Botox is one of the most common needles in facial beauty, skin tightening and wrinkle removal due to its extreme effectiveness in eliminating various skin problems, despite the severe side effects of Botox injections that cause inconvenience to some, Botox is very popular in many people, especially celebrities, including many who have undergone Botox injections to increase their beauty and freshness and show them younger, such celebrities as Asala Nasri, Assi Al-Halani and Tom Cruise.
If you intend to undergo Botox injections, you need to know all the details of Botox injections, including their advantages, disadvantages, possible outcomes, periods as well as potential cost, as will be explained in this article.
The contents of the article
- What is Botox?
- Botox injections
- Who can perform Botox injections?
- How is Botox injection performed?
- Botox injection results
- Botox injection features
- Botox injection damage
- The places to perform Botox injections
- The cost of Botox injections
What is Botox?
Botox is defined as a substance produced from clostridium bacteria in the human body, Botox’s effectiveness comes from containing a toxic substance known as botulinum that inhibits facial muscles to allow the removal of wrinkles produced directly due to the contraction of the muscles of the human body when taking different reactions, leaving that lasting effect that appears as wrinkles, the effect lasts with the frequency of emotion and the passage of time.
Types of Botox injections
- Botox injections to remove wrinkles around the mouth
- Botox injections to remove wrinkles around the eye
- Botox injections to remove chin wrinkles
- Botox injections to remove cheek wrinkles
- Botox injections to remove nasal wrinkles
- Botox injections to remove front wrinkles
Who can do Botox injections?
There are several characteristics and conditions that should exist in the case who need Botox injections as follows:
- Healthy people who do not suffer from any chronic diseases such as heart disease and blood pressure
- Healthy people who do not suffer from any muscle problems
- People who do not suffer from sensitivity to Botox injection components
- People aged 30 and over
- Must be non-smokers
- People who do not suffer from diseases associated with bleeding
- People who suffer from facial wrinkles in different areas, these wrinkles must be of a simple and first type, i.e., do not reach the stage of sagging
How is Botox injection performed?
Several steps taken during Botox injections include:
- Initially, an advisory session is held with the case to find out its requirements and what access to the desired result is determined, the number of sessions, the start session are determined, and the doctor advises the case with several instructions to follow to get a better result.
- In the specified session, the case is sedated by local anesthesia in the places where injections are performed to remove wrinkles, it is possible to perform anesthesia by injection as usual or by topical creams
- The doctor initiates injections in the precisely defined areas through injections containing Botox with micro needles, usually the injection process does not take long, so the session does not exceed half an hour, not accompanied by pain, it is a simple process
- After the completion of the injection process, the doctor advises the case of some instructions that must be adhered to so as not to cause complications, the doctor prescribes some creams that mitigate the effects of injections
Botox injection results
Botox injection results appear immediately after the injection session, and overall results appear in 10-14 day after the injection, especially after recovery and treatment of possible adverse effects.
Botox injection features
- Botox injection results are fast and effective to eliminate wrinkles in different places of injection
- Botox injections are also limited in duration, taking only a few minutes, and taking some days as recovery periods
- Botox injections are also easy, you can work and start a different daily routine during recovery periods only by adhering to the doctor’s instructions
- Features a relatively long impact time of up to six months
Botox injection damage
Like any operation in our lives in general, Botox injections have some side effects that show:
- Botox injections are not suitable for people with allergies
- Botox injections are not suitable for people under the age of 30 because of the lack of wrinkles visible at this stage
- Botox injections hinder people from natural reactions such as laughing easily, because of their effective effect on skin tightening
- The injection process is carried out with some redness and infections for which some types of anti-inflammatories must be used during recovery
- The condition can develop itching associated with redness
- Botox injection defects are considered to not last for long periods, i.e., cases need injection twice a year to maintain the effect
The places to do Botox injections
There are several places available in various Arab and foreign countries that are recommended for Botox, because of the experience of the doctors who perform the injection process within them as well as the reliable certificates and accreditation obtained, here is an explanation of the most important of these places:
One of the most famous places where Botox injections are performed in Emirates Basmat Alhayat Medical Center Sharjah – Ras Al-Khaimah
One of the most famous places where Botox injections are performed in Saudi Arabia, especially in Riyadh, Jeddah, Refresh and Abji beauty centers.
One of the and most famous places where Botox injections are performed due to their quality and low prices is Turkey and one of the most famous clinics has royal esthetic cosmetic surgery clinics
The cost of Botox injections
Botox injection prices vary because of many things vary as shown below:
- Status needs
- Number of injections and sessions required
- Problems treated with injections
- The size of the center or clinic where the injection is performed
- The experience and skill of the practical doctor
- Country where injections are made
Since the country plays a key role in different Botox injection prices, here’s an explanation of the different prices around the world:
- Botox injection price in UAE starts at 1200 AED per session.
- The price of Botox injections in Saudi Arabia starts at 1800 SR per session.
- Botox injection price in Egypt starts at 6000 EGP per session.
- Botox injection price in Jordan starts at 230 JOD per session.
- Botox injection price in Algeria starts at 13900 DZD per session.
- Botox injection price in Tunisia starts at 420 TND per session.
- Botox injection price in America starts at 400$ per session
- The price of Botox injections in Germany starts at 480 EUR per session.
- Botox injection price in Turkey starts at 4000 SAR per session.
