Anti-Wrinkle |Dermal Fillers |Facial Aesthetics

Anti-wrinkle injections are now a common procedure involving the relaxation of particular facial muscles to reduce fine lines and wrinkles. They act to reduce the movement in that area so as well as reducing superficial lines, they help to prevent the formation of new ones.

The sites are determined by your area/s of concern but usually take the form of four areas. The forehead, between eyebrows (glabella), around sides of eyes (crows feet), and upper lip (‘smokers’ lines). Anit-wrinkle injections can be used in other areas around the face, but this is best determined during your consultation.

Anti-Wrinkle injections will need to be performed approximately every twelve weeks, they are not a permanent treatment but can be repeated as required every three months or every once in a while should you have a special occasion on the horizon.

Please be aware that you will need to allow around five days for the results to show, it is not an immediate appearance.

The process is not painful, but patients describe a very slight ‘crunching feeling’. If it is your first time we are happy to offer topical anaesthetic cream, but feel that as a regular client you will not feel it necessary.

This does depend on the number of areas but is not a long procedure. Regular patients would usually be seen within 15 minutes. Please note if this is your first time we would need to book a consultation first which would be 30 minutes long.

The only practitioners that are legally and professionally able to conduct aesthetic procedures are doctors, dentists and nurse practitioners who are qualified in their field and have taken further aesthetic qualifications in injecting. We have our own separate aesthetic insurance for undertaking work in this area. Dentists are very used to placing injections on a daily basis and also have a good understanding of head and neck anatomy; both essential requirements for our daily job. We are also able to place dental injection which actually aid further in the numbing of facial areas for aesthetics.

Facial fillers are now increasing in popularity as an alternative to surgical procedures to improve the signs of ageing. Unlike anit-wrinkle injections which reduce fine lines, fillers add that lost volume back to areas of your face which reduces due to the ageing process.

Fillers can be added to very much every part of the face to add back lost volume depending on where it is most suitable. Fillers can also act to add definition and substance to structures such as the lips to help add volume that originally wasn’t present.

As a general idea, the common areas of treatment are listed below:

• Lip volume
• Cheek volume
• Jaw definition
• Chin shaping
• Naso-labial folds (side / below nose)
• Corners of mouth lines
• The Eight-point face-lift

This is usually the first thing patients’ worry about when attending for consultations. Social media has shown us a lot of extreme cases of people who take treatment too far for aesthetic balance. It is the duty of the practitioner to keep this in mind at all times, maintaining the balance in all areas of the face. There is a limit to how much filler can also be injected in one sitting, and although this can be added to at a late date, we would not place enough in one go to give such dramatic results anyway.

There is no replacement for actual surgery such a face-lifts, but what fillers are able to do is replace lost volume and define areas of the face in a much less traumatic procedure than having a surgical treatment.

The eight-point face lift for example is a great way to target common areas of the ageing process in one treatment to add volume where required, and therefore as a result creating lift in other areas of the face.

For this procedure we would advise the use of topical numbing cream, and if required can also use dental injections (such as with the lip area) to aid in making you more comfortable. Patients do not describe the process as painful, and feel the efforts made to numb the areas work very well.

As with all treatments, we will provide you with an aftercare routine and discuss with you how best to care for your treatment areas. With fillers please keep in mind there is a risk of bruising and swelling in the following 72 hours so we advise if you are planning to look great for an event you give yourself at least a week prior to this to have your treatment done.

There are potentially more complications with filler injections than with anit-wrinkle injections, as a gel-like substance will be placed within the facial anatomy. There is a risk during this procedure that structures such as blood vessels can be ‘blocked’ by the gel, which then causes something called ‘necrosis’, a serious complication. However, even so if necrosis does occur and is spotted early it can be resolved and healthy tissue function restored. This is why again it is very important to choose your practitioner wisely who is fully trained and able to place safely.
Lip fillers are perhaps the most widely recognised procedure and are done very routinely, by many different professions. The risk of necrosis and complications is just as high in this region and it is very important only trained professionals conduct the use of fillers.

We would love to see you for a consultation to discuss how we can help you.
The consultation will take around 30 minutes where we can decide on the best course of treatment for you.
The consultation is free of charge, but we do take a reservation deposit to secure your appointment in our diary.