Doctors have been waging a war on wrinkles for a long time. In any case, not one century. The old exotic methods were replaced by the achievements of science. You can, for example, do plastic surgery. But there are non-surgical methods. They will perfectly smooth your face.
Mimic grooves
Wrinkles respond well to Botox, especially those that appear due to motor activity in the facial muscles.
With muscle tension, the skin gathers in folds. While you are young, these small grooves quickly straighten out. Most often, they occur on the forehead, as well as between the eyebrows and in the corners of the eyes.
What happens when injections
Botox is injected intramuscularly into wrinkles. There he temporarily extinguishes their sensitivity to nerve impulses. The muscle relaxes and does not contract anymore. Skin folds are smoothed.
It requires a lot of doctor skill. It is impossible to completely make the muscles motionless, otherwise the person’s natural facial expression will be disturbed. An injection only removes the increased tone of these shallow grooves on the skin. At the same time, neither muscle nor nerve fibers are affected.
You should know that soon - after 4-6 months - the effect of the drug will end. And all the muscles will be freed from the blockade.
Get ready for surgery correctly
It is very important. After all, the result must be excellent!
So, three days before the injections, you should stop drinking antibiotics and medicines that interfere with blood coagulation. For example, “Heparin”, “Aspirin”, “Fenindion".
On the eve of a visit to the doctor, do not try to drink. Vodka, wine, beer are strictly prohibited!
On the morning of the day of surgery, cancel your usual light exercise, as well as more difficult exercises.
How is everything going
You have come to the doctor. First - inspection, counseling. The specialist evaluates your appearance: the nature and depth of wrinkles, the role of facial expressions in their formation. Also speaks about the condition of the tissues. Finally, outlines the points where the drug will be administered with a dose of Botox.
The skin, of course, is immediately disinfected. Then, with the thinnest syringe, the drug solution is injected into the very muscles whose activity must be definitely reduced. The procedure is short. Just for three to five minutes. Then again antiseptics for the face and cooling the skin.
In this case, all the data on the batch number of the drug, on the expiration date, the doctor must enter in the patient’s medical card.
There is practically no pain during injections or it is small, and you can endure it. Just a mosquito bite! So it’s not at all necessary to ask for anesthesia. However, many cosmetologists still prefer to do local anesthesia with a special cream. Indeed, when correcting wrinkles, the patient may be worried, suddenly startle, twitch. And this is completely undesirable with such jewelry work.
All behind
So it's over. You have safely left the office. You can't wait to look at yourself in the mirror. How do I look now?
But muscles do not immediately relax. And in five days. Or seven. Maximum - in a couple of weeks.
True, we are all different, each has its own characteristics of the body. Therefore, in some (in extremely rare cases) botulinum toxin begins to work on the second day. And for other people - already in a month.
Botox What to do after the procedure
Do not worry, do not panic, but calmly wait for the visible result. This does not apply to those who are generally insensitive to the drug. There are very few such refractory ones. Somewhere less than one percent.
A similar effect may also occur in those who suffered botulism in previous years. Or he was treated with large doses of Botox (purely for medical reasons).
How long will I be beautiful
“Good question!” You say. But in fact, how long will the effect of these injections turn out to be? After the very first session, facial expressions, folds of skin will not appear on your face until six months. But then the neuromuscular connections that were blocked will be restored. The fibers will shrink again. And the wrinkles will inevitably return. Therefore, after four to six months, you again need to do a series of injections.
And after three to five such “tricks” of the drug, the grooves that age you will not appear for a long time. Ten or even twelve months. That is, a whole year - no problem!
There is one interesting point. While you are “walking under Botox,” your muscles are weakened all the time. And you involuntarily begin to wean from this bad habit of squinting your eyes, frowning your forehead. And those wrinkles, facial expressions that have arisen only because of this, probably will not return. With this turn of events, repeated injections are no longer needed.
If Botox is introduced, contraindications after the procedure are as follows. If you yourself begin to spoil your appearance by moving your eyebrows, refusing to wear dark glasses from the sun and squinting, then repeated visits to the beautician will soon be very necessary for you.
What is strictly prohibited
Now carefully read the article to the end. We will tell you that after the Botox procedure you can’t categorically do it. Never and never!
Once botulinum toxin has been given to you, it is distributed over the tissues for several hours. And more than a day will pass, only then there will be complete healing. And so that everything goes quickly and smoothly, the patient should limit himself to something.
So, Botox has already been introduced. The rules after the procedure are as follows. You came home and wanted to lie down to rest. Do not! While Botox is absorbed, the contraindications after the procedure are as follows. It is not allowed to sleep or just lie for 3-4 hours.
All day you need to stay straight, to be upright. And, of course, do not sleep face down.
Do not buy shoes (all the time you have to bend over). Do not iron laundry. That is, such things can be provided for yourself. The principle is clear to you.
Also try (within one day) not to take medications that affect blood coagulation. This also applies to alcohol.
You have Botox in your body. How to behave after the procedure?
You can not touch the same areas of skin where injections were made with your hands for two days. Otherwise, the infection may get. And do not try to massage your face!
For 14 days, forget about peeling and scrub.
The Botox medicine has already entered your body. What can not be done after the procedure yet? Go to the dentist, for example. If you have been given injections in the area of the lips (or nasolabial folds), then the best thing is to postpone your planned trip to the dentist for 2 weeks. For opening your mouth wide (as required in the dentist’s office) is not yet highly recommended. Of course, if an acute toothache pierced you, then, of course, it is contraindicated to tolerate and stay at home.
No charging or tilting
Always remember about Botox. There are also recommendations after the procedure. Refuse from sports, fitness. The break is short - only 48 hours.
It is also forbidden to tilt your head down for at least two days. For example, sweeping the floor, washing it, vacuuming. That is, to do such homework, in which the body is bent. So - two days.
If the introduction of Botox was done around the eyes, then from the very first days we recommend that you drink less any liquid. Especially in the evenings.
Very useful, just need food without spicy and salty. It usually retains water in the body. Hence the swelling. And if at the same time you yourself are prone to the latter, then these simple measures should be strictly observed. Two whole weeks.
Botox injections have been made for you. After the procedure, one should not forget about the dangers of overheating the body. Do not go to the
bathhouse, sauna, solarium, wash in the hot shower, take a bath. Heat, steam, dry air can greatly accelerate the elimination of the drug from your body.
Such a life is out of heat - at least seven days.
Started to work in the body "Botox". What you can not do after the procedure is to sunbathe under the bright rays of the sun, at least for the next three days.
And, of course, do not direct heated air from a hair dryer directly onto your face. And this ban is already long - 10 days.
The introduction of the Botox injection has ended. Restrictions after the procedure are not to drive your car. Also, it is impossible to use decorative cosmetics in the places where injections were made on the day of arrival at the clinic and the next.
What is allowed
The question arises: "What procedures can be done after Botox?". For two whole hours (after returning home) you need to make grimaces, frown deeply , articulate. Then the drug will disperse very evenly throughout the muscle.
What cosmetic procedures can be done after Botox? It is necessary to apply soothing masks to the place of injections and against edema.
Harmful medicines
Well, the story called "Botox" ended. What can not be done after the procedure yet?
Remove medications that can level the effect of the treatment into the far box. Thus, tetracycline group preparations and aminoglycosides are not shown in this sense. They do not just reduce, but actually negate the achievements of “Botox”.
If you drank them regularly before visiting a beautician, it is better to wait. Just a few weeks, and you can go to the "beauty injections."
If Botox is introduced, what else cannot be done after the procedure? Take vitamins B1 and B2. They level the result. But if they are in tablets, then such data are not available.
Suppose, suddenly, some time after the correction, you have herpes on the lip. How to get rid of it? As usual - treat with special ointments. But in the chronic form of this disease, it would be good to undergo a course of prevention before starting Botox.
The most suitable age
The effect of "beauty injections" fully depends on everything that we have listed above. But there is another component - the age of the patient.
A good treatment result depends not only on purely individual characteristics, but also on age:
- Until age 25, most people have no indication for such interventions. Their skin is supple. Wrinkles, if any, do not present a serious problem.
- At 30–40 years, many of these small grooves on the face are already quite visible. And, using Botox, you can count on a wonderful effect.
- If you are 50-60 years old, the fiber tone is already weak. And the consequences of using the drug are not as brilliant as those of young people.
- After 60, the muscles lose their tone very much. Therefore, the area for the use of Botox is very small.
Summarize. This cosmetic intervention is most effective between the ages of 30 and 40, then the skin does not respond so well to Botox anymore. What to do after the procedure to consolidate the effect? No additional masks or medical care is required, since the serum is resistant to any external and internal factors. Wrinkles will not bother you throughout the entire cycle of the drug.