Botox ® Procedures
What is Botox ®?
Botox is a muscle relaxant and in aesthetics, it is mainly used to relax dynamic wrinkles. The active ingredient is called Botulinum Toxin A which stops a specific neurotransmitter from being released into the muscle, preventing muscle contraction and thereby reducing wrinkles from forming.
There are two types of wrinkles; static wrinkles which are present at rest and dynamic wrinkles that happen upon muscle contraction. It is the latter that is treated by Botox ®.
Frown lines
What is a frown?
Frown lines are the wrinkles that appear between the eyebrows.
Why treat frown lines?
Frown lines can give us an overly serious or angry appearance. We might have noticed this in our photos or people may tell us we look cross when we are actually concentrating. These days due to many available technologies such as smartphones, tablets, laptops or electronic books we tend to frown to adjust our eyes and this later develops into a habit.
How is it treated?
We give small doses of Botox into the frown muscles using a very small needle. The procedure is almost painless and no local anaesthetic or numbing cream is required, but can be provided upon request.
Useful information:
Procedure time: 10 minutes
Back to work: immediately
Onset of results: 14 days. You might start seeing results in 7 days
Duration: 3 – 4 months
Side effects: mild weakness of the muscle
Pain: hardly noticeable
High street clinic price: £140 – £220
Botox Training Courses model price: £85
Before
After
Forehead lines
What are forehead lines?
Forehead lines are the horizontal lines in the forehead that occur due to the contraction of the frontalis muscle.
Forehead lines can give an ageing appearance. While we read books and laptops or when someone talks to us, we tend to lift our eyes and forehead upwards so the frontalis muscle becomes stronger and wrinkles show up making us look much older than our actual age.
How are forehead lines treated?
We inject four small superficial doses of Botox into the forehead at the frontalis muscle. The procedure is almost painless and we normally don’t use numbing cream, although it can be provided upon request.
Useful information:
Procedure time: 10 minutes
Back to work: immediately
Onset of results: 14 days. You might start seeing results in 7 days
Duration: 3 – 4 months
Side effects: mild weakness of the muscle
Pain: hardly noticeable
High street clinic price: £140 – £220
Botox Training Courses model price: £85
Before
After
Crow’s feet
What are crow’s feet?
Crow’s feet or smiley lines are wrinkles that appear on the side of the eyes when we laugh or smile. When they are extensive they give us an ageing appearance. Making them more subtle by relaxing the lines with Botox gives us a better smile and more youthful appearance.
How do you treat crow’s feet?
Three small Botox injections at the crow’s feet should be sufficient to treat them. The injection is done using a small needle and is almost painless with no numbing cream required, but this can be provided upon request.
Useful Information
Procedure time: 10 minutes
Back to work: immediately
Onset of results: 14 days. You might start seeing results in 7 days
Duration: 3 – 4 months
Side effects: minimal bruising may appear that resolves within 1 – 2 days and can be easily covered with make-up
Pain: hardly noticeable
High street clinic price: £140 – £220
Botox Training Courses model price: £85
Before
After
Brow lift
What is a brow lift?
A brow lift is lifting or arching at the far end of the eyebrow, which is considered the ultimate grooming of the eyebrows.
Why have a brow lift?
Two main reasons:
i) Shaping the eyebrows. A very popular procedure. It gives a nice contour and shaping of the eyebrow which enhances the beauty of our expressive eye, giving it a sharper and more attractive appearance.
ii) Helps with lifting the saggy skin for the upper eyelid which gives us a tired appearance. With time the eyebrows become flatter, saggy and fall downwards causing excess skin on our eyelids; this will lead to a tired, aged, sad appearance.
How is a brow lift done?
One small Botox injection in each eyebrow.
The procedure is almost painless and no numbing cream is required, but can be provided upon request.
Useful information:
Procedure time: 10 minutes
Back to work: immediately
Onset of results: 14 days. You might start seeing results in 7 days
Duration: 3 – 4 months
Side effects: minimal bruising may appear that resolves within 1 – 2 days and can be easily covered with make-up
Pain: hardly noticeable
High street clinic price: £140 – £220
Botox Training Courses model price: £85
Before
After
Bunny lines
What are bunny lines?
Angry, stressful ageing wrinkles extending from the nose to the lower part of the eye. Contraction of the nasalis muscle on the sides of the upper nose gives us these unpopular wrinkles.
How are they treated?
One small Botox injection in each side of the nose is sufficient to relax this muscle. The procedure is almost painless and no numbing cream is required, but can be provided upon request.
Useful information:
Procedure time: 10 minutes
Back to work: immediately
Onset of results: 14 days. You might start seeing results in 7 days
Duration: 3 – 4 months
Side effects: minimal bruising may appear that resolves within 1 – 2 days and can be easily covered with make-up
Pain: hardly noticeable
High street clinic price: £140 – £220
Botox Training Courses model price: £85
Before
After
Jawline slimming (wide jaw treatment)
What is meant by jawline slimming?
At the side of our jaw, we have a muscle called the masseter. When hyperactive and strong, it can make the jaw wider and bigger giving a broad or square appearance to our lower face. Due to strong muscle contractions, it can cause grinding of the teeth and a painful jaw.
How is it treated?
With Botox injections in the masseter muscles to relax them and make them smaller giving us a slimmer V-shaped jaw.
Useful information:
Procedure time: 10 minutes
Back to work: immediately
Onset of results: 14 days. You might start seeing results in 7 days
Duration: 3 – 4 months
Side effects: if high doses are needed then chewing might feel a little hard
Pain: hardly noticeable
High street clinic price: £300 – £400
Botox Training Courses model price: £160
Before
After
Downward mouth
What is downward mouth?
As we age, the mouth can take on a downturned appearance, which can create a very negative and or sad appearance to the face.
The first culprit is a muscle known as the depressor anguli ori (DAO) and it connects the corners of the mouth to the jaw bone. The DAO is primarily used for facial expression and allows us to frown (pulling down the edges of the mouth).
Why treat it?
Botox can relax this muscle, improving our appearance and getting rid of this ageing, sad appearance.
How is it treated?
With Botox injections in the DAO muscles to relax them and make them smaller giving us a slimmer V-shaped jaw.
Useful information:
Procedure time: 10 minutes
Back to work: immediately
Onset of results: 14 days. You might start seeing results in 7 days
Duration: 3 – 4 months
Side effects: minimal bruising may appear that resolves within 1 – 2 days and can be easily covered with make-up
Pain: hardly noticeable
High street clinic price: £140 – £220
Botox Training Courses model price: £85
Before
After
Neck bands (Nefertiti neck)
What are neck bands?
The neck contains a thin, broad sheet of muscle called the platysma that is positioned on each side of the neck. As we age, the tissue and fibres that connect the platysma to the overlying skin begin to weaken and lose their elasticity.
Over time, the connection between the two platysma muscles also weakens as the muscles sag and lose their tone. We also lose skin fat and, with the effect of gravity, the neck is pulled down giving it a saggy appearance with neck bands or ‘turkey neck’.
How are neck bands treated?
They are treated by extra diluted superficial Botox injections into the neck bands.
We normally dilute 100 units of Botox with 2 ml of bacteriostatic saline. Numbing cream is applied 20 minutes before the procedure to make it painless.
Useful information:
Procedure time: 10 minutes
Back to work: immediately
Onset of results: 14 days. You might start seeing results in 7 days
Duration: 3 – 4 months
Side effects: minimal bruising may appear that resolves within 1 – 2 days
Pain: numbing cream is applied 20 minutes before the procedure so pain is hardly felt
High street clinic price: £400 – £500
Botox Training Courses model price: £200
Before
After
Botox Training Courses model price:Sweaty armpits
Why treat excess sweating?
Hyperhidrosis or excess sweating is a major problem causing major distress, anxiety and embarrassment. It can cause relationship problems, self-confidence issues and embarrassment at work and meetings, especially if we are unaware about this problem.
Although we have sweat glands (eccrine glands) in our bodies such as in the armpits (axilla), hands and feet, in this course we only treat sweaty armpits. If
you want to have your hands or feet treated, kindly let one of our trainers know and they will provide a treatment for you.
How is excess sweating treated?
It is treated by extra diluted Botox injections in the axilla (armpits). We normally dilute 100 units of Botox with 2 ml of bacteriostatic saline, but for sweaty armpits we dilute it in 4 ml of bacteriostatic saline and inject the whole armpit area. Numbness cream is applied 20 minutes before the procedure to make it painless.
Useful Information
Procedure time: 10 minutes
Back to work: immediately
Onset of results: 14 days. You might start seeing results in 7 days
Duration: 3 – 4 months
Side effects: minimal bruising may appear that resolves within 1 – 2 days and can be easily covered with makeup
Pain: numbness cream is applied 20 minutes before the procedure so pain is hardly felt
High street clinic price: £400 – £600
Botox Training Courses model price: £200
Smoker’s lines
What are smoker’s lines and how are they treated?
They are the lines between the nose and upper lip that give us an aging appearance.
We have a muscle around our mouth called the orbicularis oris which we use to move the mouth when drinking from a cup or bottle, smoking and applying lipstick.
All of these movements make the muscle stronger and, combined with the natural aging process, make these lines appear even when we are resting, becoming deeper and more prominent when we use our mouth.
I don’t smoke so why do I have smoker’s lines?
Because we use our mouth to drink, talk, apply lip stick, use a straw and whistle we get these lines. They are called smoker’s lines because they are more prominent in smokers.
How are they treated?
A combination of Botox and filler can treat these lines making them softer and less angry.
Useful Information
Procedure time: 10 minutes
Back to work: immediately
Onset of results: 14 days. You might start seeing results in 7 days
Duration: 3- 4 months
Side effects: minimal bruising may appear that resolves within 1 – 2 days and can be easily covered with makeup
Pain: hardly noticeable
High street clinic price: £140 – £220
Botox Training Courses model price: £85
Before
After
Pebbled chin
What is a pebbled chin and why treat it?
A double-shaped muscle in the chin called mentalis can be strong and hyperactive giving us an unpleasant pebbled (peau d’orange) appearance which gives an ageing appearance and a forward protruding chin.
How is it treated?
With Botox injections into the mentalis muscle making the chin smoother and slimmer.
Useful information:
Procedure time: 10 minutes
Back to work: immediately
Onset of results: 14 days. You might start seeing results in 7 days
Duration: 3 – 4 months
Side effects: minimal bruising may appear that resolves within 1 – 2 days and can be easily covered with make-up
Pain: hardly noticeable
High street clinic price: £140 – £220
Botox Training Courses model price: £85
Before
After
Gummy smile
What is a gummy smile?
It is the appearance of the upper gum when we smile making it less attractive.
Why does a gummy line develop?
A muscle which runs from the top of the lips called the levator labii superioris alaeque nasi contracts so that our upper gum shows when we smile. Many people don’t like their smile due to this reason and some avoid smiling in photos too.
Relaxing this muscle with Botox helps the upper lip cover the upper gum of our mouth giving us a more beautiful smile.
How is it treated?
With Botox injections in the levator labii superioris muscle to relax it and enable the upper lip to cover the upper gum.
Useful information:
Procedure time: 10 minutes
Back to work: immediately
Onset of results: 14 days. You might start seeing results in 7 days
Duration: 3 – 4 months
Side effects: minimal bruising may appear that resolves within 1 – 2 days and can be easily covered with make-up
Pain: hardly noticeable
High street clinic price: £140 – £220
Botox Training Courses model price: £85
Before
After
Drooping nose
What is a drooping nose?
The tip of the nose is drawn downwards by contraction of the depressor septi nasi muscle during smiling. The nasal tip may also droop at rest as a result of ageing.
How is it treated?
Treatment with Botox elevates the nasal tip at rest and prevents it from drooping during smiling. This is achieved by a transcutaneous medial injection at the columella base of the nose.
Useful information:
Procedure time: 10 minutes
Back to work: immediately
Onset of results: 14 days. You might start seeing results in 7 days
Duration: 3 – 4 months
Side effects: minimal bruising may appear that resolves within 1 – 2 days and can be easily covered with make-up
Pain: hardly noticeable
High street clinic price: £140 – £220
Botox Training Courses model price: £85
Before
After
Wide nostrils
What are wide nostrils and why treat it?
Some people might believe their nostrils flare too much making their nose appear too broad. This is due to a small muscle that engulfs our nostrils called the dilator naris which can be hyperactive leading to wide nostrils, especially in people who suffer from hayfever and allergies; other people are born with it. Botox treatment can decrease the size of the nostrils and make the nose smaller.
How is it treated?
One small Botox injection in each side of the nose. The procedure is almost painless and no numbing cream is required, but can be provided upon request.
Useful Information
Procedure time: 10 minutes
Back to work: immediately
Onset of results: 14 days. You might start seeing results in 7 days
Duration: 3 – 4 months
Side effects: minimal bruising may appear that resolves within 1 – 2 days and can be easily covered with make-up
Pain: hardly noticeable
High street clinic price: £140 – £220
Botox Training Courses model price: £85
Before
After
