Anti-wrinkle injections are a simple, safe and effective way of treating facial wrinkles and lines. Overtime, frown lines may develop on your face because of factors such as aging, sun exposure, dehydration, smoking, gravity, and poor nutrition and other contributing factors such as your own facial expressions.
The purpose of anti-wrinkle injections is to offer a non-surgical and minimally invasive solution to improving and maintaining the appearance of your facial skin. It involves injecting small quantities of toxin in to specific muscles responsible for the facial lines. This blocks the contraction of the muscle, creating a natural softening to the dynamic lines and wrinkles, giving a natural and refreshed look. Anti-wrinkles do not remove deep, fixed lines, but can reduce them slightly and stop them from getting worse.
When administered correctly, this injectable will typically last 3-5 months (but this can vary between individuals). After this time a top-up treatment would be required.
The treatment is not painful, as small fine needles are used, but there may be some discomfort with the needle insertion. Numbing cream if required can be applied 5-10 minutes prior to the treatment, reducing the discomfort. This treatment is a quick, effective treatment with little or no recovery time.
Anti-wrinkle injections is the treatment of choice for people with upper face lines (Forehead lines Frown lines, and Crow’s feet- wrinkles around the eye).
You should start to see a visible improvement in the treated areas within a week. The area may continue to improve for up to two weeks.
Most people wait until they start to see wrinkles before they seek treatment, however preventative treatment using Botox to treat wrinkles before they emerge is very popular. The best time to start treatment is when you start to notice that your dynamic lines (lines that appear during expression and facial movement).