Is it time to poke or is it too early? How to slow down aging with injections

A patient's question about whether it is time for her to start injection procedures or whether she can do without them for the time being is often heard at a cosmetologist's appointment. About «beauty injections» there are many myths and rumors – in particular, there is an opinion that the later you use the help of injections, the less the risk of the body getting used to the procedures and, therefore, the more efficiently the skin will absorb the injected drugs. The patients are also afraid that the skin spoiled by injections will stop producing something important, hoping for the injection of everything necessary. Read on estet-portal.com to learn how to work with fearful patients, and when it is really time or not time to start injection procedures.

What becomes a real reason to use the help of injections

The development of aesthetic medicine is so rapid that many ideas about when and to whom certain cosmetic procedures can be shown are constantly being revised by doctors. New research results are emerging, methods are being improved, the compositions of certain drugs are improving – all this gives the cosmetologist the opportunity to more accurately and purposefully prescribe certain procedures, including injections. They should be recommended, of course, based on the indications, which must be made known to the patient. 

It's not that hard to explain why it's worth turning to injection help – after all, the patient has not inserted gold teeth at the dentist for a long time, but uses newer types of prosthetics. So with the face – if there is a real problem, and it can be solved in the best way with the help of filler injections or Botox, then age has nothing to do with it.

If we are talking about botulinum toxin injections, then often even a 20-year-old girl can have direct indications for this procedure. It happens that a young lady has such an active facial expression that wrinkles on her forehead clearly begin to form. And they will form very quickly if you do not take action:

• you can try to start using creams containing peptides, which will act in such a way that every time a girl tries to frown, she will feel some skin resistance;
• but if you don't see results in a couple of months, it is recommended to take the help of botulinum toxin injections. Most often, in the few months that the effect of the drug lasts, the habit of frowning the forehead goes away.

As for fillers, in older patients with a distinct decrease in the volume of not only fat, but also bone tissue, the introduction of the drug is completely justified and can give a very beautiful result, for which the patient will be grateful to her beautician.

When you should not go along with the patient and resort to "beauty shots"

The action of injectables  varies greatly depending on the age of the patient. So, for example, in young people, antibodies to botulinum toxins are actively produced, and the younger the patient who has actively begun to use these injections, the more likely it is that the effect of these injections will gradually decrease in her, and then insensitivity will completely set in. & nbsp; But after forty years, such antibodies are formed much more slowly, and the effect achieved with botulinum toxin injections will be quite persistent.

It is also important to follow the instructions for the use of botulinum toxin preparations and refrain from administering them to persons over 60 years of age, since at this age the risk of developing facial asymmetry after such an injection increases.

As for fillers containing hyaluronic acid, in young patients, in response to the administration of the drug, the body begins to actively produce hyaluronidase, and the filler dissolves faster. In older patients, these processes, respectively, are much slower.

Of course, one should not go on about the patient and "replenish volumes"; in reserve, pumping up cheekbones and lips. Until the actual degradation of one's own tissues has begun, it is better to use other cosmetics and methods, remember the – go from less intervention to more. You should not immediately experiment with radical changes and the introduction of large doses of injectables – the imposition of additional volumes can give an ugly result and upset the patient.