a long time and cause a lot of inconvenience.
• Facial asymmetry.
  Most often, this is a curvature of the mouth, which can manifest itself both statically and dynamically (during a smile). There is also asymmetry of the eyebrows: one is raised, the other is lowered, and so on.
• Problems with the oral cavity.
  One of the side effects is difficulty swallowing, chewing, and loss of control over salivation. Speech may be lost.
• Allergy.
  It occurs due to both botulinum toxin and auxiliary components. Manifests itself in the form of ugly, pathological changes on the face. Possible anaphylactic shock.

How does Botox correct wrinkles?

The process of correcting wrinkles with Botox takes up to 30 minutes. The cosmetologist administers a special anesthesia (by the way, it does not always work correctly, and then the person experiences discomfort and pain). Then special marks are made on the target area of ​​the skin and treated with an antiseptic. The drug is administered using thin needles. If you immediately stand up and look in the mirror, a minor, initial visual effect will be noticeable. Maximum results are usually visible after a few days.

It is not uncommon for a beauty salon to store medications incorrectly. Botulinum toxin tends to deteriorate. Some unscrupulous cosmetologists use low-quality products, although they should throw them away.

The principle of action of the drug

The lips include subcutaneous tissue and orbicularis muscles covered with skin; if they are paralyzed, problems with facial expressions may occur and the person will not be able to eat normally. Lip Botox helps relax and tone the muscles around the lips, which helps smooth out fine wrinkles and create the desired shape of the lips.

It is worth noting that botulinum toxin is not intended for lip augmentation. With its help, the skin is smoothed and visual volume is created. Depending on the severity of the problem and indications, the drug is injected into the lower or upper lip.

The effect of Botox on the lips lasts for 2-8 months, depending on the characteristics of the body. If you follow all the doctor’s instructions, as well as with the correct technique for performing the procedure, according to patients’ reviews, the result lasts for more than six months, otherwise the effectiveness of the drug begins to decrease after 2-3 months.

What not to do after Botox for wrinkles

The number of inhibitions after the Botox procedure is phenomenal. You cannot do many things, from bowing your head to satisfying your thirst.

For four hours after the procedure, you are not allowed to lie down or tilt your head. After the toxin is injected, the muscles are relaxed and may take an incorrect position.

You should absolutely not touch the injection site with your hands or use cosmetics. You can easily introduce some kind of infection and get inflammation.

For two days after the procedure, any physical activity is prohibited. Even a few exercises can do a lot of harm.

It is recommended to forget about saunas and steam baths for two weeks; massage and sun exposure are prohibited. High temperatures and any other effect that accelerates blood flow shorten the duration of the cosmetic effect. By the way, it is by violating such prohibitions that you can force the withdrawal of Botox from the body when the result of the procedure is not satisfactory.

Two days before Botox injections and two weeks after, you should not drink alcohol. Alcohol causes dark circles under the eyes, drooping of the upper eyelid, and an increase in the number of wrinkles (mainly around the eyes). It thins the blood and thins the walls of blood vessels, skin regeneration slows down.

The consumption of drinking water is reduced to a minimum. This restriction has a detrimental effect on the healthy functioning of the body. Water is necessary for normal metabolism and energy restoration, and its deficiency leads to irritability, stress, absent-mindedness and various diseases.

How to extend the result

Experts believe that if there is a strong desire, it is easy to prolong the results of Botox injections with proper skin care and the use of high-quality cosmetics.

During the first week after beauty injections:

• do not visit the sauna and solarium;
• try not to grimace;
• do not massage your face;
• do not go to physical therapy;
• do not steam in the bathroom or sauna.

For the skin of the face and décolleté, it is useful to use a cream with hyaluronic acid, and also do not forget to protect it from the sun with products with a UV filter.

As an alternative, or during the period between injections, which should be at least six months, you can try the serum from Nano-Corrector. It also contains hyaluronic acid. But the main secret of the high effectiveness of the product is in the botulinum-like peptide acetyl hexapeptide-30, which acts as a mimic blocker. The serum does not disrupt facial expressions, stimulates collagen production and at the same time significantly prolongs the effect of Botox injection.

How long does it take for wrinkles to smooth out after Botox?

The visual effect appears 3-4 days after the procedure and reaches its maximum by the end of the second week.

In this case, you will have to live with bruises and bumps for a whole week. With your hands you can feel how the skin falls inward. By the way, cosmetologists ask you to watch your facial expression, because if you laugh or frown a lot, wrinkles will not disappear.

Often the face swells and additional wrinkles appear that were not there before.

Often one procedure is not enough, and the cosmetologist invites you for correction. And these are new doses of poison, and not cheap ones at that!

How is the skin restructuring procedure performed?

The manipulation does not require special preparation; on the eve of the procedure, the patient has a face-to-face consultation with a dermatocosmetologist.

Skin restructuring consists of several stages:

• skin make-up remover;
• direct preparation of the biological product (70 mg of powder is diluted with 4.5 ml of 9% sodium chloride and 0.5 ml of lidocaine);
• antiseptic treatment of the correction area;
• intradermal or subcutaneous administration of the prepared drug;
• repeated antiseptic treatment of the skin;
• final application of special Nitiya mousse.

The total duration of the session does not exceed 1 hour.

Contraindications to Botox for wrinkles

In most cases, the decision whether to inject Botox or not is made by the person himself. But there are categories of people who are prohibited from doing it. Contraindications to the use of Botox:

• persons under 18 years of age,
• pregnancy and lactation period,
• infectious and colds,
• individual intolerance to the drug,
• chronic diseases during exacerbation,
• oncological diseases,
• pathological conditions of neuromuscular tissue,
• skin damage in the form of wounds, ulcers, rashes,
• taking antibiotics,
• period of menstruation.

But even those who do not fall into any of these categories should understand that they need to run from Botox like fire.

What's better than Botox: an alternative at home

The only correct option for dealing with wrinkles on the face is to work to eliminate the problem, and not to create a temporary decorative effect that is detrimental to health and beauty. You can get rid of wrinkles through natural rejuvenation. This, of course, is not 20-30 minutes in a cosmetologist’s office, but methodical work every day. But there will be a result (healthy muscle tone, elastic skin), not an effect. And the technique is simple, it only takes 30-40 minutes a day, the main thing is to exercise yourself regularly.

Natural remedies, physical exercise and self-massage of the face are our main helpers in the fight against wrinkles.

Have you tried Beauty 365 squalane yet (sold in the online store www.beauty365.ru)? It is a light sugarcane oil rich in vitamins and nutrients. It perfectly smoothes out small wrinkles. We recommend applying it with massage movements, or even better, doing a massage with it using Beauty 365 vacuum MIRACLE cans. They erase wrinkles like an eraser: increase blood flow and launch the process of elastin and collagen production!

The strongest incentive to rejuvenation is gymnastics. Right now you can start with the simplest method - static gymnastics. Roll a roll out of a towel, put it under your back and lie on it for 5 minutes a day. Helps straighten your back, relax your shoulders and neck, improves blood and lymph flow. And without all this, we cannot achieve healthy muscle tone and increase skin elasticity. Branded MIRACLE rollers made from buckwheat husk can be purchased in the online store www.beauty365.ru

Get rid of wrinkles in 1 month without Botox

For quick and pronounced results, you need an effective set of exercises. MelAnnett’s “Basic Marathon” contains the best techniques, the effectiveness of which has already been tested by hundreds of thousands of women.

The first stages of the marathon are designed to return the body to a healthy position by straightening the spine; relieve spasms in the back, shoulders, neck, facial muscles, tendon helmet; tidy up lymph flow and blood flow. And in the end, each wrinkle is polished separately.

And it only takes three weeks to do everything. Then another couple of weeks to consolidate the result.

Let's compare the results of the participants in our marathon and the women who gave themselves Botox injections against wrinkles.

Basic Marathon vs Botox

Look at two participants in the recent Basic Marathon. See what results they were able to achieve in 3 weeks?

But this is what Botox leads to!

In the photo, the girl tries to frown after the injections, but her forehead and eyebrow muscles are paralyzed:

This woman tried to remove wrinkles in her forehead, but ended up with ptosis of the upper eyelid and will not be able to express her emotions for several months: