The first Botox injections
Sophie Favier, 52-year-old TV presenter, was prepared to undergo a series of aesthetic procedures to significantly rejuvenate her body and figure. The presenter is taking part in a new, very short program format entitled #LeDéfiDeSophie, in which, as the name suggests, she lends herself to a number of challenges to highlight new aesthetic medicine techniques.
In the fifth issue, the presenter experiments for the first time with CoolSculpting, a revolutionary procedure that melts fat and eliminates unwanted bulges without surgery, as well as dermopigmentation to reshape eyebrows and open up the eyes, and botox injections in the forehead to treat age-defining wrinkles.
Discover Sophie Favier’s first botox injections by Dr Bernard Hayot (2’48)
A better understanding of facial aging
It’s important for the plastic surgeon to understand the bone and muscle structures of a face, before performing these “minor cosmetic procedures”.
Dr Hayot explains: “I ask my patients to reproduce several facial expressions before I perform the botox injections, because they give me the exact location of the muscle contraction.
The wrinkle to be treated is caused by the repetition of facial expressions.
Aesthetic medicine in Paris
While it’s not always easy to trust an aesthetic doctor when undergoing Botox injections for the first time, a number of parameters can provide reassurance:
The surgeon’s reputation, experience and years of practice, and of course his or her expertise in a particular discipline. For example, a surgeon specializing in facial rejuvenation will necessarily be familiar with volumetric ratios, and will be able to deploy a range of aesthetic techniques that will guarantee a natural result.
I’m first and foremost an aesthetic surgeon, and when aesthetic medicine is no longer enough, I opt for surgery, which allows me to avoid looks frozen by botulinum toxin and faces over-injected and swollen by hyaluronic acid. Injectable products are excellent anti-ageing treatments when used sparingly, in small doses, but their use, to be effective and justified, must correspond to the patient’s indications”.
Lighter than Botox: Mesobotox!
Dr Hayot decided to perform a mesobotox on the upper part of the host’s face, believing that this technique would smooth out her forehead, which is still not very wrinkled, for a natural result that would not set her face in stone.
The technique involves drawing several injection points with a white pencil as the patient frowns, accentuating the facial expressions she repeats regularly.
Once the area has been defined, the surgeon injects small quantities of botox into these points to smooth out wrinkles and fine lines on the skin’s surface. These surface micro-injections are called “mesobotox”.
Next, the application of ice compresses to the injected area helps prevent the appearance of microedema and provides a cooling sensation that relieves the patient.
Dr Hayot then injects hyaluronic acid into the nasolabial folds to reduce puppet wrinkles.
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