Botox & Anti Wrinkle Injections in Otterbourne & Bishops Waltham
At our clinic, we offer expert Botox treatments designed to help reduce wrinkles and give your skin a refreshed, youthful appearance. With locations across Bishops Waltham, Otterbourne, Stockbridge, and Alresford, we are proud to serve clients in these areas and provide top-quality Botox treatments in a safe and professional environment.
Botox is a brand name for botulinum toxin which is a treatment used to reduce wrinkles by carefully relaxing the underlying muscle with precise injections, leaving skin looking refreshed and youthful.
How Does It Work?
Botox works by temporarily blocking the action of a substance called acetylcholine which normally crosses the gap between the nerve and the muscle, carrying the signal across. Botox binds to the acetylcholine and so the muscle never receives the signal to contract, so sits in a relaxed state. Over the course of a few weeks, new acetylcholine is formed and so parts of the signal get across, which means movement begins to return. Usually by 12 weeks full movement has returned and re-treatment is due.
Where Can Botox Be Used?
Botox can be used to treat frown lines, forehead lines and crows feet. But it can also be used to lift the brows and open up hooded eyes, reverse a downturned mouth, treat a gummy smile, soften smokers lines and erase a pebbled chin. I also see a lot of patients who clench or grind their teeth (bruxism) and have overgrown masseter muscles – Botox works very well at reducing that muscle back to a normal size which can also have the appearance of slimming the face. Lastly, Botox temporarily stops the sweat glands from working so is an excellent treatment for excess sweating in the armpits, hands or feet.
How Long Does Treatment Take?
The appointment is 20 minutes long but the actual injecting time is probably 5-10 minutes depending on how many areas are being treated.
What Else Do I Need To Know?
Botox doesn’t work instantly; it takes about 2 weeks to have full effect and you might not notice anything for the first few days. I always see patients for a review appointment between 2 and 4 weeks after their first treatment to tweak the dose, if necessary. This is an important part of the process of getting the correct individual dose you require.
For bruxism the aim isn’t to relax the muscle fully (as it’s a muscle you need for chewing!) but instead to shrink it back down to a normal size. This process takes longer so the review appointment is usually 6 weeks later, but the effects tend to last longer too (4-6 months)
Who Can’t Have Botox?
You cannot have Botox if you’re pregnant/breastfeeding or if you have a condition called Myaesthenia Gravis or if you’re under 18 years.
Aftercare
After treatment, I advise my patients not to do anything that will make them hot or flushed (red in the face) otherwise there is a risk of the Botox spreading to a muscle we are not intending to treat. Examples of this would be exercise, saunas, sunbeds (don’t use sunbeds ever anyway!), lots of alcohol or facials. After 24 hours you can do any of the above as the Botox won’t move after this.
FAQs
What Are They?
What Are The Benefits?
Are They Painful?
How Long Is Each Session?
How Much Do They Cost?
- £225
2 areas (frown and forehead OR frown and crows feet)
- £285
3 areas (frown lines, forehead and crows feet)
- £345
£50 add on for any of the following:
-Chemical Brow Lift
-Gummy Smile - (stand alone £150)
-Bunny Lines - (stand alone £100)
-Perioral (smokers) Lines - (stand alone £160)
Hyperhidrosis (excess sweating: armpits or hands)
- £450
Nefertiti Neck Lift
-£350
Bruxism (teeth grinding)
- £350
RESULTS
A LOOK AT SOME OF
OUR RESULTS
Anti Wrinkle
FOREHEAD
CROW'S FEET
These injections are applied around the eyes to treat crow’s feet – the fine lines that extend from the outer corners of the eyes.
