At the recent Congress of Specialists in Aesthetic Medicine, much attention was paid to new methods and approaches in the fight against the signs of aging of the face and body. A special topic was the use of botulinum therapy, since every year botulinum toxin preparations are increasingly used in new areas of cosmetic correction.
The Scientific Supervisor of the Congress, Alexander Turkevich, presented his new project "Botulinum Therapy Club", and in a special interview shared his opinion with the readers of estet-portal.com about the use of botulinum therapy and approaches to combating the signs of aging.
Why did the idea to organize the project "Botulinum Therapy Club"
A.T. I think this idea is timely. It seemed to me that the number of people who use botulinum toxins – both on the part of doctors and on the part of patients – today has increased significantly, and therefore the topic of their safe and correct use is in demand.
It, of course, is overgrown with many myths, and therefore a competent approach to it will be useful to everyone: for patients - due to the fact that if botulinum therapy is carried out by a well-trained specialist, it will be effective and safe, and for specialists – because with the help of the club they will be able to access new modern knowledge.
And it will be really real knowledge based on evidence-based medicine.
The Botulinum Therapy Club is an opportunity to unite specialists, give them the opportunity to make a choice between high-quality toxins, share their experience in their use, which will ultimately help to increase their efficiency.
I really hope that the idea will be useful to our colleagues, and that with the help of this club we will be able to unite everyone who uses botulinum toxins in their practice.
In what direction is the expansion of indications for the use of botulinum toxins
А.Т. This is a rather difficult question in the sense that the official extension for the use of – it doesn’t seem to go particularly well, since botulinum toxins – these are not fillers, these are pharmaceuticals, in fact, these are immunobiological preparations, and therefore the official extension of their use – this is a slow process, which is accompanied by many years of research, evidence base.
As for the expansion of use by doctors, despite official indications, they can still use them outside the field of official indications, provided that they have warned the patient, provided that their experience and knowledge allow this.
I think that in aesthetic medicine we are beginning to understand that muscle contracture – it is one of the main manifestations of aging. This is actually the basic manifestation of aging. And we understand that in order to restore the patient's youthful appearance, we must first relieve muscle spasm. And the muscles of the entire face and neck spasm. And, of course, if we understand what we are doing, if we understand how to do it, we can, by relaxing certain muscles, return the patient to a much younger appearance.
Is it possible to preserve the harmony of the patient's face, eliminating the signs of aging as much as possible
А.Т. Each patient has his own maximum, going over which, you can lose the harmony of features. Of course, it is possible and necessary to fight the signs of aging by all possible methods and means, but by relieving the patient of them as harmoniously as possible. There must be a measure in everything. And in getting rid of the signs of aging, there should also be a measure
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