Decreased skin and muscle tone, excessive facial activity and age-related changes - all this leads to the appearance of signs of aging on the face. The skin becomes dull, a tired expression appears, tissue droops, jowls and a double chin appear.
Injection face lifting demonstrates high effectiveness for mild and moderate age-related tissue changes, as well as in combination with plastic surgery. It is effective for targeted correction of nasolabial folds, nasolacrimal grooves, longitudinal and facial wrinkles. Injections help in the fight against a double chin and an unclear contour of the oval face.
Types of injection procedures
1. Trigger natural cell rejuvenation
This type of injection promotes the synthesis of collagen and elastin, which are responsible for youthful skin. Blood circulation and oxygen saturation of cells improves. This type includes biorevitalization, mesotherapy, plasma lifting, and collagen rejuvenation.
2. Blocking muscle activity
Botox or Dysport is used to get rid of expression wrinkles on the forehead, in the corners of the eyes, under the eyes, and in the area between the eyebrows.
3. Correction of facial volumes
You can either add volume with filler injections or get rid of local fat deposits with lipolytic injections.
All of these types of procedures cannot guarantee an ideal aesthetic result for patients who are elderly or have pronounced signs of aging at an earlier age due to genetics. When cosmetology is powerless, face and neck plastic surgery is recommended.
WHAT ARE BEAUTY INJECTIONS FOR, HOW THEY WORK AND WHEN TO USE THEM
Injection cosmetology (popularly “beauty injections”) is a branch of aesthetic medicine and an integral part of modern methods of rejuvenation and prevention of aging.
The use of injection techniques is aimed at solving a variety of problems: smoothing wrinkles and folds, replenishing missing volumes and providing a lifting effect, correcting facial asymmetry, improving the quality and color of the skin, reducing pigmentation, pathological vascular network and the severity of acne, restoring the water-lipid mantle of the skin.
Of course, it is very difficult to understand the indications for injection procedures and at what age to carry them out, especially if you are still very young and it seems that it is too early to resort to such serious procedures. It is important to note that injections, like any cosmetic procedures in principle, should not be done in accordance with any age categories, but solely according to indications!
In the case of injection techniques, everything is too individual!!!
Contraindications
Not everyone can administer drugs under the skin. The procedure cannot be performed if:
- exacerbation of chronic diseases;
- acute respiratory infections, ARVI;
- feverish condition;
- individual sensitivity to drug components;
- the presence of keloid scars;
- exacerbation of herpes;
- oncology;
- insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus;
- poor blood clotting.
During pregnancy and breastfeeding, cosmetologists also do not advise women to resort to these procedures.
Biorevitalization
The word itself comes from the Latin “bio” (life) and “revitalization” (restoration). In a general sense, biorevitalization includes all rejuvenation techniques that, through subcutaneous or intradermal administration of biologically active substances, improve the condition of the extracellular matrix.
These are preparations based either on hyaluronic acid alone , or its combination with vitamins, minerals, amino acids, plant extracts - in this case the method is usually called bioreparation.
MYTH #4 Life-threatening
Women who want to rejuvenate take great risks with their health by injecting an unknown substance into their faces and sometimes become “victims of beauty.” Moreover, fillers injected into the forehead also enter the brain, so lovers of these beauty injections experience some inhibition of reaction.
Of course, beauty injections do not affect brain function. Radiesse is based on calcium hydroxyapatite, a substance that is a natural mineral component of teeth and bones. The body perceives the volumizer as “native” and does not reject it, and over time it is eliminated without any consequences. Many international clinical studies have confirmed the safety of Radiesse. Already more than 3 million patients in America, Europe and Russia have chosen it to preserve their youth and beauty.
It must be borne in mind that despite the simplicity and speed of the procedure, beauty injections can only be performed by cosmetologists and plastic surgeons with the appropriate specialization. When choosing a specialist, make sure that your doctor has completed all the necessary training in the use of Radiesse and has a document confirming this. Only in this case can you trust yourself to him.
The effect of biorevitalization
The magic of hyaluronic acid lies in its ability to attract and retain water due to its large molecular weight. Its huge role in moisturizing the skin has already been scientifically proven. Thanks to this property, preparations based on “hyaluronic acid” saturate the skin with moisture, making it more protected from the effects of aggressive environmental factors and microorganisms, giving it elasticity and a healthy appearance.
In addition, bioremedies act on fibroblasts, activating intracellular processes, accelerating the production of collagen, elastin and its own hyaluronic acid.
EVENTUALLY:
The skin is evened out and its elasticity increases. The complexion improves, age spots and wrinkles become less noticeable or disappear altogether, and stretch marks are reduced.
MYTH No. 7 Unreasonably expensive
The cost of rejuvenation procedures is very high, so only very rich people can afford beauty injections.
The cost of a procedure using Radiesse consists of the cost of the drug, the doctor’s work and the level of the beauty salon. If we take the average cost of the service - 36 thousand rubles - and divide it by the average duration of the effect - 1.2 years, then in the end you will need 2600 rubles per month. This cost is quite comparable to what you spend on visiting a cosmetologist. This means that many people can afford beauty injections!
When to start biorevitalization procedures
Injections of biorevitalizants are used for visible rejuvenation of the skin of the face, neck and décolleté, hands and any other parts of the body that the patient wants to “revive”.
This is one of the most effective methods for preventing photoaging and restoring the hydrolipid mantle of the skin after exposure to the sun or after a frosty winter, etc.
The very first manifestation of age-related changes is the loss of moisture in the skin. This process is associated both with the failure of protective barriers and with a physiological age-related decrease in the synthesis of hyaluronic acid. In the first stages, we can only cope with external means, depending on our genetic characteristics, but only up to the age of 30. Then, starting at the age of 35, the moment comes when we need to start “preventing” aging. Yes, that’s right: by starting to work with the skin on time and regularly – by “biorevitalizing” it at least 2 times a year – you can significantly slow down all age-related changes .
How long does the effect of biorevitalization last?
Hyaluronic acid deposited in the skin breaks down naturally and is excreted from the body, so the result after a course of procedures of three injections lasts on average 4-6 months. Moreover, this period depends not only on the drug, but also on the individual characteristics of the body and lifestyle - smoking, sun rays, ultrasonic waves, etc. accelerate the breakdown of hyaluronic acid. In addition, new generation drugs, for example, Profhilo biorevitalization, provide hydration for up to 6 months after a double procedure. The same technique can be used for the neck, décolleté and hands.
MYTH No. 5 The result will not live up to expectations
If I don't like the result, I won't be able to do anything. My face will look unnatural and people around me will guess that I did something to it.
The results of beauty injections always look very natural and no one, even those closest to you, will guess why you suddenly became so prettier. It is important that your understanding of beauty coincides with the doctor’s understanding of beauty. In addition, the doctor must explain what the result will be after the injections. Then your expectations will be met.
Botox injections
How they work
Botox under different brands - Dysport® (AbobotulinumtoxinA), Botox® (OnabotulinumtoxinA), Xeomin® (IncobotulinumtoxinA), RELATOX® (Botulinum toxin type A complexed with hemagglutinin) - contains purified and weakened botulinum toxin, which blocks the nerve signal and, as it were, freezes muscles. As a result, some wrinkles are softened or completely smoothed out.
The method is effective only for eliminating expression wrinkles, that is, those that form as a result of facial activity on the forehead, between the eyebrows, at the base of the nose and in the corners of the eyes. Such injections are not always able to remove wrinkles and folds caused by tissue sagging.
Basic injection techniques
1. Botox – intramuscular injection of botulinum toxin helps reduce muscle hypertonicity. This is necessary to interrupt the process of formation of facial wrinkles, creases on the forehead, in the bridge of the nose and corners of the eyes.
2. Biorevitalization – deep injection hydration of the epidermis using hyaluronic acid. For the procedure, hyaluronate of minimal viscosity is used, and injections are given at small (0.5-1 cm) equal intervals. The procedure smoothes wrinkles and stimulates internal metabolism, which triggers the process of natural rejuvenation.
3. Plasmolifting – intradermal injection of the patient’s own blood plasma filtered in a special centrifuge. After the procedure, the skin becomes moisturized, soft, young and well-groomed. The advantage is that there is no risk of an allergic reaction.
4. Mesotherapy - carried out in the same way as biorevitalization, but instead of hyaluronic acid, cocktails are used, which include peptides, vitamins, micro- and macroelements. The procedure helps restore and rejuvenate the skin, and also helps solve specific aesthetic problems - such as pigmentation, dull color, stretch marks.
5.Contour plastic surgery is a quick way to correct your appearance without surgery. Using fillers of different densities, you can enlarge your lips, lift your cheekbones, and make your face shape clearer. More often, hyaluronic acid preparations are used, which behave predictably in soft tissues and slowly dissolve over 6-18 months.
6.Bio-reinforcement - creating an additional frame to maintain youthful skin. The method allows you to tighten soft tissues, get rid of a double chin, and prevent tissue ptosis.
How does mesotherapy work?
The active ingredients can be different: from vascular protectors and other registered drugs to vitamins, microelements, lipolytics and plant extracts, for example, artichoke extract. Often hyaluronic acid is also present in cosmetic meso-cocktails, but this is not a necessary component.
Hence the various effects and wide scope of application. Each component of the solution has a different effect on skin tissue. For example, during lipotherapy, lipolytics destroy the membrane of fat cells, accelerate lipolysis - the breakdown of fats - and even out the structure of the skin through collagen synthesis.
Indications and when to start doing mesotherapy
Due to the diversity of the composition of drugs, mesotherapy in cosmetology is used:
- to rejuvenate the skin and improve its quality;
- in the treatment of acne, correction of pigmentation, stabilization of the vascular wall;
- to combat alopecia;
- during lipomodelling, when you need to remove excess fat and shape the contours of the face and body;
- in the complex correction of stretch marks.
The dermatologist selects the dosage and drug or their combination, focusing on the problem. There are no ready-made solutions.
Starting from adulthood, if you have the above problems, you can start doing mesotherapy procedures.
Contour plastic surgery - injection of fillers
Contour plastic surgery is the introduction of drugs called fillers into the problem area. Fillers are ready-made fillers in the form of gels of varying degrees of viscosity, of natural or synthetic origin, which in many cases can replace surgical plastic surgery. At the same time, the techniques for introducing fillers into the skin can be very different: with a microneedle directly under the wrinkle, using a thin guide - a cannula, or the vector lifting technique.
When it helps
Thanks to skillful injections, you can tighten the oval of the face, hide nasolabial folds or remove bags under the eyes, restore the volume of the lips and correct their asymmetry, eliminate jowls, raise the corners of the eyebrows for a more expressive look, and lift the corners of the lips, which droop down with age. With the help of fillers, you can even correct the shape of the nose or chin, “remove” fine wrinkles in the cheek area and, in addition, significantly improve the quality of the skin.
It is important to understand that it is impossible to choose such a drug in absentia. They differ in composition, viscosity and concentration of hyaluronic acid, as well as the presence of other active ingredients. The dermatologist selects the right drug and the option for its administration based on many factors: the general condition of the skin, the severity and depth of wrinkles and their location, the anatomical structure of the face, age and tendency to allergies.
How does it work
As adipose tissue decreases, the skin loses elasticity and sags. Fillers fill these voids and folds, thus smoothing out wrinkles, strengthening and improving the tissue structure. The active composition varies:
- Hyaluronic acid. The safest filler, since a similar substance is produced in our body. Hyaluronic acid retains moisture and stimulates the production of your own collagen and elastin. Another plus is that the result is reversible. So asymmetry or too voluminous lips can be corrected: the doctor will simply inject hyaluronidase, which quickly breaks down the hyaluronic acid.
- Collagen. There are two varieties: synthetic and animal origin. The main advantage of this filler is that the face looks natural after such plastic surgery.
- Poly-L-lactic acid (preparation AestheFill ) is a biocompatible synthetic substance. The filler stimulates the synthesis of its own collagen, due to which a pronounced rejuvenating effect is manifested. The result is not noticeable immediately, but after a course of injections - after 2 months, with a gradual increase in the effect.
How long does the effect last?
Biodegradable fillers last the least. Thus, collagen of animal origin begins to disintegrate within a month and the result, accordingly, disappears.
Hyaluronic acid injections will have to be repeated after an average of 6–9 months. Fillers with poly-L-lactic acid - up to 12-14 months.
Fillers can go by a variety of names. However, it is not the brand that is more important, but understanding what kind of filler you need.
When to start doing
In relation to contour plastic surgery, this is a rhetorical question, since the goals, objectives and possibilities of the technique are quite wide: that is, according to the presence of aesthetic defects or as they appear, but not earlier than from the age of 18.
Side effects
In the hands of a professional, side effects from contour plastic surgery performed with high-quality certified drugs occur extremely rarely. In addition to an allergic reaction, which more often occurs with fillers of animal origin, hypercorrection syndrome may “manifest.” In this case, the drug Hyaluronidase is administered, an enzyme that dissolves hyaluronic acid.
MYTH #1 Addiction is inevitable
The injections are addictive and the skin stops producing its own collagen. In a year, my face will look even worse than before the procedure. I will become a hostage to injections.
Over the years, the production of collagen - a protein that maintains the firmness and elasticity of the skin - decreases, causing wrinkles to appear and the oval of the face to sag. The Radiesse volumizer introduced into the skin triggers self-rejuvenation mechanisms in it: the skin begins to produce its own collagen, which restores its youth. It is great for correcting nasolabial folds, giving cheekbones definition and non-surgical facelift. However, the aging process in the body does not stop, and newly produced collagen is also susceptible to it. Therefore, after about a year, your skin will return to almost the same condition it was in before the injection. Then you decide whether to continue injections or not. But no addiction occurs.
Plasma therapy
Plasma therapy is positioned as a natural healing of the skin and more. Instead of drugs, the patient’s own plasma is used here, processed in a special way and enriched with platelet-derived growth factors. Plasma therapy is also called plasma lifting or PRP therapy - all these are synonyms.
How does it work
Plasma enriched with growth factors helps remove cell components destroyed by photoaging, activates fibroblasts that produce collagen, improves and renews skin tissue.
Multiple studies confirm the results: smooth texture and tone of the face, less noticeable wrinkles and stretch marks, a slight lifting effect.
When it helps
In aesthetic medicine, plasma therapy is recommended to be used:
- for aging skin, as plasma lifting improves relief and color, relieves swelling, reduces wrinkles;
- in the treatment of acne and post-acne, atopic dermatitis and eczema;
- when restoring skin after aggressive procedures.
Plasma therapy is often used in combination with other techniques, such as fillers, chemical peels or laser procedures. This is how PRP helps the skin recover faster after procedures.
How long does the effect last?
According to scientific research, the results of PRP therapy appear faster and last longer in younger patients - up to 35 years. For such people, it is enough to repeat the injections after 12–24 months.
Side effects
If the conditions for plasma therapy are strictly observed (taking blood on an empty stomach, no exacerbations of herpes infection for a month, etc.), there is usually no adverse reaction.
Preparations based on botulinum toxin
This group includes Botox, Dysport, Xeomin and a number of other drugs. Their main active ingredient is botulinum toxin type A, which is injected into the facial muscles of the face and temporarily blocks the nerve impulses transmitted to them, thereby smoothing the skin adjacent to these muscles.
Botulinum toxin is effective for treating the forehead and bridge of the nose, as well as for eliminating crow's feet around the eyes. Sometimes it is used to correct the shape of the lips: by relaxing the necessary muscles, you can lift the adhesions, making your facial expression more welcoming. Botulinum toxin is also successfully used to eliminate excessive sweating.
The achieved effect lasts for about six months, after which the procedure will have to be repeated. Long-term inactivity of facial muscles leads to a decrease in the rate of formation of new wrinkles. A Clinic also uses a technique for administering botulinum toxin, such as mesobotox. It combines two procedures at once - the classic injection of Botox (the drug Dysport can also be used) and mesotherapy. As a result, several effects are achieved in one procedure.
The drug is not injected into the muscles, as with classical botulinum therapy, but subcutaneously, and affects only individual muscle fibers adjacent to the skin. As a result, partial muscle work is preserved, and, therefore, the face remains with active facial expressions, but without wrinkles.
Another serious effect of the procedure is internal skin rejuvenation. The result of mesobotox is smoothed, beautiful skin without any signs of fine wrinkles. Special additives help improve its color and general condition, which help to activate blood circulation, which means they improve skin nutrition and increase its elasticity, resulting in a significantly improved complexion.
Mesobotox is recommended for use in areas with orbicularis muscles that need to be worked and to remove a network of fine superficial wrinkles on the skin. In this way, mesobotox is injected under the eyes, into the crow's feet and nasolabial folds, since complete blocking of the muscles in these areas with Botox, Dysport or Xeomin in high concentrations can lead to problems with the expression of emotions. Mesobotox is also used to prevent ptosis (under the lower jaw) and hernias (under the eyes).
Mesobotox is also indicated for people with overly active facial expressions. This technology is also indicated for people suffering from rosacea. Botulinum toxin, getting under the skin, begins to affect the hormone serotonin, as well as ion channels responsible for the appearance of many signs of rosacea (the effect of dilated blood vessels) and its chronic form - rosacea. This allows you to normalize neurovascular disorders and, thereby, reduce the severity of redness and uneven skin texture.
