Anti-wrinkle injections
Anti-wrinkle injections relax the specific muscles that crease the skin when you frown, raise your brows or smile. Done well, you still look like you and still move like you; you just look rested.
- Treatment time
- About 20 minutes
- Results appear
- Gradually over 3 to 14 days
- Results last
- Typically 3 to 4 months
- Downtime
- Usually none
- Appointment
- 45 minutes, at your home
- Price
- Priced at consultation
Good for
- Forehead lines
- Frown lines (the '11s')
- Crow's feet
- Preventing lines from deepening
What happens
Prescriber consultation
A face-to-face assessment is required before this medicine can be prescribed.
Mapping
We watch how your face moves and plan small, precise doses.
Treatment
A few fine injections. Most people describe it as a brief pinch.
Review at two weeks
We check in and fine-tune if needed.
Aftercare
- Stay upright for 4 hours
- Avoid exercise, alcohol and heat (saunas, hot yoga) for 24 hours
- Don't massage or rub the treated area for 24 hours
Questions about anti-wrinkle injections
Will I look frozen?
Not if it's dosed well. The aim is softened lines with natural movement kept, which is why we start conservatively.
Does it hurt?
The needles are very fine. Most people feel a brief pinch at each point and nothing afterwards.
Who can't have this treatment?
It isn't suitable during pregnancy or breastfeeding, or with certain neuromuscular conditions and medications. We go through this at your consultation.