Is the face-lift injection the same as Botox? Is the Botox used in the face-lift injection toxic?

Everyone should have heard of face-slimming injections. It is the most common plastic surgery project. Face-slimming injections are botulinum toxin, which are generally available in the beauty department of large hospitals. They can make your face thinner and more delicate.

Although there are different brands of face-lift injections, in general, the main active ingredient is botulinum toxin. The full name of botulinum toxin is botulinum toxin, which can be divided into type A and type B botulinum toxins, but the botulinum toxins generally used for face-lift are type A botulinum toxins (type B botulinum toxin face-lift injections have not been introduced by my country's CFDA). The only botulinum toxin face-lift injections introduced into my country are the domestic Hengli face-lift injections and the American Botox botulinum toxin face-lift injections. All other botulinum toxin face-lift injections are considered illegal medical beauty practices.

Many girls have no idea about the botulinum toxin in the face-lift injection. So what is botulinum toxin? In fact, botulinum toxin is a bacterial endotoxin secreted by the deadly botulinum toxin. It is a toxic protein secreted by botulinum toxin during its reproduction process and has strong neurotoxicity. However, when a very small amount of botulinum toxin is used in the face-lift injection, the general toxicity is only effective on the masseter muscle. Therefore, in order to eliminate people's fear, many beauty salons call it biological wrinkle removal, or genetic wrinkle removal, face-lift injection, etc. The botulinum toxin in the face-lift injection is a biological product that can be mass-produced through genetic engineering methods. Because it has a nerve blocking effect, it is very commonly used in neurology, ophthalmology, plastic surgery, and cosmetic surgery. At present, the dosage used in cosmetic surgery is only one percent of its maximum safe dose, so under regular operating conditions (in a safe operating environment, by qualified doctors using safe doses for reasonable operations), the botulinum toxin in the face-lift injection is very safe.

Some doctors believe that: the diffusion speed of face-lift injections with different molecular weights is different, so the diffusion rates of domestic Hengli and American Botox face-lift injections will be different. In fact, there is no strong data to prove that there are differences in the diffusion rates of botulinum toxins of different face-lift injections. The current research data can only confirm that the diffusion range of botulinum toxin is related to the degree of dilution. The more severe the dilution (the lower the concentration), the wider the diffusion range. Since the work of diluting botulinum toxin for face-lift injections mainly depends on the doctor's technical level and experience. Therefore, instead of asking which face-lift injection has a lower diffusion rate, it is better to understand which hospital's doctors have better skills and reputation.

1. Choose your plastic surgeon carefully

In order to control the spread of Botox injections to the facial muscles as much as possible, it is mainly necessary to find an experienced and technically skilled doctor to inject the injections.

2. Avoid sauna, hot compress and massage

After the face-lift injection, hot compresses, saunas and massages may increase the diffusion rate of the botox. Therefore, in order to prevent the botox from the face-lift injection from spreading to the facial muscles near the masseter muscle, it is best to avoid saunas, hot springs, hot compresses, massages, facial spas, etc.