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Botulinum toxin is the most popular, safe and reliable method of reducing wrinkles (over 20 years of experience) used in aesthetic medicine.
Botulinum toxin is a natural preparation in the form of purified botulinum toxin. A small dose injected into the skin causes paralysis of facial muscles, which are responsible for wrinkles that appear during the process of aging or caused by facial expressions. While relaxing the muscles, botox prevents skin’s wrinkling and folding, allowing you to achieve a youthful appearance. Dose dispensed for cosmetic purposes is selected individually and completely safe. The advantage of botulinum toxin is that it works only on those muscles, where it was injected, while other muscles are functioning as before. After the procedure face expression does not change, while wrinkles are partially or completely gone.
Mimic wrinkles arise as a result of reducing skin elasticity and reducing its firmness on the face. The first mimic wrinkles appear around the age of twenty-five. As a rule, the so-called crow's feet, lion's wrinkle and horizontal forehead wrinkles and nasolabial folds are the most visible. Over the years, as a result of repetitive facial expressions, wrinkles and furrows deepen. The formation of wrinkles, apart from the passage of time, is also influenced by: ultraviolet rays, improper nutrition, unhygienic lifestyle, excessive facial expressions, as well as incorrect head position during sleep, or too little sleep.
Botulinum toxin removes facial wrinkles, which include: crow’s feet, between the eyebrows and transverse forehead wrinkles, diagonal crease at the base of the nose, tiny wrinkles on the chin and so-called "smoker's lines" on the upper lip.
Depending on the indications it also gives the effect of lifting lip corners, eyebrows and forehead and raising the drooping eyelids.
Oprócz wygładzania zmarszczek, umiejętne zastosowanie toksyny botulinowej sprawi, że skóra zyska świeży, naturalny i młodszy wygląd, dając efekt liftingu. Wyraz twarzy nadawany jest przez układ kilkudziesięciu mięśni twarzy. Stosując botulinę, możemy w pewnych granicach modelować rysy twarzy. Najczęściej metodę tę stosujemy do modelowania linii brwi i czoła, podniesienia opadających powiek, modelowania okolic ust oraz odmładzania szyi. Toksyna botulinowa pozwala także na korektę szczęki, przywracając dawną linię żuchwy, poprawiając owal twarzy i wyszczuplając ją.
Botulinum toxin starts to work after 2-3 days after injection but the final effect is visible after around a week and it lasts till 6 months. After further treatments results can last significantly longer. The results are visible both for young people, where wrinkles are not deep and often are completely eliminated, as well as for more mature patients, where significant reduction of the existing ones and prevention for the new ones to appear occurs. The face looks natural and its expression is softened.
Complete removal of deep wrinkles may require supplementary treatment as filling them with hyaluronic acid. Botulinum toxin can be combined with other methods of face lifting.