Random thought but if you ever think about doing Botox, have you ever seen the legs of someone who is paralyzed ? Theyâre extremely thin, because when you donât use a muscle, it atrophies.
If youâve ever broken a bone you may also know that it happens pretty fast, and also that your tendons shrink from not being used. Thatâs also why after a fracture you need to do physical therapy to get your joints to work painlessly.
Now if you paralyze your face muscles with a toxin they will also atrophy. What it will do is that you will progressively look gaunt and it will not be due to aging. But your surgeon will say it is and then will offer fillers.
Also, your bone density is also determined by how strongly your muscles work. If you paralyze your muscles your bones also grow thinner over time.
Finally, thereâs a theory about facial expressions having an influence on the brain. Itâs not only your emotions creating facial expressions, itâs also facial expressions creating some kind of feedback. If you paralyze your face, you may also diminish your ability to feel certain emotions.
So basically : donât do it.
The way your skin ages is mostly genetic. If you want to age slowly thereâs a few things you can do : sleep enough, protect yourself from the sun, keep smoking and drinking to a minimum.
If you live long enough to age, it'll happen whether you attempt to delay it or not. Might as well greet age with love from the beginning than try to reconcile it after years of harm.
