Alcohol and Dysport: compatibility and consequences of taking

It is forbidden to combine medicines with the intake of alcoholic beverages. But many people want to know exactly which drugs do not cause adverse reactions from alcohol. Women who have had beauty injections often ask specialists if it is possible to combine Dysport and alcohol during treatment.

The instructions for the drug indicate that it is strictly forbidden to drink alcohol before and after the procedure. It is worth carefully considering the side effects of drinking alcohol during and after treatment.

Description of Dysport

Dysport is similar to Botox. The drugs include botulinum toxin, which is a dangerous poison. The funds are used not only in cosmetology, but also in medicine to eliminate cerebral palsy and torticollis. In cosmetology, a special botulinum toxin is used in microdoses, which after 2 days is completely dissolved in the body and excreted through the kidneys.

Dysport is injected intramuscularly into areas determined by a specialist. Manipulation is carried out using thin insulin needles. The procedure takes no more than 30 minutes and is performed under local anesthesia. Dysport works like a muscle relaxant. After entering the body, it does not allow nerve impulses to pass through, the muscles stop contracting, and the blood supply begins to be disturbed.

Injections are carried out to eliminate mimic wrinkles near the eyes, forehead, eyebrows. But there are many side effects. According to women, after the introduction of the remedy, the upper eyelid sags. The tool begins to affect the body after 2-3 days, lasts about 6 months. It will take 2-3 sessions to completely eliminate wrinkles.

Dysport procedure is allowed only in medical institutions. If the dose of the treating drug is calculated incorrectly, then the patient has a high probability of death.

To avoid possible troubles after the procedure, you need to figure out exactly whether it is possible to consume alcoholic products before the procedure, what is the compatibility of ethanol and botulinum toxin.

The effect of the drug on the body

Dysport injections are used to smooth the skin and eliminate wrinkles. They contain botulinum toxin, which is very dangerous for the body. It is present in spoiled canned food and is one of the deadly poisons that enter the body with food. Penetrating into human blood, botulinum neurotoxin causes severe paralysis of the respiratory tract, which can lead to cardiac arrest. Without timely treatment, such poisoning in 50% leads to death.

For cosmetic procedures, microdoses of this substance are used. In small concentrations, Dysport is considered completely safe for the human body. Having completed its main task, it is actively broken down in the body and excreted by the kidneys after a few days.

Injection will be justified if the patient:

• there are pronounced mimic wrinkles in the forehead and near the eyes;
• in preparation for the correction of the shape of the lips and eyebrows;
• severe sweating of the palms, armpits and feet.

The injection does not work immediately, but approximately 3 days after visiting the beautician. To prolong the effect, doctors recommend repeating the procedure every 6 months.

Alcohol and Dysport

Botulinum poison, which is the basis of Dysport, has the ability to penetrate into nearby tissues. The instructions for the preparation indicate that it is forbidden to heat the injection site, and for some time it is forbidden to visit the sauna, solarium and bath.

All these restrictions are caused by the need to maximize the concentration of the substance in the injection area, to reduce its penetration into the surrounding tissues. This is very important to achieve the desired effect – a beautiful face.

Alcoholic products, like thermal procedures, contribute to the expansion of blood vessels. The vasoconstrictive effect of ethyl alcohol is manifested mainly in the upper region of the body. It is the blood vessels, small capillaries on the face that expand from the use of ethanol. This property makes its combination with Dysport dangerous. After 1 glass of wine, the blood begins to actively flow to the face, the diffusion of the neurotoxin into the neighboring muscles of the tissue increases significantly. The end result after drinking alcohol can be a distortion of facial features.

Possible effects

Although alcohol and Dysport do not interact with each other, there should be no alcohol in the blood during the administration of the drug.

Ethyl alcohol in the patient's body:

• disrupts the spread of botulinum toxin in the tissue;
• affects the rate of absorption of the drug;
• retains water in the body;
• disables control over the situation, and also leads to a violation of the instructions for using the drug.

With the introduction of muscle relaxants in conjunction with the use of alcohol, the distribution of botulinum toxin in the muscles is disrupted. Especially it negatively influences small and mobile mimic wrinkles.

The use of alcohol changes the rate of absorption of the neurotoxin, making the result of the procedure unpredictable. An increase in blood flow leads to the migration of the toxin to neighboring tissues, reducing the amount of the drug at the injection site.

After the introduction of Dysport, there are some prohibitions that require mandatory implementation: you can not touch the injection sites, massage them, it is forbidden to tilt your head forward for 3-4 hours.

It is forbidden to actively move, dance, play sports with the introduction of botulinum toxin. A person does all this if he drinks alcohol, forgetting about all the prohibitions.

Alcohol continues to retain fluid in the body, and this is especially harmful on the first day. The stimulating effect of ethyl alcohol increases the activity and peripheral nerve receptors that regulate the process of muscle contraction.

This property is the opposite of the inhibitory, paralyzing effect of Dysport on the muscles. Alcohol-containing drinks partially neutralize the effects of botulinum toxin.

Consequences of combining

Drinking alcohol while taking Dysport can cause the following side effects:

• swelling of the upper eyelids;
• lowering or raising the eyebrows;
• pain at the injection site;
• blurred vision;
• provokes the development of allergies, increases the overall load on the liver.

An unpleasant effect after the combined intake of alcohol and Dysport is the absence of an obvious cosmetic effect or its temporary effect.

The tightening and rejuvenating effect of the action of the remedy sometimes appears after a few days after the injection. In other cases, you have to wait for the effect only after 7 days.

When can you take alcohol

To completely eliminate the presence of ethyl in the blood, 2 weeks before the procedure, you need to follow dry law, and only after that you can afford to drink a little.

The ban on drinking alcohol within 2 weeks after the administration of the drug is due to the fact that the neurotoxin does not penetrate the tissues immediately, but within 2-7 days. The most dangerous day when drinking alcohol is prohibited is the first day after the injection.

At this time, negative reactions of the action of botulinum neurotoxin may occur. Although it enters the body in microdoses, the reaction is strictly individual and can be completely unpredictable. This is another reason why you should abstain from alcohol.

A side effect of botulinum toxin can be severe dizziness, headaches, drowsiness, discomfort at the injection site. Alcohol enhances the side reactions of the substance, its effect is especially dangerous in case of allergies. Such effects begin to appear immediately after the introduction of the drug and may disappear only after a few days.

If you continue to take alcoholic products in the first week after the injection, the effect of ethanol will cause the injected drug to spread through the blood stream to the nearest muscles, which will affect the outline of the face.

The maximum effect of Dysport appears on the 10-14th day after the injection. After 2 weeks, you can make an adjustment by introducing an additional drug.

There is some controversy regarding the timing of the ban on alcohol intake when treating the body with Dysport. Some doctors reduce the prescribed 2 weeks of treatment and 10-14 days after the injection to only 3 days before the injection and 1 week after its administration.

There is an opinion that the use of alcohol after the administration of the treating drug does not harm the body, and ethyl alcohol can act with botulinum toxin only in a test tube, outside the patient's body. Indeed, there are many reviews on the Internet about how happy women celebrated changes in their faces with a glass of wine or a glass of beer. But this is very dangerous.

Prohibition on the use of Dysport

Before the injection, the attending physician should carefully examine the client for contraindications.

You can not enter the drug if:

• children's age (the procedure is prohibited for children under 12 years old);
• the patient is being treated with antibiotics, aclofen, antiplatelet agents, and anticoagulants;
• the time of bearing a child and breastfeeding;
• the presence of infectious lesions in the body.

Absolute contraindications to taking the drug include:

• hypersensitivity to the components in the composition of the drug. The presence of allergic reactions to drugs of protein origin.
• blood pathologies that are associated with clotting, for example, hemophilia or leukemia;
• chronic diseases of the respiratory system;
• clinical or subclinical reactions of neuromuscular diseases.

The opinion of women about the drug

Dysport is a good remedy that helps the face regain youth, and the skin is fresh and smooth. Most patients do not think about the consequences of drug treatment and go to the salon for another injection. It is best to start by studying the reviews of those who underwent the rejuvenation procedure with this remedy, and then go for a consultation with a doctor.

Negative reviews about combining Dysport and alcohol are very rare. Most often, women describe situations when an allergic reaction on the skin occurred. Alcohol-containing products at the same time can not harm a person. But it will be much more reliable to follow the recommendations of professional cosmetologists and start taking alcohol only after 2 weeks after injections, since the consequences of combining incompatible drugs can be dangerous and irreversible.