Frotox: frosty alternative to Botox

Perhaps in the near future, humanity goodbye to Botox. The latest discovery in the field of anti-aging products is Frotox - therapy, allowing to freeze wrinkles.

In Hollywood, the set of "frozen" individual stars, but this effect is usually achieved by using Botox. And although this drug has proved its effectiveness, not every mentally prepared to inject themselves under the skin of botulinum toxin - one of the most dangerous poisons the earth. That is why the emergence of new methods to combat age-related changes of the skin is a delight.

One of them is krioneyromodulyatsiya, which received the name of the West Frotox   (Connect frozen botox - frozen Botox). The final stage of clinical trials in humans the drug is now in London under the direction of a plastic surgeon Yannis Alexandris. Expected that Frotox   will be offered to patients at the end of this year. But how does it work?

"If you're very cold, your hands start to go numb, - explains Dr. Alexandris. - It becomes difficult to move the fingers. Thus the cold affects the nerves. We will now use this effect in narrowcasting region - specific nerves that control the muscles that cause wrinkles on the forehead and between the eyebrows. Intensive "cold shock" puts this nerve in a state of hibernation for up to four months, so that the muscles relax and wrinkles disappear. "

Even before science learned to use a cold when exposed to temporarily damaged nerves to relieve chronic pain. In medicine, this procedure has been used for years. Created by Dr. Alexandris device, enable focused cold therapy for cosmetic purposes, patented by MyoScience Inc, which employs several former employees of Allergan - the company that created Botox.

During the procedure, the patient receives a local anesthetic of the forehead, and then used a device that resembles a pen and having a tip in the form of needles. It passes through the skin of the forehead and produces two 30-second discharge of intense cold in specific facial nerve. All in 10 minutes, patients feel no cold, no pain, but rather something like a light pressure.

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