Caring for the beauty and youth of the face has always been the goal of many people, especially women, and there have been many methods that help achieve this goal and obtain fresh and attractive skin, including the methods of treating wrinkles and beautifying the face that we will talk about, which are characterized as being advanced and easy And it gives effective results.

Among these methods, the most important and most common, are filler and Botox injections, and there are many people who cannot differentiate between these two methods, so we will talk in this article about the difference between fillers and Botox, how they can be differentiated, and what distinguishes each of them.

What is the nature of Botox and why is it used?

Botox is a type of toxin that is secreted by certain bacteria. Recently, it was discovered that this toxin, if used in small quantities, can be useful in the field of facial beautification and tightening if it is injected into certain areas of the face.

What is the nature of facial filler injections?

It is not, as some people think, that filler is a substance in itself, but rather it is more correct that it injects a group of substances useful for tightening and filling the skin, and the most important of these substances are: collagen, hyaluronic acid, and other substances.

What is the difference between filler and botox?

As for Botox injections, when it is injected into certain areas of the face, such as some facial muscles, it prevents the nerve impulse from reaching it, and this leads to the relaxation of that muscle and its non-shrinking, and this exposes it to temporary paralysis, and therefore the wrinkles on it disappear as a result of its relaxation.

As for the filler, it is a group of natural or manufactured materials that are injected into some areas of the face to fill in the voids in these areas, highlight them, and hide wrinkles in them.

What are the benefits of both filler and botox injections?

Botox injections, there are many goals that Botox injections are used to achieve in the medical and cosmetic fields, and the most important of these benefits are:

• Hide or improve the appearance of wrinkles that result from facial movement such as smiling and frowning movements
• Examples of these wrinkles are: forehead wrinkles, wrinkles between the eyebrows, wrinkles around the eyes, wrinkles around the mouth and nose.

Benefits of filler: The use of filler is useful in achieving several aesthetic goals, and the most important of these benefits and advantages of filler injections are:

• Filling thin lips and filling and highlighting the cheeks, which makes them more attractive
• Correcting and beautifying the shape of the nose and improving its appearance
• Treatment of dark circles under the eyes
• Treating the effects of scars
• Treatment of static wrinkles that appear on the face as a result of a lack of collagen and elasticity in the skin

The difference between filler and Botox through the method of injection

Botox injection method:

The doctor anesthetizes the patient using a local anesthetic, and then Botox is injected through a short and thin needle horizontally in the specific and required areas.

This process takes about half an hour, after which you can go home easily.

Filler injection method:

The difference between filler and Botox is not significant in terms of the injection mechanism. When injecting the filler, there is often no need for anesthesia, but if the patient’s ability to bear the pain of injection is weak, a local anesthetic can be used, and then the needle is filled with the substance required for injection, and then injected. In the specified areas, applying this procedure does not take more than half an hour, after which it is possible to return home naturally and easily.

What are the side effects that may result from both filler and Botox injections?

Botox side effects

Some symptoms and side effects may appear after Botox injections for the face, but these symptoms are often temporary, and the most important of these symptoms are:

• Drooping in the eyelids and eyebrows, and this may happen when the injection is around the eyes, and this may also result in other eye problems such as blurry vision
• Some of the muscles in the face are paralyzed or weak, and this may happen if the amount of Botox injected is large
• The descent of the Botox substance or its transfer to another place in the face, and thus the relaxation of unwanted muscles
• Itching, rash, or numbness of the facial skin as a result of the injection
• Feeling pain in the injection areas or the appearance of bruises
• Feeling other symptoms such as headache, nausea, dry mouth, and speech problems
• Infection or complications resulting from anesthesia

What are the side effects of filler injections?

Filler injections may result in some side and negative effects, the most prominent of which are:

• A rash on the facial skin
• The appearance of bruises or redness on the surface of the skin
• Swelling or bleeding
• The appearance of pimples on the facial skin
•   The death of skin cells due to preventing blood from reaching and flowing to the injection areas
• Reaching an unsatisfactory or inappropriate result for the face
• infection
• Vision problems

When will the results of both Filler and Botox injections appear?

• The results of Botox injections often begin to appear 4 or 5 days after the injection, and the full results appear after about 10 days.
• As for the results of filler injections, the duration of their appearance varies according to the material used for injection, as sometimes the result can be noticed immediately when injecting using certain materials, and in other times it may take longer when using other materials.

The difference between filler and Botox in terms of injection conditions

There are conditions that must be present for people who want to inject fillers and Botox for the face:

Potus injection conditions

A person who wishes to inject Botox must meet the following conditions:

• If the person who wants to inject Botox is a woman, she should not be pregnant or breastfeeding
• The person does not suffer from skin problems or the presence of any deep scars
• The person’s muscles should not be weak
• The person should not have chronic diseases, sclerosis, or diseases affecting the muscles

Conditions for filler injection

• The person who wants to inject facial fillers must be in good health and not suffer from chronic diseases
• He should also not be a smoker
• It is not recommended to perform filler injections for pregnant and breastfeeding women.

The difference between filler and Botox in terms of the continuity of results

As for Botox injections, its results last for a temporary period and fade after 3 to 4 months, so the Botox injection procedure must be repeated for successive times when its effect is gone, in order to get the desired results again.

As for filler injections, the sustainability of the results varies based on the material used for this injection. If the injected material is collagen, its results last from 3 to 4 months. If the injected material is hyaluronic acid, its sustainability lasts from 4 to 6 months. While the results last Calcium hydroxyapatite injection for the longest period of up to 18 months, as for polymethyl methacrylate, its effect is permanent, but it is associated with serious side effects.