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Muscle-relaxant injections

Muscle relaxant injections, of which the best known is botox, work to reduce deeper lines on your face – usually though not exclusively on your forehead and around your eyes – by relaxing muscles in your skin. They can also be used to reduce excessive sweating, known as hyperhydrosis.

Reducing lines

One of the underlying causes of lines is that some of the muscles which move your skin have been used so frequently – when you raise your eyebrows, frown, laugh or smile, they stop functioning as they should. Your skin loses its ability to relax back into place and regain its former smoothness and you develop permanent creases. It’s a condition which develops with age because the problem is cumulative, increasing with the number of times your muscles move, while age also weakens your muscle tone.

An effective solution to this problem is a muscle-relaxant injection (botox) by our Cosmetic Specialist into the affected areas of your face through ultra-fine needles. This process usually leaves no mark though there may occasionally be a very small red pinprick which soon disappears.

As your muscles relax, your skin begins to relax and rediscover its natural suppleness, softness and smoothness, a process which takes 2-7 days.

The effects last for up to six months, when the treatment will need to be repeated. However, the effects of the second and subsequent treatments normally last for considerably longer than the original six months.

The injections are normally pain-free. The procedure takes only a short time and there are seldom any side-effects. If you have a job, you can easily have the procedure done in your lunch hour and go straight back to work.

Reducing sweating

Excessive sweating or hyperhidrosis is easily solved by the injection of a muscle relaxant into the affected area using ultra-fine needles. This blocks the action of the nerves which activate the sweat glands, reducing sweating to an acceptable level (some sweating is necessary for its cooling effect). There is usually no pain and there are no after effects.

You may find the information on these pages useful Fine lines and wrinkles, Drooping eyes, Excessive sweating.

Call 0844 257 0343 for more information or to book a free, no obligation consultation with our cosmetic specialist doctor.