Despite spending more and more money every year on various wrinkle treatments and plastic surgery, you still cannot proudly tell people that you use botox or fillers, because for many people botox is still “not done. Why really? People do spend a lot of money annually on a hairdresser or beautician, but why not on a botox or filler treatment. After a treatment you will have a rested and positive look, you won’t look angry (or hardly) anymore and you will have a younger and fresh look. The treatments are safe, virtually painless and relatively easy. It’s like visiting your beautician or your hairdresser. When you look good, you also feel good and radiate this. You are more confident and comfortable in your own skin. Your exterior and interior back in harmony!
To break the taboo surrounding botox, you can find more information about botox in this piece, so perhaps the step to a cosmetic clinic will be easier for you, too.
What areas can be treated with botox and how long do the results last?
The popular areas for botox are the forehead, frown line and around the eyes, think of the famous crow’s feet. Results are visible after just two days and are optimal after about two weeks. A treatment should initially be repeated every 3 to 4 months. Eventually the time between treatments will increase to about 4-9 months.Because the muscle is paralyzed, the skin gets rest and thus old wrinkles have time to recover and new wrinkles can be prevented at the same time. Botox is rightfully called a lunchtime treatment. Except for a slight redness that disappears after half an hour and the occasional small blue spot that is easy to camouflage, you can not really see that you have been treated. During an intake interview, we check that there are no medical objections to treatment, the problem areas are mapped out and you are given a personalized advice tailored to your situation.
Safe
Botox is an extremely safe drug that has been used in medicine for more than 30 years. The botulinum toxin (active ingredient) works only on the treated muscle and has no effect on the rest of the body. Botulinum toxin is a natural protein that, injected into the muscle, blocks the stimulus transmission between the nerve and this muscle. This relaxes the muscle and deep wrinkles soften or disappear. Your body breaks down this protein on its own after a few months.
This drug is used, in much higher concentrations, by neurologists in children and adults suffering from muscle spasms. No long-term adverse effects of botox are known in this group of people either. The drug has been used for more than 30 years, so it may also be considered safe in the long term. Pregnant women, breastfeeding women and people with muscle or nerve disorders should not be treated with injectables.
A botox head or lips?
That there are still many uncertainties about this drug is evidenced by the stories circulating about people who have a so-called botox head or lips. In fact, Botox is not used in the entire face and certainly not in the lips. Temporary fillers are used for the lips, cheeks, nasolabial fold and wrinkles around the mouth. In our clinic, we use fillers based on a body’s own substance, hyaluronic acid. The most common treatment is around the eyes (crow’s feet), in the forehead and frown. If you use this drug in crow’s feet, it prevents wrinkles from remaining in the skin even at rest. When a frown is treated, the stern look disappears, and when forehead wrinkles are softened, one looks less old. Administered under the armpits, this remedy acts on the sweat glands, there it is therefore a good remedy for excessive perspiration.
Important who injects the botox
The result of this treatment does depend on the person performing the treatment. Therefore, look for a good cosmetic clinic that provides daily injectables treatments, uses safe agents and has years of experience with injectables. Such a clinic will also consider any risks, as your medical history will also be reviewed. With proper treatment, subtle and natural results are achieved. Often people do not even notice that someone has had treatment at all, because the difference is not too noticeable. Rather, it has a soothing and thus rejuvenating effect to treat crow’s feet and the frown lines in the forehead every now and then. The highly experienced doctors at The Body Clinic have been tested as best by Consumers Union and have more than 8 years of experience in cosmetic medicine. Our doctors are also members of the NVCG (Dutch Society of Cosmetic Medicine).
Men and botox
Many men who are often in the spotlight not only pay a lot of attention to their appearance, but also to their face. In fact, men in managerial positions face stressful periods and sometimes too little sleep. This can have a detrimental effect on their appearance.
This is also why more and more men are starting to use botox. Signs of old age, fatigue or stress makes them less competitive in the business world and inhibits them in their private lives. A treatment or combination of botox and fillers gives men a more confident look, making them appear more confident during presentations and business meetings, as well as in their private lives. Consider, for example, treating the frown. Treating the frown area will give you a less angry and sullen appearance. Treatment with this remedy for excessive sweating is also the solution for a confident man! For example, treatment for excessive sweating will ensure that you won’t have any annoying sweat patches for several months and you won’t sweat much, if at all, under your armpits, hands or feet.
Too expensive?
For a beauty treatment (incl peeling / products) at the beautician one spends on average 450 euros per year. The same goes for a haircutting treatment. After several treatments with an injectable, two to three repetitions a year is sufficient. This depends on how quickly your body breaks down the botox. If you are “lucky” then one treatment every nine months is enough; if you are “unlucky” then you will have to come back every four months. So if you only come back twice a year for treatment, you will spend an average of 390 euros per year for one area (forehead, frown or crow’s feet), with immediate results!
Toxic?
Many stories circulate around Botox. This drug is said to be toxic and it is not clear what it might do to your face in the long run. Below is one of the key questions:
Is botox poison?
No, botox (botulinum toxin) is not a poison, but a medicine. Even a very safe medicine. In fact, it has virtually no side effects. The substance binds exclusively to certain nerve endings and blocks impulse transmission there. Thus, it affects only muscle function and perspiration. If the injected drug is not absorbed into a nerve ending within 4 hours, it is broken down by the body and rendered ineffective. In the low concentrations used for wrinkle and antiperspirant treatments, botox is absolutely no poison and therefore safe to apply!
What will happen to your face 20 years from now when botox is injected?
Contrary to what many people think, this drug also provides long-term improvement. If you use this drug for several years and then stop, your wrinkles are less deep than when you started, even though you have aged several years. So it is a fable that the face will collapse if you stop this treatment. Because botox has been used for a long time (more than 30 years!), we know that there are no long-term adverse effects either.
What are the benefits?
* The biggest benefit, of course, is that it makes your wrinkles disappear, with almost immediate results.
* Botox makes you look a lot more rested. Especially the wrinkles around your eyes often make you look tired.
* For the frown, using this remedy is a panacea. The frown line causes many people to have a bit of a scowl. This remedy will make these two lines between your eyebrows disappear and this will stop you from looking permanently angry.
* This remedy has not only helped very many people get rid of their wrinkles, but also their migraines, profuse sweating and teeth grinding.
* Because the treated area has not been active for a few months, the skin has been able to recover nicely and, if it has worn off, you will not have more wrinkles than before.
* Through this treatment, you do not use the muscles for a while, which also prevents the wrinkles from deepening.
30 years ago botox was really a taboo, but fortunately today it is increasingly accepted treatment, whose many positive results are now known to many people. Because the taboo surrounding injectables will slowly disappear and the step to use these drugs will become smaller and smaller, the generation after us, will already get wrinkles from the thought that there were also people who did not use botox.
The Body Clinic
At The Body Clinic, a natural result, with the use of safe means, is paramount: Less is More! Safety is our highest priority: the temporary injectables we use have been on the market for many years, are safe and have passed strict scrutiny by several important agencies . The Body Clinic has two of its own locations, namely in Amsterdam and Duiven (near Arnhem).
We offer you a free, no-obligation consultation with a doctor. We will check that there are no medical objections to treatment, identify the problem areas and give you personalized advice tailored to your situation.Make an appointment now for a free, no-obligation intake with one of our doctors at The Body Clinic: 020-4638668.
