Anti-Wrinkle Treatments

At The Cottage Beauty Salon once a month,  Doctor Gheyi visits the salon to do a Anti-Wrinkle Clinic. He offers a free consultation and can perform the treatment on the same day. Give us a call if you are interested and we will let you know when the next clinic is.

How are wrinkles formed?

Every time you smile, laugh or frown, you set off a series of contractions in the underlying muscles of your face. Deep wrinkles such as crows feet and frown lines are caused by overactive muscle movement which gradually wear the collagen [supporting structure in the skin] away, causing the skin to sink and wrinkles to appear. To make matters worse, the more you use these muscles, the deeper these wrinkles and lines are likely to be. Botox® can help delay formation of wrinkles due to muscle activity. Wrinkles are also formed as a result of sun damage and natural ageing process.

What is Botulinum Toxin (Botox)?

It is a complex protein produced by the anaerobic bacterium Clostridium botulinum.
Discovered in 1895, botulinum toxin type A was isolated in purified form in the 1920s.
Botox, which has been used to treat a variety of medical conditions for nearly 15 years, is also FDA-approved as BOTOX® Cosmetic. Vistabel® is approved in the UK for treatment of frown lines. We also use Dysport®

Is Botox Safe?

Botulinum toxin has been used to treat many medical conditions associated with muscle spasm. It has been used to treat blepharospasm, cervical dystonia, spasm in cerebral palsy, hemifacial spasm, focal spasticity associated with strokes and hyperhidrosis of axillae [excess armpit sweating] benefits have been observed in treatment of migraines and tension type headaches. More than 1 million patients in over 66 countries have been treated with Botulinum toxin. Although any procedure carries small risks, muscle relaxing injections are a very safe treatment in skilled hands.

What are the side-effects?

Side-effects are very uncommon, rare side effects include headache, respiratory infection, flu like symptoms, temporary eyelid droop, and nausea.

Other side effects include pain and redness where the medicine was injected, pain in the face, and muscle weakness.

Serious and/or immediate hypersensitivity reactions are very rare. These reactions include urticaria, soft tissue oedema, and dyspnoea. If such a reaction occurs, further injection of Botox® should be discontinued and appropriate medical therapy immediately instituted.

How long does the effect last?

You may begin to notice some effect in 3-4 days and full effect takes up to 2 weeks. It should last from to 2 to 6 months initially and longer after repeated treatments. Regular treatments before your lines appear fully are most effective for long term prevention of wrinkles.

How much do you charge?

Free consultation, treatment prices depend on areas treated, dose and desired effects. Commonly treated areas are-’forehead worry lines’, ‘frown lines between eyebrows’ and ‘crow’s feet around eyes’. We can also inject ‘bunny lines’ around the nose and areas on lower face, chin, neck and chest.
Botox treatments costs from £ 150 for lower face and neck to £450 for excessive armpit sweating.
Restylane treatments cost from £160 per syringe of the product.

Restylane

We can use dermal fillers for static wrinkles or for deep wrinkles which form as a result of years of muscular activity and do not go away despite Botox. Dermal fillers are also the preferred treatments for areas around the mouth and lower face. Sometimes a combination works best and treatment approach will be discussed at your initial consultation.

We prefer Restylane® as it has 10 years of safety data behind it and has been used for more than 4 million treatments. It is non-animal and no skin testing is required.

Prices

We have a visiting doctor who carries out all the latest anti wrinkle treatments, please ask for further information.