Tratamiento de Toxina Botulínica

Dr. Yamen Chaer

Toxina Botulínica

Botox is the commercial name given to botulinum toxin, popularly known in aesthetic medicine for the great benefits it brings to those who seek eternal youth, effectively eliminating the appearance of facial wrinkles, temporarily tightening the muscles to avoid let them move. The most frequent use of this toxin occurs in areas such as: forehead, around the eyes and in expression lines in general.

Recommendations

If you are interested in this aesthetic procedure, it is important that you choose a trained and certified doctor to perform this treatment, it is very important that the injections are placed exactly in the appropriate areas. As a certified aesthetic doctor I am committed to offering quality, safe and efficient results, always adjusting to my acquired knowledge and respecting the health of my patients.

Consultation day

In the initial consultation the doctor will give you recommendations and explain about the procedure, a physical examination of your face will be carried out to help you determine if botox is the best option for your health and your needs, it is important that you ask the doctor which ones are the results you expect and questions the doubts you have on the subject. It is also important that you share the following information with your doctor:

Tell your doctor if you have injected Botox in the past four months.

If you take blood thinners, you may need to stop taking them for several days before the injection to reduce the risk of bleeding or bruising.

During the procedure

Treatment begins by placing anesthesia in the area to be treated. The doctor will proceed to use a small thin needle to deliver small amounts of botulinum toxin to the muscle to be treated. The number of injections given will depend on different factors.

After the procedure

It is important that for 24 hours you do not rub or manipulate the area where the treatment was performed to prevent the toxin from fading to another unwanted area. As it is a minimally invasive procedure, you do not need to be absent from work or take some kind of rest, you can continue with your normal routine.

How many sessions are necessary?

The number of sessions will depend on the needs of each patient and how complex the area to be corrected is, as well as the intensity of the treatment.

Duration of effects

Muscle paralysis can maintain its effects for a period of four to six months, this approximate time depends on the muscle treated.

Is its application painful?

The botulinum toxin injection procedure is considered an aesthetic treatment that does not generate pain or discomfort.

Dr. Yamen Chaer

The doctor. Yamen chaer rafeh, specialist in plastic, reconstructive, aesthetic and caumatology surgery, graduated from the Hermanos Ameijeiras Clinical Surgical Hospital, Havana, also trained as a general surgeon at the Ronaldo Gazolla Hospital, in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, studied medicine aesthetics at the Instituto Pinto Europa, in the city of Ghent, Belgium, and the Jhon Kennedy University in the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina.