Everyone knows that wrinkles are the main enemy of youth. Their appearance – this is the most important and earliest sign of body aging, with which women often begin to struggle after 25 years. First of all, facial wrinkles affect the upper part of the face, namely – brow area.
Obviously, such wrinkles are very frustrating for patients and lead them to aesthetic medicine specialists for help.
BOTOX® injections – this is the best solution to such a problem!
About the features of the introduction of the drug BOTOX® in the upper part of the face to correct mimic wrinkles, especially for readers of estet-portal.com, says a dermatologist, head of the training center "Academy for Professional Training of Beauty Industry Specialists", head of the clinic "Academy of Health and Beauty" Anna Funikova.
Upper face wrinkle correction with BOTOX®
BOTOX Injections® in the upper part of the face – it is a procedure that is performed daily on many patients around the world. In this area, the so-called "concentration" wrinkles appear quite early; – vertical wrinkles on the forehead, also called brow wrinkles or glabellar wrinkles.
Wrinkles of concentration arise as a result of hypertonicity of the muscles of the brow area: m. corrugator supercilii, m. depressor supercilii and m. procerus.
The unique effect of the effective BOTOX® from the company "Allergan" literally allows you to erase the wrinkles between the eyebrows and return the patient to a young and attractive appearance. The action of the drug eliminates the hypertonicity of the mimic muscles, as a result of which the wrinkles between the eyebrows are smoothed out and the face becomes young again.
Upper face correction:
- indications and contraindications for the use of BOTOX® in the upper part of the face;
- Features of BOTOX® in the upper part of the face;
- results of BOTOX® in the upper part of the face.
Indications and contraindications for the use of BOTOX® in the upper part of the face
Using BOTOX® in the upper part of the face is indicated for the correction of moderate and pronounced vertical wrinkles of the interbrow in patients under 65 years of age, if their sharp severity has a strong psychological impact on the patient. The use of BOTOX® is not recommended. in the upper part of the face if the patient has:
- hypersensitivity to botulinum toxin type A or any other component of the preparation;
- myasthenia gravis or Eaton Lambert syndrome (for the correction of vertical wrinkles between the eyebrows in children under 18 years of age or in elderly patients over 65 years of age);
- infectious process at the site of the future injection.
Features of BOTOX® in the upper part of the face
BOTOX® can be used in the upper part of the face to correct vertical wrinkles between the eyebrows. For these purposes, an injection of the recommended volume of 0.1 ml – 4 units of Allergan BOTOX® using a sterile needle caliber 30/0.30 mm. Injections are given in each of the 5 injection sites: 2 injections in each wrinkling muscle and 1 injection in the proud muscles.
The total dose of the drug is 20 Allergan units. Prior to injection, the thumb and forefinger should be pressed below the orbital rim to avoid extravasation. The needle must be directed from above and in the middle, and for injection into the muscle that wrinkles the skin, it is necessary to inject the drug into the central part of the muscle, at least 1 cm above the eyebrows.
Results of BOTOX® in the upper part of the face
After using BOTOX® in the upper part of the face for the correction of frown lines, the first effect is observed already a week after the treatment, and the maximum effect occurs 5-6 weeks after the injection, and lasts up to 4 months.
Re-inject BOTOX® for the correction of brow wrinkles can be done no earlier than 3 months!
After the administration of BOTOX®®, muscle hypertonicity is eliminated, as a result of which mimic wrinkles are smoothed out, and the face acquires a fresh and attractive appearance. That is why BOTOX® injections so popular and in demand among patients who turn to aesthetic medicine specialists.
Below in the video instruction you can see the stages of the procedure. Please be advised that this video is for medical use only.
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