Wrinkle treatment
The minimally invasive treatment of wrinkles without surgery produces extremely good results and makes you look years younger. Surgical interventions are more extensive and carry greater risks. Wrinkle treatment with Botox or hyaluronic acid is carried out with an injection and achieves reliable results.
What is important here is the condition of the skin, whether male or female, and how advanced wrinkles and changes in the skin are. For very deep wrinkles and sagging tissue, a facelift will achieve far better results.
Botox treatment
Botox injections are a quasi-standard in aesthetic medicine with reliable findings on the effects, risks and possible long-term consequences.
How does Botox work?
Botulinum toxin is a medical substance that inhibits muscle contraction during facial expressions. Every time you frown, for example, neurotransmitters are released which set muscles in motion and create wrinkles.
By injecting Botox into the forehead or eye wrinkles, for example, this stimulus is interrupted by Botox and you cannot move the affected area – even subconsciously.
Now the skin in the treated region relaxes and wrinkles that are not so deep become significantly less visible and less effective.
When does Botox work?
The effect of Botox sets in after a few days and depends on the individual. As the effect sets in, you will find it more difficult, for example, to frown or furrow your brow.
How long does Botox last?
The effect wears off after a certain time as the body breaks down the botulinum toxin and muscle contraction is therefore possible. The effect usually wears off after approx. 4 to 6 months and you will notice that you can pull your mimic wrinkles.
What does Botox cost?
The costs or prices for Botox as a blanket statement are not useful. On the one hand, there are active ingredients based on botulinum from various medical manufacturers. The number of areas also determines the price and the injections. Whether a dose of 1 ml is injected is also decisive, but the aesthetically correct application is.
Is Botox dangerous?
Although botulinum toxin is a dangerous poison, there are hardly any risks when it is applied to the patient by an experienced specialist. As a private individual, you cannot buy Botox and you should not treat yourself in any case.
Wrinkle injections with hyaluronic acid
Hyaluronic acid injections are a proven modern method of wrinkle treatment and minimally invasive face lifting. A tightening of the skin is not quite medically correct – it is rather the effect that looks like a tightening.
The problem with age is the loss of elasticity in the skin as well as a reduction in the body’s own hyaluronic acid. Wrinkle injections are also used to treat deeper wrinkles where the tissue structures are usually “broken” and Botox treatment does not promise the desired result.
Alternatives
There are alternatives to wrinkle injections, such as collagen or autologous fat. The extent to which these alternatives generate advantages must be determined during consultation and diagnosis.
Today, “Botox cream” is often advertised as the medical alternative. However, it is only remotely related to botulinum and does not have the same effect. A “cream” that is sold over the counter can only penetrate to certain depths of the skin, otherwise it is a medical product.
If the tissue is severely weakened or wrinkles are very deep, a mini-facelift or isolated facelift will achieve a truly visible result of rejuvenation. The methods have been significantly refined and achieve a natural-looking appearance.
Dr. Scholz Munich
- Plastic, Aesthetic, and Reconstructive Surgeon, University of California, USA
- German specialist in plastic and aesthetic surgery
- Swiss specialist certification for plastic and aesthetic surgery
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