5 ways to youth

Applying the benefits of aesthetic medicine makes the quality of the skin better. And that really gives the effect of rejuvenation. The best ways to rejuvenation - says Dr. Mariusz Kaczorowski.

The patient comes to you and says, "I want to look younger." Do you have any proven methods that really work?

It all depends on the age and condition of the patient's skin. But actually, aesthetic medicine has its own ways.

What?

One of such tried-and-tested treatments is injection of botulinum toxin type A - an irreplaceable remedy for mimic wrinkles.

Botox applies only to wrinkles?

Not only. This drug is used in many fields of medicine - neurology, urology, gynecology, proctology, ophthalmology. In aesthetic medicine it is an ideal way to eliminate wrinkles of mimic origin. The effect lasts for about half a year. Botox is also the number one in the treatment of hyperhidrosis - for example, armpits, hands and feet. It is also used to treat bruxism. Overgenerated rumen are the cause of serious discomfort - overloading of the chewing apparatus, which can cause problems with the teeth and gums and other disorders in the temporomandibular joint. People with bruxism squeeze their teeth and grit their teeth. Several injections of botulinum toxin into a powerful rumen muscle cause it stops being overreactive. Botulina is also used to treat migraines. In this case, the muscles of the face and the head relax the botox, which causes the pain responsible for migraine. The effect of this blockage of nerve endings lasts from four to six months.

When to start to inject botox? After forty years?

Young people with excessive mimicry, those who want to avoid the appearance of wrinkles, are more and more often appearing at this procedure. It is much better to act prophylactically, because the fight against wrinkles, which are already fixed, is heavier. However, each problem should be approached individually - consultation with aesthetic medicine doctor will allow you to identify skin problems and expectations of the patient and to implement reasonable conduct. And the adventure with aesthetic medicine can be started at any age, both at the age of 25 and after the age of seventy.

So Botox has some side effects? There may be complications?

If the procedure is performed by an authorized person, i.e. a doctor, because only the doctors can perform this procedure and the patient follows the instructions, no complications occur. It is important that you do not run for about five hours after surgery, run, drink alcohol, do not lie down, do not lean forward, so as not to dislocate the botulinum toxin.

What else can rejuvenate us?

Hyaluronic acid. This is my procedure number two. With age and the aging process, we lose it in the skin. All cavities that arise in it - wrinkles, furrows, loss of volume - we can supplement with acid. It is important that the preparation is properly selected for the problem, site of administration and age of the patient.

Can there be any other nasty surprises?

Poor deposition of the acid can cause various complications - deterioration of appearance, asymmetries, acid leakage, irregularities, hematomas, abscesses, inflammatory processes. Incorrectly administered hyaluronic acid can lead to very serious complications, e.g., blocking one of the blood vessels on the face, and consequently even to necrosis of the skin area. Therefore, it is important that such treatments are performed by authorized and experienced persons.

So aesthetic medicine doctors, not a beautician, for example. Have you met with such cases?

Patients often report and ask for the unsuitable acid to be dissolved, most often by unauthorized persons.

What can you do with hyaluronic acid?

I can supplement the volume of the cheekbones, temples, fill the nasolabial folds, eliminate the marionette line and the valley of tears, revitalize and enlarge the labial red, make the correction of the nose, the mandible line. Give the beard the right shape.

For how long does this treatment last? After all, every spell is broken ...

Good preparations of hyaluronic acid give effect lasting about a year, and even up to one and a half. Patient's lifestyle, drinking adequate amount of water, eating habits, avoiding exposure to solar radiation and non-smoking cigarettes are of great importance.

Is hyaluronic acid used only for fillings?

No, in smaller concentrations also for mesotherapy treatments. This is another irreplaceable treatment of aesthetic medicine. It consists in making a lot of small punctures on the skin of the face, neck, cleavage or hand; we give the preparation in small deposits close to each other. Therefore, if the patient says that she had ten pricks on one side and ten on the other, I would argue that it was not good mesotherapy.

And what do you inject?

In mesotherapy, I am a fan of administering dense hyaluronic acid in a concentration of 18 mg / ml. Enriched with calcium hydroxyapatite, it also affects the skin's density and the ability to produce collagen, while the addition of glycerol causes the skin to be well hydrated even longer. It is important that the preparation is properly administered, at the appropriate depth and in an appropriate amount, then mesotherapy will certainly be a satisfying and safe treatment.

And if there is a more serious case than just dehydration of the skin and such simple treatments are not enough, what do you propose?

Thread. Simply put, they can be divided into two categories: revitalizing, which do not have hooks, and lifting threads. Around each thread established in the skin stimulates the production of collagen and elastin. If we put a few, a dozen or several tens of these threads, the skin creates a kind of frame - a scaffolding that stably supports the skin. They are most often used to improve the face oval, puppet furrow folds, cheeks, eye area and upper lip - to reduce the so-called. smoker's lines. They can also be successfully used on the neck, neckline and other parts of the body, eg on the stomach or knees. Threads of the second type - lifting - are equipped with systems of hooks or cones. That's why they can lift the tissue. There are also two groups here - bio-absorbable and insoluble threads, i.e. such implants, which are 5-7 years old. In the case of soluble lifting threads, the effect lasts from one to two and a half years.

What exactly are the lifting threads used for?

Usually, we use them when we have a problem with the falling oval, with "hamsters", when we want to raise eyebrows or pull the skin of the neck. With only one thread you can lift the tip of the nose so that it is more upturned. Threads are also used to lift small breasts, buttocks.

Do you still have a surgery up your sleeve? For someone who is afraid of pricking or threading?

Yes. This is HIFU - magical four letters that mean treatment with high frequency waves. This is a facelift without a scalpel, another irreplaceable tool of aesthetic medicine.

How does HIFU work?

The focused ultrasound waves induce points of coagulation in the SMAS layer, all layers of the skin and in the subcutaneous tissue. The treatment, without disturbing the continuity of the skin, stimulates and initiates repair processes, the effect of which is rejuvenation, improving the tension and appearance of the skin. We can do it all year round, it is not painful, there is no bruising on it, and the redness that arises disappears within a few hours.

By applying all these treatments, you can really turn back time?

Some of my patients look 7-10 years younger than it would seem from their birth certificate, although the way to move back time has not yet been invented by mankind.