Sometimes the patient does not want to undergo a surgical procedure, accepting results that are less severe than surgery or last less, or the patient's health condition may not allow for surgery under anesthesia, or there is a special occasion and time is not in favor of performing surgery with a recovery period or swelling and bruising, here comes the role of interventional procedures in the clinic such as Botox or filler injections or .....
Fillers are substances injected under the skin, the most famous of which are hyaluronic acid then calcium hydroxyapatite
• To fill the loss of facial volume
• Or increase the volume of the cheeks, lips and chin
• Repair wrinkles and fine lines
• Improve the appearance of scars and make them less visible.
Botox is a drug injected into the muscles to temporarily disable them. Botox is used to treat a variety of skin problems, including:
• Reducing the appearance of wrinkles and fine lines around the eyes, forehead, and mouth
• Reducing excessive sweating in the armpits, hands, and feet.
• It also has many other uses outside the scope of cosmetics, such as treating migraines, facial spasms, strabismus, hemiplegia, and endoscopic injection into the stomach to reduce weight and many other uses
Surgical threads: As a plastic surgeon, I prefer not to use them except in the narrowest limits, because of their temporary effect and undesirable side effects such as the resulting subcutaneous scarring
Laser is a light beam with a specific frequency, and each type of laser has a different specific frequency affects a specific type or layer. One laser type is for tightening the skin, another for removing hair, ameliorating scars appearance, treating birthmarks, etc…..
