Botulinum toxin is one of the marvels in the aesthetic world that has shifted the attention of the medical community to non-surgical facial aesthetics.
Botulinum toxin has been and continues to be the best treatment for crow's feet. and glabellar wrinkles. However, its functions were not limited to this.
Today, millions of physicians use this tool to improve skin texture and brightness, improve face shape, and reduce sebaceous, sweat and salivary gland activity.
At estet-portal.com learn about the different ways of using botulinum toxin for aesthetic correction.
- Botulinum Toxin – universal beautician tool
- How does the dilution of botulinum toxin affect the result of the procedure
- Depth of Botulinum Injectionon
Botulinum toxin – universal beautician tool
Today, when in order to look beautiful it is not enough just to erase wrinkles, among cosmetologists, universal tools are becoming popular, which allow improving the condition of the skin, its hydration and texture, and correcting the shape of the face .
Botulinum toxin is just such a multi-target drug.
Using its various dosages and injecting the drug at different depths, you can get both muscle relaxation and improvement in skin texture, both a decrease in the activity of the sebaceous glands, and a correction of facial contours.
The mysterious molecule of the century: what is the mechanism of action of botulinum toxin
The targets of botulinum toxin are:
- facial facial muscles;
- sweat glands of the face and scalp;
- sebaceous glands, especially the T-zones of the face;
- saliva jellyss.
Understanding how the depth of injection of the toxin, the technique of injection and the degree of dilution of the drug affect the result of aesthetic correction, allows the doctor to work wonders.
How does the dilution of botulinum toxin affect the result of the procedure
Various dilutions have been tried and documented by physicians around the world, such as 1 ml, 2 ml, and so on.
Most often, the correct dilution is specified by the manufacturer of the drug, for example, to dilute one bottle of 100 units of Botox, Allergan requires 2.5 ml of saline.
If the goal is to work with a minimum number of units of the drug, but a large area needs to be covered, then use double dilution.
For example, the lateral extent of the orbicularis oculi muscle may, in some cases, extend to the upper cheek, the lateral part of the zygomatic region (up to the tragus).
Triple dilution is used to improve skin texture and treat hyperhidrosis.
- Double dilution
For a double dilution, draw up the desired number of units into an insulin syringe at a standard 2.5 ml dilution and then draw up an equal amount of saline.
So now each label on the syringe corresponds to half a unit instead of 1 unit. This makes it possible to deliver as little as a quarter of a unit with each injection.
- Triple Dilution
For a triple dilution, select the standard drug with a 2.5 ml dilution and twice that of normal saline.
A total of 0.3 units delivered per 1 unit injected on an insulin syringe.
- Myrobotox
Microbotox technique was developed by Dr. Wofles Wu.
The aim of microbotox was to deliver tiny vesicles of botulinum toxin as superficially as possible, in particular to create superficial muscle relaxation, and at the same time prevent the toxin from diffusing into the entire muscle in order to completely paralyze it.
The use of microbotox was then extended to the under-eye lines to reduce pore size as well as oiliness in the central T-zone of the face and cheeksek.
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Depth of botulinum toxin injection
- Intradermal administration
Double or triple dilutions of botulinum toxin are used intradermal injections on the cheeks or scalp to act on the sebaceous and eccrine glands.
At a standard dose, an injection into the superficial fibers of removes fine lines in the neck.
- Subcutaneous
When targeting the most superficial muscle fibers, the toxin is injected subcutaneously, for example, for crow's feet correction, for perioral wrinkles, and for the correction of "rings of Venus" around the neck.
Methods to increase the duration and effectiveness of botulinum toxin action
- Deep intramuscular injection
Deep intramuscular injection of toxin is used injection into the platysmal bands and masticatory muscles.
- Intraligandular insertion
Intraglandular injections are given into the salivary gland in case of parotid hypertrophy, and in rare cases in the injection into the submandibular gland, which protrudes after neck lift operations.
Injection points are determined depending on the size and volume of the muscle, as well as on the depth of its occurrence and the dose of the drug.
The placement of the drug must be accurate in terms of muscle size and depth so that there is no diffusion into unwanted muscle fibers.
Because the muscles are in dynamic interaction with each other and many of them also overlap and intersect, it becomes very important to accurately consider the anatomy when planning and performing the intervention.
Botulinum toxin: a terrible poison or an invaluable medicine
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