You can achieve the maximum aesthetic potential and healthy personality with advanced surgical cosmetics, laser hair removal, and skin care treatments. Medical Aesthetic’s cosmetic injectables services offer safe and effective skincare and laser treatments.
Types of cosmetic injectables
Here are the 2 major types of cosmetic injectables:
- Botulinum toxin (type A). It relaxes the facial muscles causing the lines.
- Dermal fillers. It plumps out the wrinkles.
Cosmetic injectables have wrinkle-smoothing effects. It has regular and temporary treatments needed to keep the effect. The risk of side effects can be greater when done by an unqualified person giving the injections.
Are cosmetic injectables risky?
Food and Drug Authority had the people about unapproved fillers. The injectable filler to achieve body enhancement and large-scale body contouring can lead to severe injury, including:
- long-term pain
- infection
- permanent scarring
- disfigurement
- death
Cosmetic injectables are best known to treat these skin conditions: facial lines and wrinkles. Both types of cosmetic injectables mentioned above can treat deep lines.
The Botulinum toxin type A
It is a type of cosmetic injectable given by IM or Intramuscular Injection. It helps lessen the lines and weaken face muscles associated with facial expression. The skin flattens out and toxins relax the muscles.
It treats medical conditions, including:
- facial tics
- muscle spasms
- excessive sweating
The said cosmetic injectable is registered in the cosmetics industry to treat facial wrinkles and lines. The treatment is performed by injecting face muscles to soften facial lines that including:
- Frown lines located in between the eyebrows
- Lines visible on the nose bridge
- Forehead lines
- Lines visible on the throat area
- Crow’s feet that is visible in the eye’s outside corners
A fine needle is injected into selected facial muscles. A patient may feel brief and minimal discomfort. Some people described it as an ant-bite sting that lasts for a few seconds. Patients must know that the wrinkle-soothing effects last up to 6 months.
The Dermal Fillers
It is a type of cosmetic injectable that is piped by injection along lines and wrinkles to plump the skin. Here are some examples of the dermal fillers:
- bovine (cow) collagen
- person’s own body fat
Cosmetic fillers: are they safe?
Fillers are very safe and the most common complications will be infection and swelling, relatively benign complications, without permanent side effects. Cosmetic injections are the best solution for cosmetic enhancements without using a knife. It is preferable for patients who get rid of the risk associated with surgeries.
But, even though cosmetic injectables are a simple procedure, some patients are still doubtful about the risks and side effects. Of course, with many types of surgeries coming out nowadays, patients are still at the point of choosing which is which. If you are decided to get the treatment, just pick one from the two types of cosmetic injectables.