You can feel that it has become firm and that the muscles are paralyzed. But there is no dramatic effect.
Alar Botox
Expected effect: reduction in alar size
Effect I actually experienced: a very slight reduction effect (a difference that is almost impossible to tell in photos), and an effect of preventing the nostrils from flaring when smiling or breathing heavily
The second effect is bigger. It prevents the impression of looking unsophisticated when the nostrils enlarge and the alae flare. The paralysis caused by Botox toxin lasts about 6 months.
Nasal-tip Botox
Expected effect: lifts a drooping nasal tip
Effect I actually experienced: it does not lift dramatically like rhinoplasty, but it does lift. However, the injection procedure is really very painful.
Mouth-corner Botox
Expected effect: lifts drooping mouth corners
Effect I actually experienced: the mouth corners do not lift, but the drooping corners look more horizontal. The left side of my face droops downward overall, and the right side is lifted, and the mouth corners are the same. It works better on the right mouth corner.
Botox hurts no matter how you get it. It feels like being dug into with a sharp awl. I tear up a lot, and there were hospitals that applied numbing cream, hospitals that gave anesthetic injections, and hospitals that numbed with ice. I cannot know how much the Botox was diluted. At the most expensive place, they numbed with ice, so I was a bit dumbfounded. They even took photos lol
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