For all those who do not want to go through the "surgery" box or postpone the deadline, injections of increasingly safe products, with more and more sophisticated techniques *, are a good option.
To correct expression lines: Botulinum toxin (ex Vistabel ® )
What is it ? A toxin that is injected, diluted in physiological saline, which restores certain muscles transiently and reversibly.
How's it going ? The practitioner marks in pencil your wrinkles created by the contraction of certain muscles in a sitting position. He then injects the product into the affected muscles.
The results: they are almost immediate (3 to 5 days): smoothed wrinkles, more open look, raised eyebrows.
How many sessions? Two to three times a year. (duration of action 4 to 6 months)
The price ? 350 to 400 € according to the quantity injected.
To note: Some women who, from the age of 30/40 begin to see their face to be marked resort to these injections to avoid the occurrence of very deep wrinkles later.
To, erase the main signs of aging: hyaluronic acid
What is it ? A glycosaminoglycan, substance present in the dermis and which fills the spaces between the different fibers. Problem: it becomes scarce over the years and there is only about 50% left in his fifties. Consequences, the face loses volume, tends to sag and the skin to wrinkle. The injection, aims to mix with our own hyaluronic acid, giving volume to the face and to fade wrinkles. Warning ! Choose a practitioner who uses known brands, (Juvederm ®, Restylane ® ...) who have been proven and with whom we have enough perspective. It circulates substances on the Internet without any guarantee!
How's it going ? Depending on the results sought the specialist will choose hyaluronic acids more or less crosslinked, ie with a thickness or a viscosity more or less important. He applies anesthetic cream. To remake volumes, (cheekbones, chin, temples, oval of the face) it will inject in contact with the bone a highly crosslinked hyaluronic acid. (Voluma ® type) The new needles are more and more fine and the act is not painful. To fill wrinkles, in the dermis and the epidermis, (nasolabial folds, folds around the mouth), hyaluronic acid is less crosslinked. (Volift ®). To smooth the "bar code" above the upper lip, the small wrinkles, the "wrinkled sun" injection of a hyaluronic acid is very flexible superficial (Volbella®).
The results: almost no redness or hematoma. The result is immediate. The lines are reassembled, the volumes returned.
How many sessions? The effects deteriorate in 12 to 18 months.
What price ? A bulb costs 350 to 400 € depending on the type of hyaluronic acid.
T he good plan: For total rejuvenation of the face, the practitioner will combine botulinum toxin for expression wrinkles (mainly forehead lines, wrinkles of the lion and crow's feet) and hyaluronic acid to correct volume losses. and fill in the wrinkles.
The price ? 1500 to 2000 € for a combination of 6 to 7 products which allows to obtain an optimal result that will have to be maintained by regularly renewing these injections (4 to 6 months for botulinum toxin, 12 to 18 months for hyaluronic acid) .
* Thanks to Dr. Jean Luc Jauffret, a specialist in Reconstructive Plastic Surgery and Aesthetics.
