Anyone tried Micro-Dysport treatment before?
In conjunction with my Ultherapy session at Halley Medical Aesthetics, to further improve appearance and enhance the lifting results, Dr. Terence Tan recommended Micro-Dysport – an injectable procedure not unlike Botox, to be applied around the jawline and under-eye area.
Micro-Dysport is the latest advanced technology approved by the FDA to dramatically improve the skin’s appearance. The good news is, this micro-droplet technique is an improved version on the old standard of Botox that sometimes can result in a frozen, plastic-y, stunned look.
Micro-Dysport injections are also a cost effective alternative and in some cases can provide longer lasting benefits depending on the desired results. The Micro-Dysport procedure involves the use of fine micro injections and because the Micro-Dysport protein is slightly smaller, it provides the desired result a bit quicker than Botox.
After Dr. Tan marked up the areas on my face, a very small amount of Micro-Dysport is injected very precisely using a tiny micro needle. Because the needle was so fine and only a small amount of liquid was used, the pain associated with the injections was minimal.
FYI, Micro-Dysport is injected into the skin, unlike Botox injections that are injected into the facial muscles (hence the injection needle goes in deeper). The Micro-Dysport injections were very shallow so there was a bit of oozing but otherwise it felt just like a bug bite. Temporary bruising is the most common side effect with facial injectables, but I don’t usually get them.
About ten days post-procedure, what resulted for me was a tighter appearance around my jawline and evidently smoother skin – my cheekbones appear lifted and more chiseled!
Interestingly I also notice that what used to be my puffed-up undereye areas have been replaced with a partial aegyo sal (more evident on my right eye).
This aegyo sal trend, which started in South Korea a few years ago (aegyo sal translates loosely as “cute skin”), is about making the undereye area more prominent to appear more youthful and friendly. I hadn’t realized that having aegyo sal, aka “smiley eyes”, can actually make one look younger.
Both Ultherapy and Micro-Dysport procedures were done on the same day. Micro-Dysport at Halley Medical Aesthetics starts at SG$480 onwards. And as you can see from the photo above taken together with Dr. Terence Tan, there was no redness whatsoever after both procedures. In fact I was able to go about my day as per normal as there was no downtime.
Halley Medical Aesthetics
248 River Valley Road
Singapore 238302
Tel: (+65) 6737-8233
Website (with price list)
Do you think you will try Micro-Dysport?
