Smooth away frown lines, forehead wrinkles and crow’s feet with carefully placed muscle-relaxing injections. It is also highly effective in the treatment of downturned corners of the mouth, neck lines and jowls. Perfect for achieving a natural, refreshed look without the frozen appearance – because you should still look like you, just wonderfully rested. Results appear gradually over 2–3 weeks and typically last 3–5 months, giving you time to enjoy your rejuvenated appearance. Sarah’s approach ensures natural-looking results that leave you looking like yourself, just beautifully refreshed.
Many practitioners refer to procedures involving the injection of botulinum toxin as “anti-wrinkle injections” or “botox”.
Botulinum toxin is injected, using a fine needle, into the target muscle to temporarily block the nerve signal, resulting in the reduction of muscle activity. This can result in an improvement in the appearance of lines of facial expression.
Botulinum toxin can only treat lines of expression (dynamic lines). Lines that are present when the muscle is not contracted, and the face is relaxed (static lines) generally do not improve with anti-wrinkle injections. The practitioner may discuss other treatments to deal with these.
Botulinum Toxin Type A is also very successful in helping with problematic muscle activity on the face, neck, or body, for example in the reduction of lip curling in the case of a ‘gummy smile’ or to reduce the production of sweat in those patients who suffer from excessive sweating. Toxin treatments have also proved highly effective in those patients suffering from migraine or jaw clenching. Here a subtle relaxing of the related muscle can significantly reduce the amount of discomfort felt. Sarah will discuss such treatments in more detail at your consultation.
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At Brewood Skin & Wellness we offer a consultation prior to your anti-wrinkle treatment giving you the opportunity to ask any questions and to allow Sarah to fully explain the treatment to you. From this appointment, your first treatment appointment can be booked if you wish to proceed.
As part of your consultation, Sarah will also assess your skin in-depth using the OBSERV® 520® Skin Analysis camera, allowing a better understanding of what is happening just underneath the skin surface. This serves not only as a good tool to plan treatment, but it enables us to have a starting point to refer to, allowing more reliable treatment reviews. Also, at consultation Sarah offers food intolerance testing, these can be especially helpful when tackling stubborn skin concerns like acne or Rosacea, along with many other health issues.
It is during the consultation that Sarah will prescribe an effective skin health journey to you, including everything from homecare regimes, nutritional supplements and in clinic treatments as appropriate
At the clinic we use both Allergan Botox© and Merz Aesthetic Bocouture©, although if you prefer a particular product this option can be discussed at consultation.
The full list of who/where this is suitable for can be found here. Botulinum toxin has successfully offered temporary improvement in moderate to severe cases of:
