Botox
Botox is a safe method which weakens the muscles causing the wrinkles on the upper face. The substance produced by the bacterium clostridium botulinum is purified and extracted in safe conditions. Botox not only gives a younger look but also gives a relaxed and serene appearance.
The treatment is efficient in correcting forehead and crow’s feet wrinkles, the change is perceptible within 72 hours after the treatment and within ten days full results are obtained.
The session takes 10 minutes. The surgeon injects in the muscle small quantities of toxins. Two injections per year are usually suggested to keep the concerned muscles at rest.
Another efficient Botox treatment is for armpits, hands and feet perspiration.
Face injections
A wide variety of products can be reabsorbed once injected so as to make the face look younger.
Hyaluronic acid fills the wrinkles caused by skin sagging due to age and will give a volumetric effect on cheek bones and on lips.
Hyaluronic acid is a main skin substance. It attracts water and contributes therefore to hydration.
Modern technologies have come up with a non-animal synthetic Hyaluronic (no risk of infection or rejection) which use, as a reabsorbable implant allows perfect tolerance.
Used in wrinkle treatment, sagging, facial grooves (lion wrinkle, genien nasal) and neck as well as for a pretty lip contour.
An excellent treatment, so as the wrinkle does not settle in and therefore postpones surgery. No pre-testing is necessary, there is practically no allergic risk because the substance is found naturally within the skin.
A very fine needle is used giving immediate wrinkle and groove smoothing.
You might get a very slight reddish skin but in most cases there is no reddening at all. Results are immediate.
A session once or twice a year is recommended and the results expected get better at each session. This treatment can be done with or without anaesthesia.
Lipofilling
Lipofilling consists in taking fat from thighs or elsewhere under local anesthesia and reinjecting it in the hollow spaces.
Most of the time the reinjection is done on the face, but it is also possible on the body, as well as on the penis for more volume.
Part of the injected fat is reabsorbed by the body. It might take up to two sessions for a long lasting effect.
The technique is not painful and leaves no scar. It is revolutionary in face remodeling and refreshing.
Radiage
Radiage is a new skin tightening treatment that has been in use in Europe and is now pending FDA approval in the US.
It is not a laser. It is a radiofrequency-based system that is based on a completely different idea than photothermal reactions, which are important in laser technology. It works by using electrical current to generate heat, which passes through the epidermis (outer layer of the skin) and into the dermis (deeper layer of the skin) to cause some degree of thermal or heat injury. The body then reacts to this "injury" and regenerates, thereby tightening the skin.
You need to know that this is a pain-free nonsurgical method of skin tightening, but is not a "home run." The best results for skin tightening come from a surgical procedure. The next is from a laser (either ablative or nonablative). This technology is well below the effect of a laser treatment. It is capable of some mild tightening of the skin and can give somewhere between 25-40% improvement for most patients.
There will still be patients who do the treatment with very little (if any) benefit. It is a good tool for those who would like to do something for skin tightening, but don't want to go through the downtime/pain of laser treatments.