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Yes. It is generally recommended that you wait about a full day after a Botox injection before proceeding with your microcurrent treatment just to be on the safe side.
Thank you for your question. Ensure you wait at least 24 hours post Botox injection before a microcurrent treatment. After the 24 hour period the microcurrent should not effect your Botox or fillers. Best,
Microcurrent treatments are intended to help maintain facial muscle tone and produce (or maintain) a more youthful appearance. Whether these treatments are effective or not has not been proven scientifically. However these treatments do not pose a threat to either Botox or fillers.
Hi Lyn. Because microcurrent does very little, if anything, for the skin, it would not be a problem to do it at the same time as you have Botox or dermal fillers.
Thank you for your question! Botox is a fabulous injection to temporarily remove facial wrinkles. The results of fillers or Botox is not affected by your microcurrent treatments. For the best cosmetic results please consult a board certified dermatologist who has years of experience with facial injections. Best of luck!
Botox is a fabulous injection to temporarily remove facial wrinkles. The results of fillers or Botox is not affected by your microcurrent treatments. For the best cosmetic results please consult a board certified dermatologist who has years of experience with facial injections.
It's no problem to combine these treatments. Make sure you go to a qualified board certified plastic surgeon for your treatments.
Hi lyn7,Some patients report that their Botox wore off faster after having microcurrent treatment. That being said, The action of microcurrent is to stimulate muscles - similar to an isotonic exercise. On the other hand, Botox does the opposite, which is to relax the muscle. We've always cautioned patients from being too animated post-Botox so the effects would last longer.All the best, Justin Harper, M.D.
lyn7,Without implying anything regarding the safety or efficacy of microcurrent facial treatment, which uses a small electrical stimulator to move the facial muscles, it will still stimulate those muscles if the effect is by direct electrical muscle stimulation. However, if the electrical stimulus must first be picked up by the nerves and then transmitted to the muscles there will be no motion because of the way Botox temporarily uncouples the nerves from the muscles they serve. In cosmetic treatments Botox is injected targeting the muscles, but it is actually the motor nerves to those muscles that is affected by the paralytic agent, and not the muscles themselves. Since Botox does not move around appreciably after it is injected, and the binding of the Botox to the nerve endings occurs quickly, there should be no reason that the effect would be changed by later muscle stimulation. It may be prudent to wait a couple of days, however, because swelling may change the way the electrical impulses are transmitted through the soft tissues. Likewise, muscle motion is not going to move fillers that have been properly injected, so these electrical treatments should not impact the outcome of fillers. I hope that this helps. Best wishes, Tom DeWire, MD, FACS Richmond, VA
Generally microcurrent treatments are lower settings that are a form of galvanic energy that basically make the muscles twitch and tighten like a "workout". They won't affect the Botox or fillers in your face. "This answer has been solicited without seeing this patient and cannot be held as true medical advice, but only opinion. Seek in-person treatment with a trained medical professional for appropriate care."