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Dr Peter Lawson  07903077703

BDS Dentistry (Wales) FDS RCPS Dentistry (Glasgow)

M.Sc. Nutritional Medicine (Surrey University)

PG Dip. Skin Ageing and Aesthetic Medicine (Manchester University)

PG Dip. Clinical Aesthetic Injectable Treatments (level 7 Harley Academy)

 

Marni Lawson Dip ION  Nutritional Therapy 

Email: peter@peter-lawson.co.uk

Botox – FAQs

Botox and Azzalure both work in the same way. They temporarily relax the muscles by blocking the nerve impulses reaching the muscles. As the nerve impulses are blocked the muscles are temporarily relaxed.  This causes a decrease in muscular activity which in turn reduces the appearance of lines or wrinkles in the injected area. This gives the overlying facial skin a softer, smoother, and more relaxed youthful appearance.

Botox and Azzalure have an excellent safety record and a long record of use in medicine. It has been used successfully in adults and children for over 30 years. It is now one of the most popular and frequently used cosmetic treatments, this is because Botox and Azzalure work and make a positive difference.

What makes a big difference is the fact that unlike most other practitioners I use an ultra-thin needle which is named by the manufacturers as the invisible needle.

The patients that I see that are having Botox or Azzalure for the first time always say to me “I did not realise it was going to be that easy”. The patients who have had Botox or Azzalure elsewhere and have been recommended to me, all say “that was the most comfortable Botox  treatment I have ever had”.

This differs from patient to patient. Some patients start to see their wrinkles softening after 2 days. The full wrinkle reducing effect will be noticed after 14 days.

It is very important to understand that Botox or Azzalure are not permanent.

The reason I mainly use Azzalure is because it last longer than Botox

It is now known that Botox or Azzalure on average will last for 3 to 4 months. However, this depends on the strength of the activity of the muscles treated, the dose of Botox given and also on the individual patients’ requirements. Some patients very much like the very smooth skin look and therefore their time between visits will be slightly shorter. The frown area is the area that in my experience over time lasts the longest, this can be up to 9 months.

Baby Botox is a marketing term not a scientific term. It implies that you use less Botox but still get a great result. This is just not true. You need to have the correct amount of Botox to achieve the correct result. Diluting the Botox or giving less that is necessary will not achieve a good result.

The short answer is no, if done correctly.

Botox and Azzalure relax your muscle and therefore reduces your wrinkles it does not and cannot alter your appearance. Fillers done badly or bad plastic surgery can make you look abnormal but not Botox or Azzalure.

The only comment I would add to this is that if someone giving Botox or Azzalure does not know what they are doing they could make your eyebrows feel heavy or drop your eyelid(s).  I know what I am doing, so I know exactly how to avoid these complications.

This will depend on what you want to achieve and how active your facial muscles are. The best age to start is when you start to see what is known as static lines, lines that are there in your face if when your facial muscles are not active.

What is not commonly understood is that Botox and Azzalure, more than any other treatment, has a long term effect of preventing wrinkles. Put simply if you cannot crease up your skin then you will not get wrinkles. So, a 25 year old if he/she routinely had Botox or Azzalure treatment then by the time they were 60 they would still be wrinkle free. No other treatment or face cream can achieve this.

If you have been creasing up your skin because of your facial activity and you are between age of 25 to 40 then you will probably have some noticeable lines even on rest. Botox or Azzalure treatment will definitely stop these lines getting worse and will also over the next 6 to 24 months help these lines to soften. If you are older and these lines are deeper when you are relaxed then it will take longer for them to soften, but soften they will.

Frown lines between the eyes, Crow’s feet and forehead lines are the area’s most commonly treated. It can also be used to soften dimpling of the chin. Botox or Azzalure can also be injected into the muscles of the jaw to help reduce pain from tooth grinding or for a jaw slimming effect.

This has been a topic of discussion among many Doctors. Muscles that are not used, tend to weaken over time. Muscles that have been continually injected with Botox may actually fall into this category and produce a similar effect. This can result in Botox lasting longer. Which means treatments less often.

I alsways advise my new patients not to have Botox before an important event. I need to learn the patient’s face first. Once I have learned the patient’s face then the visits after I can treat with Botox even if it is before and important event. But, it should be 2 weeks before the event to give time for the Botox to kick in.

Yes, Botox is frequently given in multiple sites at the same time.

Bruising can happen. But I try hard to prevent bruising. I use a very thin needle, stretch the skin to make the small blood vessels visible so that I can avoid them, and use magnification. For these reasons my patients rarely get any bruises and if they do they are very small and can easily be disguised.

One in about twenty patients can get a mild headache after having their frown treated with Botox. This can last for a couple of hours or ovenight. Seems only to happen on their first visit and not on frown treatments thereafter.

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Dr Peter Lawson

BDS Dentistry (Wales)

FDS RCPS Dentistry (Glasgow)

M.Sc. Nutritional Medicine (Surrey University)

PG Dip. Skin Ageing and Aesthetic Medicine (Manchester University)

Marni Lawson

Dip ION  Nutritional Therapy

NEBDN   Dental Nurse

Facial Aesthetic Nurse