Facial injections are a modern method that allows you to make the skin beautiful and prevent the appearance of signs of aging. Creams, masks and other cosmetic products are able to care only for the surface layer of the epidermis, since the barrier layer of the skin does not allow the components of the composition to penetrate deeper.
But the drug for face injections with a needle or cannula penetrates as deeply as possible, affecting the formation of collagen, and maintaining the necessary level of skin hydration, and even the shape of the nose, chin and cheeks.
Skin care
There are a large number of drugs for injectable skin care. Their composition is combined in most cases with one component, called hyaluronic acid. Injections for the face with this substance are as safe as possible: it is produced by the human body, combining a huge number of functions, one of which is the attraction of water molecules. At a young age, when the body produces enough acid, the skin is elastic and hydrated from the inside.
After thirty years of age, the production of the substance slows down, so it is advisable to make hyaluronic injections for the face. Sometimes the substance is used in its pure form, sometimes vitamins are added to the composition, which contribute to rejuvenation, regeneration, and pigmentation removal. This procedure is called biorevitalization, and injections with vitamins - mesotherapy.
As a rule, such cosmetic procedures should be performed at least twice a year. The procedure is especially relevant after the summer season, when the skin is damaged by intense ultraviolet radiation and requires hydration and regeneration.
Facial wrinkles
When anti-aging injections are discussed for individuals, primarily, are botox and dysport. These two drugs are absolute analogues of each other, the only difference is the country of origin and price.
The main substance of Botox and dysport is botulinum toxin, a substance that blocks the movement of the muscle, ensuring its rest for 4-10 months. Skin over immobilized muscle is smoothed.
For a long time, Botox was used only in the forehead, nose, outer corners of the eyes. But the new cosmetology significantly expanded the possibilities of the drug: with its help it is possible to make the upper lip puffier, injections into the area between it and the nose of botulinum toxin, the neck - smooth by injection in platism, the eyelids - raised due to the brow injections.
Fillers
In order to make lips puffier, the chin is larger, and the cheekbones are higher, fillers are used. They are gels, which are introduced into the deeper layers of the skin and are stored there from a year to several years, depending on the composition.
Hyaluronic acid fillers differ from the composition for biorevitalization in their density. The denser the gel, the higher the chance to create a "sculptural effect." Dense consistency fillers are perfect for contouring the chin and cheekbones: such gels do not spread, do not migrate to other tissues, retain their effect longer and disappear evenly.
Facial injections are slightly different from the composition for enlarging the lips and changing their shape. As a rule, most manufacturers create a special composition for changing the shape of the mouth, which, on the one hand, preserves the naturalness and softness of the lips, on the other hand, does not allow the composition to migrate downward or make the corners of the mouth heavier.
Hyaluronic acid based facial injection is not the only option that a cosmetologist patient can choose. Such compositions are preferable for those who want to experiment with appearance, to check how “new” puffy lips or large cheekbones suit him. If the result is not satisfactory, then it will disappear on its own in a few months without outside interference, or a few hours after the introduction of hyaluronodase.
Radiesz is a popular filler based on calcium hydroxyapatite. Despite the fact that hyaluronic acid is considered the safest due to the fact that the human immune system does not perceive its molecules as antigens, the Radiess drug also rarely causes rejection.
Its density makes it possible to form a more accurate facial sculpture : model the cheekbones, cheeks, chin, and even the nose. On average, its effect lasts 2-3 times longer than the effect of preparations based on hyaluronic acid. Therefore, Radiesz, the price of which, as a rule, is slightly higher, is economically justified due to the duration of the effect.
Face lifting and sculpture
This is not to say that facial injections are strictly classified, and filler modeling is performed separately from filling deep wrinkles. With the help of contouring, significant lifting of the skin can be achieved. Beauticians have long been using the method of destroying nasolabial folds by guiding the filler into the cheekbones area, due to which the skin is stretched and smooths out a wrinkle.
Previously, when fillers were driven directly under the wrinkle, the effect of a “heavy”, tired face often appeared. In addition, the filler migrated over time under the influence of universal gravitation, creating “bryl” if it was introduced in large quantities and did not have time to completely split before the moment of migration.
If the filler is made of hyaluronic acid, it not only changes the shape of the face, but also makes the skin more hydrated due to the effect of attracting water molecules to the filler. When the skin is moisturized so deeply that no moisturizing component can penetrate through the barrier layer, the face looks younger and fresher.
Methods of drug administration
There are three main ways that beauty injections are made. The main one is the introduction of the drug through a needle. It allows you to accurately distribute the drug locally in the area in which it is needed. Moreover, most of the drugs produced by manufacturers are already complete with a special needle.
Less commonly, face injections are performed using a cannula. Outwardly, it looks like a needle, but it does not have a sharp tip with a hole, but is rounded, and the hole through which the drug enters is located in the side of the device. Due to the blunted end, it is not traumatic, which means that the rehabilitation period after visiting the cosmetologist’s office is reduced several times.
And finally, biorevitalization and mesotherapy can be carried out using a mesoscooter - a device in the form of a roller with needles of various lengths and thicknesses, which “drives” the applied preparation into the skin. The advantage of the mesoscooter is the ability to use it at home, although the professional device with which the procedures are performed in the salon or clinic is much more effective.
Indications for the procedure
Today, beauty injections have become an integral part of effective and safe self-care. Modern cosmetologists do not consider certain boundaries of a person’s age, after which you can begin to enter hyaluronic acid, fillers and botox. The main thing is a direct indication for the procedure - wrinkles, dry skin, and so on.
Biorevitalization can be performed at any age, but, as a rule, injections at the age of 18-20 are not required. But if the skin has traces of sunburn, the consequences of improper care, aggressive chemical or mechanical peelings, biorevitalization or mesotherapy can be carried out for a patient aged 18 years.
Dysport and Botox eliminate facial wrinkles that can appear at any age. The drugs are absolutely safe, but with regular use, the body develops resistance to botulinum toxin, that is, each time the dose of the drug will have to be increased until even the maximum dosages cease to be effective. Usually this period of time takes 20-30 years, that is, the girl who started using Botox to smooth wrinkles at age 20, at the age of 50, runs the risk of remaining completely disarmed before the onset of wilting.
In this regard, cosmetologists advise to postpone the start of the use of botulinum toxin, at least until 30-35 years. Although statistically the threshold for the start of the use of Dysport and Botox is growing every year.
Fillers for contouring are performed according to indications. But, as a rule, any cosmetic injections for the face are used only after the patient is 18 years old.
Contraindications
Before performing injections for the face from wrinkles, it is necessary to make sure that the state of health is able to withstand the burden of outside interference.
First, you need to examine the skin at the injection site: inflammation, scratches, abrasions, acne are a contraindication to the procedure. Also, the doctor should find out the patient's history: whether he had done the same procedure before, whether there were any complications or allergic reactions.
There are also absolute contraindications that categorically prohibit any injection for the face:
- cancerous tumors;
- diabetes;
- mental illness;
- pregnancy and lactation;
- autoimmune processes;
- HIV infection;
- any pathology in the active stage.
A relative contraindication is the period of menstruation in women. It does not affect the outcome of the procedure, it can complicate it by increasing the healing time of the skin and increasing bleeding.
As a rule, cosmetologists do not require health certificates from patients, but still it is better to visit a therapist before deciding to take advantage of injection cosmetology, to undergo a clinical and biochemical blood test, and a complete urinalysis.
Complications
The main complication in any cosmetic procedure is the subjective mismatch of the patient's expectations with the result. Really obvious problems rarely occur: gel migration, infection with the drug, an allergic reaction.
The advantage of fillers and hyaluronic acid is the ability to remove it from the tissues at any time with the help of an enzyme - hyaluronidase. It is impossible to remove Botox, but the effect of its action is short-lived, so very quickly the flaws of the procedure will cease to be noticeable, and the face will look like before.
Statistically, complications occur if a low-quality drug was used or the cosmetologist does not have sufficient qualifications or the necessary education. Therefore, when choosing a doctor and clinic, you need to pay attention to the competence of doctors and the quality certificates of all drugs used, and not to low prices, promotions and discounts. A cosmetologist who performs injections must have a medical background.
Cost of procedures
The amount that you have to leave in the beauty salon depends on the chosen drug, and on its amount, which was used during the procedure, and on the pricing policy of the clinic itself.
For example, a disport, the price of which is slightly higher than the cost of Botox, is 200-230 rubles per unit. How many units are needed in a particular case - the doctor determines. To eliminate wrinkles on the forehead will require at least 30 units, for the correction of “crow's feet” - 10-15 for each eye, for raising eyebrows - only 5-6.
Sometimes the need to destroy wrinkles on the forehead requires the mandatory introduction of the drug into other areas in order to maintain the symmetry of the face. Thus, for Botox and Dysport, the price is determined only in person.
The price of fillers, as a rule, is slightly higher than the compositions for biorevitalization, since the filler actually replaces surgical intervention. At Radiesse the price is from 15 to 40 thousand rubles, depending on the amount of the drug. But it is important to understand that installing a chin or cheekbone implant will cost several times more, and the operation itself, under general anesthesia, will be much more dangerous and will require a long rehabilitation period and hospital stay.
Reviews
Injection cosmetology techniques are enormously popular all over the world. Nevertheless, talking about which particular injections for the face reviews are quite difficult. In order for the result of the procedure to be beautiful, several conditions must match:
- adequate patient expectations from the procedure;
- professional cosmetologist;
- quality drugs;
- lack of contraindications;
- compliance with the rules of the rehabilitation period.
As a rule, the procedures in a reliable clinic meet all of the above conditions, so the results are beautiful and the reviews are positive.
Thus, Botox, dysport, hyaluronic acid are injections for the face that allow you to achieve an aesthetic effect as quickly and safely as possible. Using procedures does not preclude the possibility of applying traditional methods of cosmetology, but the combination of injection and traditional methods of facial skin care allows you to achieve the effect several times faster.