What has medical beauty really done to your skin?

Botox, hyaluronic acid, Thermage, what have medical aesthetics done to your skin? Are they really safe and effective?

Botulinum toxin is a neurotoxin, it will ancestor the release of acetylcholine, a neurotransmitter, thus affecting the transmission of nerve impulses, so that your muscles flaccid paralysis, if the injection dose is enough, then this paralyzing muscle properties can be used for beauty. For example, face slimming injections involve injecting botulinum toxin into the patient's facial biting muscles, causing them to atrophy and making your face appear smaller. It is only used, however, for people whose faces appear large due to enlarged bite muscles. A single injection of Botox is usually around 50 units. As of now, these are the only three types of Botox approved for injection in China, other than that they are fake or watered down, which accounts for about 70% of the products. They may not be ineffective, but the lack of regulation makes it hard to tell if they are real or fake.

Hyaluronic acid is supposed to be a polysaccharide widely present in the human body, so it rarely causes rejection reactions and is relatively safe. In the field of medical beauty, hyaluronic acid is highly segmented, for example, the main ingredient of the hydrographic needle is usually non-crosslinked hyaluronic acid, which is easily absorbed by the human body, the doctor will be hyaluronic acid and vitamins and other substances injected into the dermis of the patient's skin in small amounts and many times, the use of hyaluronic acid's ability to lock the skin moisturizing, so that the skin is smooth and supple. The one used for facial filler is cross-linked hyaluronic acid, which has a mesh structure between its molecules, is more stable and not easily degraded. The large molecule hyaluronic acid has the longest maintenance time and the best molding effect, it can be used for nose job and chin augmentation, the medium molecule hyaluronic acid is mainly used for wrinkles, and the small molecule hyaluronic acid is mainly used for filling in the fine parts and removing the superficial parts of the wrinkles.

If the injection position is not appropriate, it may block the blood vessels and cause serious consequences. For example, a girl who received a hyaluronic acid injection from an unauthorized person suffered arterial tethering in her right eye and eventually went blind in her right eye. In addition to this, hyaluronic acid injections may also cause skin allergies, leading to itching, swelling and bruising.

The principle of Thermage is to heat your dermis through the device, at which time the collagen fibers will be destroyed, and then contracted and thickened, leading to the contraction of the subcutaneous tissue as well, and in the process of healing new collagen will be produced, which will further tighten your skin. During the treatment, the doctor will use a grid sticker to mark the location on your face, then apply a liquid to protect the epidermis, followed by heating the skin with a radiofrequency meter, the whole process will take about 40 minutes or so.

Everyone has the right to pursue beauty, and there's nothing unseemly about medical or cosmetic surgery, but you have to at least understand the principles, effects, and risks behind the terms in order to make a decision that's responsible for you.