Undergoing a cosmetic injection procedure is called by several names in circulation, the most famous of which are cosmetic botox injections, but not all cosmetic needles contain only botox, as each cosmetic area has materials that differ from the other and have a better effect in the injection area, this was revealed by the seminar "my lady" , Which was held in Riyadh last Thursday, entitled "The Truth of Medical and Aesthetic Beauty Products", to reveal the differences between Botox and the different packaging materials, which we explain to you through the following lines:
The difference between Botox and Filling Material
At the beginning, Dr. Ayman Mohamed Adel Helmy, "a consultant of plastic and reconstructive surgery, who holds a doctorate and a Canadian fellowship," revealed what a woman or a man should understand before undergoing cosmetic injections, as it is important to differentiate between medical cosmetic materials, confirming that there is a wrong concept. And it is common, which is that any cosmetic needle is a botox Because Botox was very famous in its early days, and in the past it was called "collagen", but there are also so-called prosthetic filling materials, and the difference between the two lies in the following:
Botox: It is a very pure protein that works to relax the muscles responsible for the formation of wrinkles in the skin, or what are called expressive wrinkles, and it lasts for a period ranging between three months and five months, and the duration of its survival varies according to several factors, the most important of which are: age, muscle strength, and human use For the muscles, whether in exercise or otherwise, and very rarely there are antibodies in the body against botox.
Packing materials: It has many varieties, and it is divided into the following: permanent, temporary, fat and self-contained materials.
The best among them is autologous fats.
He added: In the past, filling materials were medical-grade silicone, then collagen extracted from animals entered into them, and the era of using collagen from animal materials ended, and now all of them are hyaluronic acid, which is necessary to maintain the smoothness and fullness of the skin. It has two sources: animal and bacterial, and now 99% of it is made by growing bacteria, and this is excellent in use and effect.
The difference between cosmetic needles
Regarding the differences that the consumer may notice between the brands, products and prices of needles, Dr. Helmy adds: “Hyaluronic acid” differs according to the different companies producing it, according to its purity of impurities and the purity of its particles, then its chemical purity, and each company produces it with different densities, so that the idea is conveyed in an image. Simplified for women, and the suitability of each substance for the other for injection in separate places, which will focus in this context, we interpret it as follows:
We have a box of "jelly" whose strength and density differ, when you add a liter of water to it, or 10 liters of water, the two under one name, and one quantity of "jelly", but the additions to it are the ones that differed, and from here the materials and use for it differ between thick and light, Some companies make "jelly" and present it in large and small cubes. When we need to fill a very soft area, we use small cubes, but for a large area such as cheeks, we use large cubes.
Different prices for cosmetic needles
While a consultant plastic surgeon and head of the plastic surgery unit at King Saud University, and a member of the American and Canadian Association Dr. Abdul Mohsin Al-Matzem, explained that the difference in prices depends on major fundamental differences, namely:
1. Type of material: varies according to companies, there are materials from American and European companies, hence the difference in prices according to the use of clinics and the doctor for the type of product.
2. The doctor''s experience: the consultant physician differs from the specialist, so the better the training and the greater the experience, the better and safer the results.
