Is it safe to use Botox for wrinkles? Botox for wrinkles cannot maintain long-term effect

Injecting botulinum toxin on the face has a good wrinkle-removing effect and is a very common wrinkle-removing method. As each of us ages, wrinkles will increase, and improving wrinkles through cosmetic surgery is a good way.

Many people are particularly worried and afraid when they hear that Botox is needed to treat dynamic striae. In fact, although Botox is highly toxic, its toxicity is greatly reduced after dilution and can be used for medical services. The commonly used medical Botox is one millionth of the lethal dose for humans and is very safe. However, there are indeed very few people who are allergic to the drug and have a strong allergic reaction, which endangers their lives, just like some people who are allergic to penicillin have anaphylactic shock and endanger their lives. At present, in the field of medical cosmetology, as long as the formal process is followed and the regular Botox brand products are used, the safe dose is used during the injection, which is relatively safe.

The biggest drawback of using botulinum toxin to remove wrinkles is that the effect cannot be maintained for a long time. It usually lasts for 3-8 months. This is related to the botulinum toxin itself, the injection site, dosage and method, and individual differences of patients. Therefore, it is usually necessary to inject 2-3 times a year to achieve the best maintenance effect. The reason why botulinum toxin fails to remove wrinkles is that after the botulinum toxin is metabolized by the body, nerve activity can be restored. The second point is that new connection points can also be generated between the nerves and the corrugator and procerus muscles, allowing the muscles to resume activity. As a result, wrinkles will appear again.

Generally speaking, dynamic wrinkles can be relieved by injecting botulinum toxin. The reason why botulinum toxin can relieve wrinkles is that the ingredients released by botulinum toxin can block nerve and muscle impulses, gradually relax the frown muscles, and muscles will become weak when you want to frown, so it can eliminate facial wrinkles in a short time. This muscle relaxation effect is reversible. After a period of time, the botulinum toxin ingredients will be absorbed and decomposed by the body, so it cannot achieve the effect of eliminating wrinkles for a long time.

To remove the wrinkles, Xu Tao first selected five spots for injection. One point was on the depressor supercilii muscle, and the other four points were symmetrically placed on the corrugator supercilii muscles on both sides. The injection site needed to be more than 0.5-1 cm away from the orbital margin and within the pupil midline. The needle was inserted perpendicular to the skin surface during the injection, and deep muscle injection was performed (but without touching the periosteum).

Injection dose: total dose 20-40U

Injection brand: Hengli brand botulinum toxin type A produced by the Lanzhou Institute of Biology in Gansu Province, my country has a national drug production batch number and is a regular and legal product. In addition, Botox produced by Allergan in the United States is also a legal botulinum toxin for injection.

Note: Applying cold compresses before and after injection can reduce the occurrence of hematoma.