Botulinum toxin is becoming increasingly popular under the impetus of the celebrity effect, and is loved by fashionable people when there are beauty salons that advertise “zero risk, zero pain, lunchtime wrinkle removal and face slimming” beauty, and some even buy drugs from the Internet to inject themselves, and their unsafe factors are exposed. Is Botox really that amazing? What are the dangers of botulinum toxin abuse? Where to get injections to be safe and effective? How do I know if the Botox I use is counterfeit? Botulinum toxin is a toxic protein secreted by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum in the process of reproduction. The greatest toxicity of this protein is neurotoxicity, which has both pathogenic and therapeutic effects. At present, the botulinum toxin beauty claimed by the beauty market is based on the principle that botulinum toxin can block the information transmission between nerves and muscles, and make the muscles “still” to remove wrinkles and slim the face by paralyzing them. In terms of wrinkle reduction, it mainly targets small wrinkles and motor wrinkles, i.e. wrinkles that occur only when there is expression, such as forehead lines, crow’s feet, frown lines, wrinkles around the mouth, etc. After an injection of Botox, wrinkles are smoothed out and confidence is boosted, and then through skin care, one can indeed realize the dream of youthfulness in a period of 3 to 6 months. You don’t have to worry about poisoning when you have the injection in a regular hospital. Although Botox is a very toxic substance, the lethal dose in the human body is at least 2000U or more. But for facial wrinkle removal, there are extremely strict management norms, only 50 to 100 units are needed, which is only 1/20 to 1/10 of the dangerous dose. in this sense, its safety is guaranteed. The danger of botulinum toxin abuse: The abuse mentioned here mainly refers to the injection of botulinum toxin in non-medical institutions or unqualified beauty hospitals. The danger comes from three aspects: First, the patient. For example, people with allergies cannot be injected, after all, it is a foreign protein, prone to allergic reactions, and non-medical institutions such as life beauty salons are unable to screen beauty seekers. The second is the injector. In addition to mastering the injection dose, the injector must also operate strictly according to the injection method, site and level. For example, the forehead lines of injection is very delicate, the injection site should be too close to if the patient can not open their eyes or make the eyebrows into a “broom eyebrows”. Life beauticians are not doctors, after all, because they are not familiar with anatomy, if the anatomical part of the injection is not precise, or the concentration and dosage used is too large, it will lead to a series of complications such as eyelid droop, eyebrow droop, and even facial nerve paralysis. The most frightening thing is that if it is inadvertently injected into the blood vessels, it will cause general muscle paralysis, and once the respiratory muscles are paralyzed, it will eventually be life-threatening. According to the relevant national regulations, even if it is common poisonous anesthetic drugs, only anesthesiologists, clinical attending physicians or above have the right to prescribe, other medical staff, including residents and nurses, do not have this right. Not to mention the emerging toxic anesthetic products like botulinum toxin, the use of more taboos. Third, the botulinum toxin itself. The first is the source of the product, quality issues. At present, there are only four countries in the world, the United States, Britain, Germany and China to produce botulinum toxin. In China, only a biological products factory in Lanzhou Hengli products and the United States of BOTOX is available for regular use. Some unapproved botulinum toxin used in the market now are obtained through abnormal channels. If the purity is not high, its diffusion factor will increase. For example, the original intention is to inject in this muscle, but it may spread to other muscles, causing muscles that should not be relaxed also relaxed down, such as the last time two models in Beijing injected each other with botulinum toxin caused nerve damage is this situation. The second is the storage and transportation, environmental problems. Botulinum toxin from the factory mainly flows to pharmaceutical companies with drug licenses and cold chain conditions to ensure the activity of biological products. At the same time, botulinum toxin as a toxic anesthetic drug, the operation must also ensure a clean, sterile environment, and these are not qualified to carry out medical practices for the life of beauty salons and beauty hospitals, are unable to get health, safety and security. Injection beauty we should still go to the regular beauty and plastic surgery institutions, choose the regular doctor, how to judge? The first, as long as a doctor, to have a license to practice medicine certificate, which is a proof of his practice; second, he has a certificate of registration to practice medicine, limit his professional scope is what, he is plastic surgery, or general surgery, or anesthesiology? This is a classification. Then, as the plastic and cosmetic industry, for example, we have some medical aesthetics in Jiangsu Province, the main doctor’s qualification. The doctor must have two or three certificates to engage in this business. Of course, the general public hospitals have this certificate, are guaranteed, and the premise is not the department can be contracted, its personnel are not hired, but a long-term contract, these practitioners are not a problem. There are some private hospitals or public hospitals outsourcing departments, it will have some problems, this certificate may not be complete. Therefore, it is best for people to have the doctor issue a certificate, which may be more reliable. But even with this certificate, he may not have a lot of experience. So, you also have to sift through it carefully to remove the fakes.