All treatments
the twelve
Botox
Relaxes the muscles that fold the skin, so the lines they make stop deepening.
Doctor injects
- Minutes: 20 minutes
- Minutes
- Lasts: four to six months
- Lasts
- Downtime: no downtime
- Downtime
- From: from $150 / area
- From
What to expect
- before
- Numbing cream is not needed.
- No blood thinners or alcohol for 48 hours.
- Come without make-up if you can.
- during
- The doctor marks the muscles, then works.
- Twenty minutes, sitting up.
- You will feel it and it will not hurt.
- after
- Back to your day.
- No lying down for four hours.
- It shows in three to ten days.
The days after
- Day 0Small marks where it went in, gone within the hour. Stay upright for four hours; no gym today.
- Day 3It starts to work: the first lines soften.
- Day 7Most of the effect is there.
- Day 14The full result. The day for a review, if anything needs a touch more.
What it will not do
Botox does not fill a line that is there when your face is still. That is a filler question.
Where it works
Relaxes the muscle that folds the skin.
Where on the bodyForehead & brows · Eyes · Jaw & chin
It starts with a consultation.
Only the doctor injects, and she will tell you when the answer is no.