Injection mesotherapy: important technical aspects that you must know

Injection cosmetic procedures today are a real treasure for patients who want to get a pronounced effect of face and body correction as soon as possible. With the help of the introduction of fillers, it is possible to fill in the missing volumes, injections of botulinum toxin easily eliminate mimic wrinkles, but injection mesotherapy is especially popular among patients. This procedure allows you to deliver a whole range of useful substances that make up mesotherapeutic preparations directly under the skin. And what important technical aspects of this procedure must be known to every esthetician – read on estet-portal.com in today's article.

Why is it important to know the technical aspects of injectable mesotherapy

Injection mesotherapy – this is the most effective procedure that aesthetic medicine specialists very often perform on their patients.

The effect of mesotherapy lies not only in the effect of drugs that are injected directly into the skin, but also in the stimulation of biologically active points located on its surface.

However, the effectiveness of this procedure largely depends on the theoretical knowledge and practical skills of the specialist performing it. There are certain technical aspects of injection mesotherapy that every aesthetic medicine specialist should be aware of.

Injection mesotherapy:

• preparatory stage of injection mesotherapy: general recommendations;
• basic recommendations for injection mesotherapy regimen;
• techniques for administering drugs in injectable mesotherapy.

Preparatory stage of injection mesotherapy: general recommendations

At the stage of preparation for injection mesotherapy, the specialist must adhere to the following recommendations:

• the procedure is carried out manually or using a special device for mesotherapy – meso-injector;
• for manual equipment, disposable medical syringes are used (insulin with a volume of 1 ml, or a volume of 2-10 ml);
• needle length for injection mesotherapy – 4-13 mm, section – 27-30 G. Special needles for mesotherapy are currently on sale;
• the procedure is carried out only with gloves, the patient's skin must be pre-treated with an antiseptic (often alcohol-containing) agent;
• before the procedure, it is imperative to inform the patient about possible complications.

Basic recommendations for injection mesotherapy regimen

Injection mesotherapy can be performed with one preparation – in this case, it is called monotherapy, or by combining several drugs, that is, using meso-cocktail. The frequency of sessions is determined individually for each patient. On average, if mesotherapy is performed:

• for aesthetic indications - weekly injections are performed during the first 4 weeks, the next two procedures are performed at two-week intervals, then every 4-6 weeks. The course takes 5-6 months and consists, on average, of 10 procedures;
• for chronic diseases, 1-2 procedures per week are performed for 8-10 weeks, then – maintenance sessions at 1, 2, 3 and 6 months. The number of sessions per course is from 4 to 20.

Techniques for administering drugs during injection mesotherapy

Mesotherapy preparations are injected intradermally or subcutaneously to a depth of 1.5 - 4 mm on average in a volume of 0.02 to 0.2 ml. There are two main techniques for administering drugs in mesotherapy:

• micropapule technique – implies single injections to a depth of 1.5-4 mm, to the level of the papillary dermis;
• Nappage technique - involves multiple and frequent microinjections into the papillary dermis or epidermis, to a shallow depth (up to 1.5 mm).

Depending on the volume of the drug administered and the rate of its administration, techniques are classified as follows:

• fast mesoinjection (mesopuncture) – performed manually, while introducing a small dose of the drug – 0.02-0.01ml;
• mesoinfiltration – it is used for dermal impregnation with age-related skin changes, striae and scars, while the volume of the administered drug is, on average, up to 0.2 ml;
• slow mesoinjection or mesoperfusion is used to slowly inject the drug up to 2.2 ml.

Injection mesotherapy – it is an effective procedure, the technically correct implementation of which largely guarantees a pronounced result and a lasting effect.

It is the high efficiency of mesotherapy that makes this procedure so popular among aesthetic medicine patients.  Thank you for staying with estet-portal.com. Read more interesting materials on the site in the "Cosmetology" section.

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