Botulinum toxin, in its form of purified protein, can be used in the aesthetic medicine to temporarily put to “rest”, selected muscles of the face.
It affects the so-called “mimic muscles,” which are small muscles whose contraction continues when we talk or laugh, etc. and which are responsible for wrinkles that mark our face.
Botulinum toxin, injected with care and properly, creates a “temporary paralysis” of the muscles treated, which lasts for about 4 months. It reduces the strength of nerve impulses that lead to the contraction of the muscles responsible for wrinkles and, as a result , create more relaxed muscles. The skin stretches and becomes smoother, the wrinkles are smoothed out and the whole face looks younger and more relaxed.
It is important to do merely very soft corrections, which only serve to weaken the muscles and not to paralyze them totally. Otherwise one would risk a loss of expressiveness of the face, purchasing a fixed look which is unappealing.
With minor treatments, or with the use of small amounts, we can define a sort of “baby-botox”. Under its influence the face keeps some of its mobility and its expressiveness, appearing simply more relaxed and radiant.
