The BOTOX Lift
Facelift with just BOTOX
Whereas in "conventional" BOTOX, the injections are slightly deeper beyond the skin into the facial muscles just beneath it, the injections for The BOTOX Lift is more superficial. It is targeted at the fine muscles that control pore size and the platysmus muscle at the jaw line.
Smaller Pores - Smaller Skin Area
The effect of BOTOX injected in this manner contracts an area of the skin's pores. Smaller pores result in a smaller skin surface area hence making skin more stretched out over the face. A "face-lift" and "stretching-out of wrinkled skin" is as such achieved.
Platysmus and others Muscles
The "lifting effect" of Intradermal BOTOX is also attributed to injections over lower part of the face close to the jaw-line canceling some of the downward pull of the platysmus muscle and thus giving the cheeks and jowls a "lift". This is the main action in The BOTOX Lift.
Besides the platysmus, other muscles like the constrictors of the eye and the DAO are also weakened to allow an eyebrow lift and an up tilt of the angle of the mouth respectively. The latter minimizes the marionette lines.
Dr David Loh first presented "The BOTOX Lift" at a seminar in 2006.
UNCOMMON SIDE-EFFECT
A slightly unbalanced smile is a possible but rare side-effect with Intradermal BOTOX. The Zygomaticus major or the Levator labii superioris alaque nasi may be affected by BOTOX diffusing downward into them. They lie just beneath areas of skin where treatment is unfortunately most necessary. We can treat this area, and even other areas considered "sacred" in conventional BOTOX, without any side-effects.
The side-effect can be consciously avoided in expert hands.
Our Recommendation
The BOTOX Lift can be used in synergy with Ulthera, The Liquid Facelift using VOLUMA.
Read more about Preventive BOTOX, Micro-BOTOX and BOTOX Square Jaw Reduction.
Read more about Non-surgical Facelifts in general.
For more information on The BOTOX Lift, please call (+65) 6733 5300