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Many patients are interested in keeping their face young without the need for surgery, such as face lift and eyelid surgery. For this category of patients there are treatments with muscle relaxants, injectable products to fill wrinkles.

Muscle relaxants / Anti-wrinkle injections

The loss of skin elasticity and thinning of the skin causes the expressive wrinkles in the facial area that worsen over time. The most common areas for expressive wrinkles are the middle eyebrow, the goose foot on the outer surface of the eyes and the horizontal lines in the forehead area. In many cases patients have the frontal muscle overwork to deal with drooping eyelids and sagging skin. In combination with wrinkles on the forehead, there may be a history of chronic headaches. We now know that muscle relaxant injections not only help treat local wrinkles, but also relieve our excruciating chronic headaches.

Relaxing injections are made with a neuromuscular toxin (Dysport cosmetic), which causes a temporary local muscle paralysis. After selective injection of the material into specific facial muscle groups a transient reactive contraction of competing muscle groups occurs over a period of approximately 4 months. The effect begins to become apparent after the fourth day and the treatment should be repeated every 4-6 months.

Injectable Filling Materials

Unlike muscle relaxants, injectable fillers actually add volume to the area of ​​skin thinning. The most common product is hyaluronic acid and today all modern materials are synthesized artificially, without the risk of local and systemic allergic reactions, a problem that existed with the earlier use of collagen and hyaluronic acid of animal origin. Of course, the fact of the absence of a permanent result and the recurrence every 12-18 months displeases many of the patients who choose this treatment. However, they should be aware that with permanent materials they are at risk of irreversible aesthetic damage, due to their displacement, poor placement and acute and chronic inflammatory reaction.

As a rule, Dr. Antoniadis never uses permanently injectable materials.