Differences between Botox and fillers

For skin beauty treatment without surgery injectables are very popular! Injectables are substances inserted into the skin with a needle, that support muscles or plump up the skin, lessening the appearance of wrinkles.

facial wrinkles

Botox and fillers are two types of injectables, which are both injected with a needle.

The biggest difference between Botox and fillers is that Botox is used to reduce fine lines and wrinkles by paralyzing the underlying muscles, fillers on the other hand will fill in wrinkles.

Injections with Botox and fillers act differently, but have some things in common:

It`s a minimal invasive procedure, which have nearly no downtime

It`s an alternative for a surgical procedure, so that a facelift may be delayed

With both Botox and fillers a natural result may be achieved. Therefore you should visit an experienced doctor

You might need a small touch up a month after the injection.

DIFFERENCES BETWEEN BOTOX AND FILLERS

	Botox	FILLERS
Purpose	Paralyzing facial muscles	Fill in volume loss
Preventive / Curative	To prevent from wrinkles	To treat deep wrinkles or volume loss
Duration of treatment	About 15 minutes	15 to 30 minutes
Active as from	Active as from 3 days and optimum result after 2 weeks	Active as from 7 days and optimun result after 4 weeks
Duration result	Result lasts 3 to 5 months	Result lasts 12 to 30 months

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