Everyone has the love of beauty.
“Anti-aging” is no longer a myth, but has become more and more popular. The “2020 China Medical Beauty Industry Insights White Paper” released by iResearch shows that in the most popular medical beauty users Among skin beauty programs, anti-wrinkle and anti-aging has become the second most popular program type.
Among them, botulinum toxin has become the choice of many people.
According to the “China Botulinum Toxin White Paper” data, the botulinum toxin market grew by 13.2% from 2005 to 2014. The market growth momentum is strong, on the one hand, from the increasing demand in the medical beauty market, on the other hand, the scope of clinical indications for botulinum toxin is also becoming wider and wider.
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So, do you know what Botox is?
Actually, as the name suggests, Botox is really poisonous!
Botulinum toxin, also referred to as botulinum toxin, is a bacterial exotoxin secreted by the deadly botulinum bacterium during the reproduction process, with severe neurotoxicity. According to the data, it is the most toxic biological toxin discovered by scientists so far, and its toxicity is equivalent to 10,000 times that of the same amount of potassium cyanide.
A metaphor: 1mg of purified crystallized botulinum toxin can kill 200 million mice, and the half-lethal dose to humans is 40 IU/Kg.
The composition and application of botulinum toxin
So, how does botulinum toxin play a role in medical beauty?
It turned out that botulinum toxin, as the most toxic biological toxin known among natural toxins and synthetic toxins, can inhibit the release of acetylcholine from nerve endings, causing muscle relaxation and paralysis, especially respiratory muscle paralysis, which is the main cause of death. reason.
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Because of this feature, botulinum toxin injection has become a beauty A form of microplastic treatment that patients receive. It has the following applications:
1. Facial wrinkle removal: such as forehead lines, frown lines, crow’s feet, and wrinkles on the back of the nose can be eliminated by injecting botulinum toxin.
2. Thin face, thin legs, thin shoulders: For those with hypertrophic masseter muscles and developed calf muscles, injection of botulinum toxin can achieve the effect of thinning the face and thinning calves, and also can thin the shoulders.
3. Improve facial fine wrinkles and facial sagging.
4. Antiperspirant: Whether it is sweaty hands and feet, sweaty armpits or hyperhidrosis of the body, injection of botulinum toxin can make the sweaty parts no longer sweat. Botulinum toxin injection in the armpit can significantly reduce underarm odor.
5. Facial twitching treatment: People who have unconscious facial muscle twitching, or habitual blinking of the eyes, can make this phenomenon disappear as long as they inject botulinum toxin at the position of the muscle twitching.
Adverse reactions and suggestions for use of botulinum toxin injection
Of course, botulinum toxin is not a once and for all. The muscle movement will be weakened after 2-3 days of injection, and the effect of wrinkle-removal injection can generally be maintained for 3-6 months.
In addition, botulinum toxin is not completely without side effects, it occasionally produces adverse reactions such as headache, allergies, diplopia, and unnatural expressions.
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This is only for normal people, for special people It is said that there are 5 types of people who cannot use botulinum toxin for wrinkle removal and beauty:
1, pregnant women, lactating women;
2, myasthenia gravis, multiple sclerosis patients ;
3. Patients with ptosis;
4. People with very thin body and heart, liver, kidney and other internal diseases;
5. Allergic constitution By.
The pursuit of beauty is everyone’s right. Whether it is an immediate medical beauty project or a long-lasting daily skin care, when everyone chooses beauty and anti-aging methods, they must choose effective ingredients according to their own skin characteristics, in order to achieve precise anti-aging.
References:
1. “2020 China Medical Beauty Industry Insights White Paper”, iResearch
2. “China’s Botox Market Development in 2018″ Current Situation and Development Analysis of Botulinum Toxin Competition Pattern”, Industry Information Network
3. “Botulinum Toxin Treatment Scope and Precautions”, Dr. Clove