Botox and Facial toners. Can they complement each other to prevent muscle atrophy?

Dear bunny78:

Expression
appearances are created when muscles which are attached from the bone to the
skin produce dynamic furrows, wrinkles and lines. Permanent lines in the skin
develop from the continuous creasing and thinning of the skins various layers.

Botox and Dysport are muscle relaxing medications
injected cosmetically in micro amounts to relax and reduce dynamic wrinkles and
lines created by over-used expression muscles.

The
"Facial Toners" you speak of are electrical stimulators of the
underlying muscles to create an increased tone or contraction with the desired
effect to shorten or "tighten" the skin. Skin does not tighten in
this manner. Skin will only "shrink-wrap" with the created
rejuvenating effects of forming collagen, elastin and other molecules which are
lost with aging, sun-damage or disease. Facial Toners may in fact worsen
the dynamic creasing of the skin resulting in wrinkles and lines. Retinoids
with their ability to stimulate production of these molecules and lasers which
heat the molecules to shrink or form collagen-scar result in a tighter
appearing skin.

As
you can understand then, Botox and Facial Toners produce opposite effects.
These and proper skin care, chemical peels and lasers all have different
actions on the skin. There are trade-offs to each option and these should be
presented to you following a proper consultation by a well experienced and
Board Certified Plastic Surgeon, Facial ENT or Dermatologist.

I
hope this was helpful! All the best!

Facial toners tighten the skin (somewhat) but will have no effect on muscle atrophy in any way. But, if facial toners tighten your skin and you like the cosmetic effect, then continue using them.