The benefits of Botox initially last 3-4 months, but after a few treatments they tend to last longer and the repeat treatment time can stretch out to every 6-8 months in a large number of people.

Absolutely not!

The ‘frozen’ look that many associate with Botox injections in the past should not be the aim. We want to target small specific muscles that are responsible for unwanted lines and wrinkles only.

Botox injection is a technique-sensitive treatment. The procedure will deliver subtle results when you are treated by someone who is licensed, trained, and a medical expert in facial anatomy. So you’ll look like yourself—only with less noticeable lines. No one should be able to tell you’ve had anything done.

The most common sites to have Botox injections are between the brows where we get lines when we frown, the crow’s feet (laughter lines) and the horizontal lines across our forehead that get worse when we raise our eyebrows.

Many practitioners stick to these ‘3 areas’ – they are so common that mostly you will see price lists putting these 3 areas down as standard treatments. When you have more experience and skill, however, the toxin can be used in many more interesting and pleasing ways to produce fantastic, but subtle, results.

The Botox can be placed precisely to achieve a brow lift when the eyebrows sit low over the eyes or you need brow shaping. Smoker’s lines around the mouth can be softened if the injector is experienced enough to avoid affecting the muscles involved in smiling. A downward turn of the corners of the mouth can be corrected with a gentle relaxation of a specific muscle to help with a ‘frowning’ look. Even a stringy-looking neck can be improved with Botox by treating those thick cord-like bands that can form arising from the platysma muscle. Treatment here can give us a subtle lift to the lower face as the muscle pulling downwards is relaxed.

This list is by no means exhaustive!

Botulinum Toxin, when injected into a muscle, temporarily relaxes it by blocking nerve impulses. As the nerve impulses are blocked the muscle is temporarily unable to contract as much which means that active wrinkles are relaxed. This gives the overlying skin a softer, smoother appearance.