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Botox is a highly diluted and purified form of the nerve toxin which causes botulism. Injected in tiny quantities, botox works by temporarily blocking the action of a chemical which normally interacts between nerve endings and muscles, causing them to flex.
Botox was first used in the 1970s to treat children's squints. Its cosmetic potential was then recognised, and it has been used to treat wrinkles since 1990. It is now probably the top-ranking non-surgical cosmetic treatment in the UK, also finding a use in controlling excessive underarm sweating.
Wrinkles develop where muscles contract frequently, so paralysing facial muscles and preventing those contractions makes the area look smoother and less wrinkled.
Botox is usually used on the upper third of the face, to tackle frown lines, forehead creases and crows' feet around the eyes. Lines around the lips and corners of the mouth are also treatable. Untreated areas of the face aren't affected, so you can still smile and frown, but the skin on the treated areas won't wrinkle as much as usual.
Botox can't correct fine lines caused by the sun, or natural, age-related skin sag. For very heavy lines, you may need more than one treatment.
As with any cosmetic treatment, you should consult a qualified practitioner before deciding to go ahead. There's no need for sedatives, or local anaesthetic. Botox is injected in several places with a very small needle, directly into the muscles being treated. There may be some bruising afterwards. Treatment takes about 10-15 minutes, and you can go back to normal daily life immediately.
You'll start to see results 24-72 hours after treatment, but the main effect appears after about a week. Results last for three to four months and fade gradually. You can then have another botox treatment.
There have been no severe complications or allergic responses reported by botox users. However, you shouldn't use botox if you are taking muscle relaxants, are pregnant or breastfeeding, have a bleeding disorder or have any inflammation or infection near the spot where injections would be given. Ask your practitioner for advice if any of these are a concern.
Skin starts to sag and wrinkle naturally with age, as underlying fat and collagen diminishes. Injecting dermal fillers into the skin plumps it up, makes it firmer and smoothes out lines and wrinkles. Dermal fillers, for example Restylane, may be based on hyaluronic acid, a naturally occurring substance widely used in medicine.
Frequently used to fill out the lips, dermal fillers are also highly successful in reducing crows' feet, wrinkles around the lips, nose and mouth, and lines on the cheeks and forehead. They can also plump out hollow cheeks, reshape the chin or nose tip, or fill acne scars.
As with any cosmetic treatment, you should consult a qualified practitioner before deciding to go ahead. Before treatment itself begins, the face is sometimes numbed with a local anaesthetic cream or injection. Fillers are applied under the skin with a series of injections – a mildly uncomfortable process, with injections close to the lip or nose the most likely to be painful. Treatment takes up to one hour, and many people go straight back to normal daily life afterwards, although if a large area is treated it can take a few hours or even a day or two to recover. There may be slight bleeding where the needle was inserted, plus mild bruising or redness which will disappear in a few days.
The results of dermal fillers are visible immediately, with the full effect showing once any swelling and bruising has subsided. Repeat treatments are needed every six to nine months to maintain the appearance.
Avoid dermal fillers if you have active acne, or show even a slight reaction to the filler on skin test. After treatment, allergic reactions sometimes crop up, including itching, puffiness, and red or bumpy skin. Patients who have had cold sores in the past can suffer an outbreak. Rarely, red lumps appear under the skin some months after dermal filler treatment.
A chemical peel is a treatment used to improve and smooth the texture of the facial skin using a chemical solution that causes the skin to blister and eventually peel off. The procedure removes rough scaly patches, reduces irregular pigmentation, freckles and pitted scars, as well as removing some sun spots. It also reduces fine wrinkles. There is some evidence that it may reduce the risk of skin cancer. It is safest and most effective on the face. Hands can be peeled but the risk of scarring is higher and the results less predictable.
Fine wrinkling can be reduced, though deeper lines will remain with chemical peeling. Most brown marks, freckles and pigmentation can be removed or lessened, especially age and liver spots (lentigines). However, pigment changes can be caused by a peel in people prone to this complication due to their skin type. Those known to develop brown discolouration after injury such as a mild burn should have a test area peeled first before undergoing a full face chemical peel. Scaly patches and rough skin (keratoses) can be removed.
Skin that is thin and fragile eg sun-damaged skin, bald scalpskin, can be significantly rejuvenated. Chemical peeling is not a substitute for a facelift. It does not tighten sagging skin, stimulate collagen production or remove broken capillaries. Chemical peeling is not appropriate for people who will continue to have excessive sun exposure.
The skin may have had preparation with Vitamin A, Alpha Hydroxy Acid or other preparations. Firstly the skin is thoroughly cleansed with acetone or other cleanser. The acid is then painted onto the face and monitored. If burning or stinging is a problem, a cold pack may be helpful. Usually the treatment is carried out in sections. Patients who find it particularly uncomfortable may choose intravenous anaesthetic, but then would not be able to drive a car for several hours.
The skin will go red and swollen over the next 24 hours. Once the initial burning has worn off it is not painful, but feels tight. Over the next few days the skin dries and looks like a brownish leather. Vaseline should be applied several times a day to prevent cracking. Water will do no harm but soap should be avoided. The skin will begin to peel between 5 and 7 days later, and must be left to come off at its own pace. As soon as the skin has healed, make up may be applied over the new, pink skin. Sometimes a secondary peel occurs during the second week in the form of dry scaling skin.
Scarring can occur with strong acids, but is unusual with weaker ones. The most common causes of scarring are infection, and pulling off the skin before it is ready to peel. Both of these are avoidable. Cold sores can be activated in those prone to this kind of condition. Anti viral medication can prevent this. Increased pigmentation may occur, and resolves with time. It can be largely prevented by religious use of sunscreen for three months after the peel.
The laser teeth whitening gel penetrates the porous nature of the enamel and lifts out almost all types of stains. An intense cool white light is then radiated on your teeth in the 'smile region'. This light acts as a catalyst and activates the whitening agent in the gel by delivering an optimal bandwidth of energy and the reaction created whitens the teeth. In one treatment session, this process is repeated up to 4 times to give you the whiteness you want.
Normally one session consisting of 4 applications will be enough (10 mins each application - all done within an hour). You should plan your treatment to be approximately 90 minutes to allow for registration, consultation and treatment. You can have further treatments if you want to achieve a greater degree of whitening but you must allow a minimum interval of 1 week in-between treatments.
Suitable for males and females of any age looking to remove accumulated staining from their natural front 'smile' teeth. The treatment works best on natural teeth however; fillings, veneers, caps and crowns may be restored to their original colour so you can still benefit from increased brightening. The treatment is applied to the front top and bottom 10 teeth - in the smile area. Almost all natural teeth respond to the process; however there are some individuals' teeth that will take longer than others to whiten, such as those with tetracycline antibiotic staining. Some stains, especially those caused by trauma, may not respond to the whitening process.
Before treatment commences the colour of the teeth is assessed using the Vita shade guide. You place the plastic 'retractor' into the mouth to hold the cheeks and tongue in position, a protective 'dam' is applied to the gums around the edges of the teeth to be whitened, thus preventing any of the whitening gel getting onto your gums. Please note we would need you to visit your dentist within 3 months of having your teeth whitened. The whitening gel is applied to the teeth in the visible smile area (i.e. all the teeth exposed by the retractor). At the end of the treatment the colour of the teeth is again assessed and compared to their original colour. For best results clients should have visited their dental hygienist in the previous 12 months for a scale and polish.
Permanent makeup is a cosmetic technique which employs tattoos (permanent pigmentation of the dermis) as a means of producing designs that resemble makeup, such as eyelining and other permanent enhancing colors to the skin of the face, lips, and eyelids. It is also used to produce artificial eyebrows, particularly in people who have lost it as a consequence of old age, disease, such as alopecia, chemotherapy, or a genetic disturbance, and to disguise scars and white spots in the skin such as in vitiligo.
Most commonly called permanent cosmetics, other names include dermapigmentation, micropigmentation, and cosmetic tattooing (the latter being most appropriate since permanent makeup is, in fact, tattooing.) In the United States and other countries, the inks used in permanent makeup and the pigments in these inks are subject to Food and Drug Administration or similar agency regulation as cosmetics and color additives.
Permanent make-up is a solution more and more women - and a growing number of men - are choosing to enhance their eyes, brows, lips and cheeks with a beautifully natural finish that can either complement or completely replace the use of conventional make-up. In the medical profession, too, surgeons and their patients are increasingly turning to permanent make-up for areola reconstruction after mastectomy, re-pigmentation after vitiligo, scar camouflage after accidents and surgery. In fact, permanent make-up is now the beauty and anti-ageing industry's fastest growing market. Put simply, permanent make-up infuses medical grade pigments into the skin's upper dermal layer to create beautiful make-up effects that last a year before fading - effects that can be as subtle or as dramatic and glamourous as you wish.
Results are usually good, and often mimic topically applied cosmetics, such as in complete alopecia of the eyebrows. Before committing to permanent makeup, particularly if for convenience only, clients should be aware of the potential problems of later removal and complications that may ensue. As with tattooing, permanent makeup may take several sessions and may present some minor discomfort. Results appear "harsh" just after application, but become somewhat more natural (as natural as makeup can be) after a few weeks.
Permanent makeup can be useful for women who wish to wear makeup, but cannot apply it easily because they have allergic reactions to makeup materials, have vision deficits, tremors or restrictions of precise movements of the fingers and hands. Permanent makeup may also be used to camouflage scarring on the face or other parts of the body. The pigmentation of permanent makeup may fade over time, particularly under the effects of sunlight or when using colors like light brown tones for eyebrows. It usually lasts for a decade or more before fading significantly. Touching up the tattoos may be required to restore the original color as early as two years after the original procedure. Many procedures last a lifetime with little to no intervention.
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