Your friends have all started getting injectable treatments, and you hear them chatting about how some of them get tox, some get filler, and some get both. What's the difference, you ask? Well, the simple answer is that botox relaxes muscles that pull your skin into wrinkles, and filler actually puts more volume into certain areas to change the shape. The results are totally different!
Botox, and other neurotoxins, has traditionally been used for forehead wrinkles, crows feet and 11's. Now it's also commonly used for lip flips. This is a procedure where the lip muscle is related so it doesn't curl under and disappear when smiling. The tox doesn't change the volume of the lips, it simply relaxes what is already there so that the amount of lip that shows at rest stays the same when smiling!
Hyaluronic acid filler is used all over the face. We can add a more sculpted jawline and cheekbones, or balance out the profile of nose and chin. The most used area for filler is in the lips. Especially in the last decade, lip filler has been huge!
Lip flips with tox are very subtle, and filler can be done very subtly too especially when done in small doses. But filler can also be used to build on itself for more dramatic transformations over time. It can actually create the appearance of more volume and larger lips than you naturally have.
There are many reasons why so many people decide to go with filler for their lips. Some lips are too small in relation to the size of the face, and need to be increased in size to look more appropriate. Other times the lips are asymmetrical and require filler to balance out the uneven areas. And still other times, the lips have lost volume over the years and have started to appear wrinkled. Filler is then used to plump up the lost volume and give the lips a youthful, hydrated appearance!
Whatever the reason, these injectables treatments are wonderful, long lasting, minimally invasive options to achieve the lips of your dreams!