My East Coast Plastic Surgery office has an abundance of patients seeking minimal invasive procedures such as Botox injections. But patients looking to get rid of pesky wrinkles on their faces may have another injectable option sometime in the near future.
Both Botox and Dysport are very easy and very quick procedures with a high patient satisfaction rate. However, some people are not entirely comfortable with the idea of injecting a toxin into their body, and unless they are willing to undergo a more invasive surgery they are out of luck.
So what is this new injectable that could be a Botox and Dysport competitor one of these days?
A new technique, not yet approved by the FDA, called cryoneuromodulation uses small needles to deliver cold to the nerves running through the forehead. The cold freezes the nerve, which interrupts the nerve signal and relaxes the muscle that causes vertical and horizontal forehead lines. Though the nerve returns to normal body temperature, the cold temporarily “injures” the nerve, not permanently, and allows the signal to remain interrupted for a period of time that is comparable to Botox’s and Dysport’s three to four month period.
This new possible treatment is just as quick, taking about 15 minutes, and has relatively the same discomfort level as Botox and Dysport. After performing the technique on 31 people in a clinical trial, this procedure seemed to work faster than what is on the market already; all patients having fewer wrinkles after two to eight injections, instead of waiting the standard few days to see results.
The downside is this technique was only limited to the forehead and has yet to be studied elsewhere on the face. Botox is more than just the forehead so it currently beats out this freezing process. However, if these results are a hint at what this new procedure can do, this could potentially be injectables’ newest breakthrough.
If this procedure does eventually pass FDA approval, I feel this will only increase the popularity of injectables. They will be more readily available to those people that were once afraid to put anything foreign into their bodies. More people will most likely jump at the chance to make their wrinkles fade away.
If this becomes an FDA approved procedure, would you consider freezing your nerves for a smoother face?
To your health and beauty,
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