The United States has been considered a trendsetter in matters of cosmetic surgery for a long time. In hardly another country are cosmetic procedures as obvious as in the USA. However, as we know from the media, it is exaggerated there all too often: Who does not know the very tight doll-like faces of aging Hollywood divas due to Botox injections or the breasts which have been enlarged by silicon? Especially in cosmetic surgery, it applies that less is often more!
Recently, a particularly shocking case from the United States became known: A mother is said to have injected Botox in the face of her 8-year-old daughter.
The reason: The mother wanted her daughter to win the first prize in a beauty contest for children! However, the mother did not succeed: After chatting openly in a TV interview about the Botox injections, which she administered to her daughter before the competition, a storm of indignation broke out…
Fortunately, in the meantime, the mother, who was so concerned about the appearance of her little daughter, has lost custody of the girl.
An aesthetic treatment with Botox is not suitable only for children but also has a number of disadvantages for adult women. Instead of rejuvenating, Botox can quickly make you look old.
Botulinum toxin causes paralysis of the treated areas of the face and a regression of the skin glands; the skin becomes thinner and drier, and looks, although wrinkles are no longer visible, aged and sallow. The tightening effect for Botox is so dearly bought.
The New Cosmetic Surgery offers a gentle and effective substitute: Instead of superficial symptom treatments with Botox, artificial fillers, and the scalpel, measures are recommended which strengthen the skin tissue and wrinkles either do not arise at all or can be brought to disappear in a natural way:
Loose skin on the face and body are often based on hormonal imbalances or age-related reduced hormone levels, which can be successfully treated by administering bioidentical hormones. These bioidentical hormones are similar in structure to our human hormones. After only a short time, the skin improves noticeably and the skin looks fresher and firmer.
Stem cells from autologous fat of the patient possess impressive regenerative potential. The stem cells can be obtained by a little liposuction. Stem cells or stem cell-enriched autologous fat enable a significant rejuvenation and tightening of the skin and are suitable for facial rejuvenation and correction of tissue defects and volume deficiencies (e.g. dent correction, breast augmentation).
Special skin growth factors, which can be synthesized in the laboratory, can imitate the rejuvenating effect of stem cell treatment to some degree.
All in all, there are already better alternatives in the repertoire of aesthetic and regenerative medicine than Botox. Meanwhile, Botox should be therefore reserved for the less, truly beneficial indications: excessive sweating or short-term immobilisation of facial muscles after facial surgery.
Expressionless, pallid, and sagging or stretched faces should actually belong to the stone age of cosmetic surgery.
DDr. Heinrich, MD