Botulotoxin, aka Botox, is used in medicine and cosmetology for a long time, but there are no less statements about its harm. We checked which of them is true and which myth.
Botox is a neurotoxin that temporarily suspenses the transmission of signals between muscles and nerve endings. In fact, it is used not only in cosmetology. It is widely used in medicine in the treatment of diseases associated with impaired muscles, some paralysis, migraines, etc. But most of the statements about the dangers of Botox relate to cosmetic procedures to combat wrinkles and traces of aging.
- Botox atrophies muscles
Botox Atrophies The muscles of the face, and it loses expressiveness.
Many believe that Botox causes muscle atrophy and makes the face “stone”. Partially this is true, partially - no.
The regular use of Botox really affects the mobility and performance of muscles. If you do not use muscles on the legs for 20 years, then in the end they will decrease and weaken. The same can happen to the muscles of the face.
“With regular use of [Botox] over a long period of time without interruptions, in the end, the muscle is atrophied due to lack of work,”- speaks Dermatological surgeon Patricia Wexler. However, this does not mean that all the muscles of the face are atrophy.
“Since Botox is injected into specific places on the face, as a result, only these muscles are atrophy, the rest remain in perfect order,” adds a Wexler.
Therefore, no, the face from the use of Botox will not become “stone”: in the face there are a lot of muscles responsible for facial expressions, and in most of them, Botox injections are not made. In addition, if you stop injections, the muscles again They will get it power.
Half truth
2. Botox can migrate and paralyze other muscles
Botox Migrates In neighboring zones, causing muscle paralysis for which it was not intended. A deplorable result is an omission of the eyelid and a closed eye or deformation of the muscles of the mouth. Sometimes the drug accumulates in neighboring areas, provoking an overdose and leading to the edema of the whole face.
This is true. In the 2000s I went out row researchConfirming that botulinum toxin can migrate from the injection site and paralyze muscle groups in other parts of the body. In 2016, the assumption of possible migration Confirmed Another article.
At the same time, the head of the study by Edwin Chupman from the University of Wisconsin in Madison noted that such results require further research. Indeed, initially, drugs with Botox got to the market just because it was believed that botulinum toxin could not migrate to other parts of the body.
“The idea was that [Botox] is safe to use, because it remains where it was introduced, and therefore it can not be worried that the toxin will fall into the central nervous system and will lead to unpredictable consequences,” - I noticed researcher.
Moreover, still countsWhat in the case of migration we are talking about incomparably large doses of Botox than those used in cosmetology. And for most people, Botox injection Safe.
Most of the truth
3. Botox can lead to blindness
From Botox Can Get blind.
This is wrong. Indeed, there are studies proving that due to some cosmetic procedures with injections, the patient may blind. For example, in 2012 in South Korea I went out The work showing that in four years (since 2008), due to poorly made injections of cosmetic fillers, 12 patients are partially or completely blinded.
However, you need to understand that fillers and Botox are completely different things. Fillers are injection implants, which are a suspension that is similar in structure to gel. For example, in South Korea it was about suspensions containing fat and hyaluronic acid. They are introduced in order to adjust wrinkles and folds or restore lost tissue volumes. Such substances in the case of improper injection can enter the artery associated with the eye, and it is precisely in this case lost vision.
Botulotoxin, in fact, poison. He cannot clog the artery, besides, he is introduced in very small doses. It acts primarily on the muscles and nerve endings, stopping communication between them. There is no research that Botox can lead to blindness.
Not true
4. After injection by Botox, the disease by botulism will be deadly
After Botox injections with botulism disease Will not work antidote.
It is believed that those who made Botox injections, then it is dangerous to get Botulism - they say, the immune serum, which is treated with this disease, will not work. But everything is wrong, but even vice versa. Botulotoxin itself produces Clostridium Botulinum bacteria. It is this strong organic poison, falling with infected foods into the digestive system, that causes botulism.
But to get botulism from Botox injection too it is forbidden. Because in cosmetology, botulinum toxin immediately (since 1992) began to be used in a purified and highly diluted form - this is the so -called diluted botulinum toxin type A.
Moreover, some cosmetologists Markthat the effect can be the opposite: if you are sick with botulism, Botox injections do not affect you. The same thing happens if you have developed antibodies (this happens in about 1% of the case).
Not true
5. Botox leads to blood clots
“Specialists They saythat when Botox contacts with organic matter, its chemical composition changes, as a result of which the structure of toxin becomes more liquid. The smallest particles of Botox easily fall into the circulatory system and are carried throughout the body. According to scientists, a substance can lead to blood clots, which, in turn, is often the reason for the development of serious diseases, in particular a stroke. ”
Eat opinionthat Botox can lead to blood clots. Sometimes such conclusions attributed The very study of the 2016 University of Wisconsin. Although it is speech It goes Only about the theoretical possibility of changing the consistency of Botox in contact with the organic matter: only if the toxin acquires a liquid form, can he clog blood vessels in theory.
Now there are no studies confirming the real possibility of the formation of blood clots due to Botox injections. At the same time, it must be understood that botulinum toxin itself is used in cosmetology for only about 30 years and its long -term effects on the body was still not possible to study.
In addition, after injection by Botox, different Side effects, and if the drug is improperly input, you can greatly injure the face. Therefore, the procedure should be carried out under the control of a professional cosmetologist.
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