Wrinkle Relaxing

Anti-wrinkle injections are made up of a substance called botulinum toxin.

When this is injected into the skin, it blocks the signals from the nerves to the muscles. As a result, muscles are relaxed and can no longer contract as much as usual which leads to an improvement in the appearance of your lines and wrinkles. This effect lasts approximately three to four months before the botulinum toxin is broken down by the body, muscles start to move again and you start noticing the reappearance of your lines and wrinkles.

A bespoke medical consultation will determine if anti-wrinkle treatment is right for you.

We’ll conduct an assessment to determine the cause of your concerns, as well as taking a detailed medical and lifestyle history to rule out any contraindications such as pregnancy or breastfeeding.

We’ll also discuss your concerns and goals to identify your expectations and determine if we’re able to reach them, before outlining the best treatment approaches for you.

We’ll ask you to complete a questionnaire that will provide us with a thorough insight into you medical and aesthetic history, as well as your motivations for seeking treatment.

After this, we’ll conduct a detailed assessment of your concerns before presenting a list of options that are clinically proven to reduce your lines and wrinkles.

We’ll explain the science behind each procedure, the pros and cons of each, advise what you can expect from treatment and detail how long results are expected to last. We’ll then provide you with written information to take home so you carefully consider your options for one to two weeks before deciding what option you’d like to have or whether you want to go ahead with treatment at all.

The areas requiring treatment will be marked up with a skin pencil before we swiftly inject the botulinum toxin using an ultra-fine needle.

Our experience and expertise ensures that the procedure is quick and relatively painless.

Once the treatment is complete, we’ll remind you of the aftercare guidance to follow before booking you in to review the results in a couple of weeks’ time.

When appropriate, before and after photographs will be taken to document results.

About 14 days after your botulinum toxin injections you will start to see smoother, less wrinkled skin, with optimum results noticeable from three weeks’ post treatment.

In more stubborn areas, lines may not be completely eliminated but will appear softer. You can expect to look less sad, tired and angry, with fresher more youthful skin.

These results will typically last three to four months before the toxin is naturally broken down by the body, and lines and wrinkles slowly become more appare nt.

We can book a review appointment for around this stage to fine tune the result if necessary and determine if you would like repeated treatment.

Significant research has found that botulinum toxin can be successfully used to treat lines and wrinkles:

• Either side of the Eyes (crow’s feet)
• Between the Eyebrows (frown lines)
• Around the Mouth (smoker’s lines)
• Either side of the Nose (bunny lines)
• On the Neck

It can also be used to minimise excessive sweating, reduce tooth grinding, and slim wide jawlines.

Anti-wrinkle injections are relatively pain free and you can go back to your usual day-to-day activities immediately after treatment.

While you may experience slight redness and swelling, this should settle within a few days.

At Oatlands Aesthetics, you can be assured you’re in safe hands with experienced injectors who will do everything possible to minimise the risk of adverse events.

Yes, we will often recommend a combination treatment approach to address all your skin and ageing concerns.

Procedures that complement anti-wrinkle injections include:

• Dermal Fillers
• Medical-grade Skincare
• Medi-facials
• Microneedling
• Skinboosters
• Profhilo
• Skin Peels
• Polynucleotides
• IPL