Treatment Information:

What To Expect At Your Appointment

A micro-needle will be injected into the muscle(s) that your individual needs require. The most requested areas of treatment and complaint are the forehead and outer eye area. One to five injections are usually given per muscle. It may take approximately 30 minutes to complete an average amount of injections during your visit. Many surgeons advise that patients report very little pain or discomfort associated with the injections due the size of the micro-needle, but you will feel at least some discomfort due to the injection. It has been described as a feeling of great "pressure". After your treatment, you will usually see the effects within a few hours to three days. Care must be taken in restricting the amount of muscle movements in the treatment area while it "settles in".

In The Weeks Ahead

Maximum benefit is reached in one to two weeks. The effects last approximately three months thereafter from a single treatment of wrinkle correction injections, resulting in the smoothing of your skin and the improvement of fine lines and superficial wrinkles in the area of your treatment. When the effects start wearing off, you will notice a very gradual fading of its effects. At this point, you will return for your next treatment.

Risks, Complications & Contraindications

Given its unique mechanism of action, the wrinkle correction injection that we are using offers sustained relief, dose after dose. As far as long-term effects are concerned, these treatments can typically be repeated indefinitely. However, if you are pregnant or taking certain medications, you are not eligible to receive this cosmetic treatment. It's effects may be increased with the use of certain antibiotics or other drugs that interfere with neuromuscular transmission. Be sure to disclose any and all pre-existing medical conditions and all medications you may be currently taking before undergoing any treatment.

Warning: Pregnant women must not receive anti-wrinkle injections as they are harmful to the placenta.

The wrinkle correction injection may cause temporary headaches, hematoma (a mass of usually clotted blood that forms in a tissue, organ, or body space as a result of a broken blood vessel), ectropion (an abnormal turning out of a part such as an eyelid), diplopia (a disorder of vision in which two images of a single object are seen because of unequal action of the eye muscles, also called double vision), bruising, and temporary eyelid ptosis. However, local injections of antibiotics have been shown to reduce paralysis in some patients.

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