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Focused Cold Therapy™ or cryoneuromodulation is a new, minimally invasive alternative to procedures such as Botox for the treatment of lines and wrinkles on the forehead and between the brows.
The treatment is in its early stages of use and is not currently widely available in the UK.
There is also limited clinical data for its cosmetic applications and some clinicians have noted that it may not provide them with the ‘fine tuning’ of an overall aesthetic result which they are able to achieve with the more dose dependent treatment that toxins offer, where they can add a little here and there to ‘shape’ the face and reduce wrinkles.
More comparative clinical trials need to be performed to ascertain its effectiveness in comparison to neurotoxins, but there is no debate needed on that fact that it does provide an alternative solution for those who simply don’t like the idea of injecting a botulinum toxin into their body. With no chemicals or drugs injected with Focused Cold Therapy™, aside from the local anaesthetic (lidocaine), this may well become an everyday alternative as we go into the future.
It is worth noting that although this treatment is marketed at toxin-free, it is not needle-free as the Iovera® hand piece uses closed tipped needles which are injected into the skin to deliver the cold therapy.