Botox

Initial effects appear within 2-5 days and continue to improve for two weeks, when they then reach optimal appearance.

With Skin Viva, we contact you one week after your Botox treatment to determine if you require a free top-up injection. If necessary, this is administered around 14 days after the original treatment.

Usually 3-4 months. In some cases, 6 months. If you are being treated for hyperhidrosis (excessive sweating) in the armpits, Botox usually lasts 8 months.

No. Skin Viva uses the smallest needles on the market, so few customers experience even mild discomfort. Likewise, unlike some other operators, our Clinicians are trained to use a high turnover of needles per client, so bruising is minimised.

If you prefer, ice or local anaesthetic cream can be applied to minimise sensation.

Yes, but you can usually have the Botox treatment at the same appointment as the consultation.

4-6 per area of treatment.

Usually, 10 minutes – but new customers generally require a 45-minute appointment.

Botox is used to relax wrinkles in the upper half of the face. Dermal fillers plump areas of lost volume, such as nose-to-mouth lines, or to enhance lips.

Botox is charged per muscle group – i.e. each individual area requiring treatment. If you need an immediate top-up for the same injection, it is free of charge.

No. SkinViva Clinicians are all trained to preserve and maintain eyebrow movement, which is the key to creating natural expressions.

Yes, when a qualified Clinician administers it. Cosmetic doses of Botox are minuscule and over 450,000 UK procedures are performed each year. Allergic reactions are extremely rare.

As Botox has no recovery time, there is little aftercare required. Immediately following treatment, you can enhance its effects by gently moving the treated area with mild facial exercises.

For the first 2 hours after treatment, it's important not to rub the affected areas. For the succeeding 24 hours, don't engage in any vigorous exercise, drink alcohol or experience prolonged sun exposure – whether natural or artificial.

Botox is broken down by the body during the first 48 hours of treatment, so does not accumulate in your system. Improved effects are visible with multiple treatments because the muscle is already relaxed from the previous session so your skin is creasing less and the wrinkles are not being reinforced.

No. Your face simply returns to how it was prior to treatment.

Some, but most are related to the actual act of injecting the skin, not the product itself. These include: minor redness or swelling around the injection site (which vanishes within 1-2hrs), minor bruising on occasions, headaches and a very small risk of infection around the entry point. In very rare cases, clients can experience a temporary droop of the eyelid.

Women who are pregnant and/or breast-feeding, people with neurological diseases such as Myasthenia Gravis and Parkinson's Disease, consumers of certain anti-biotics (namely Erythromycin) and those using blood-thinning medications including Warfarin or Heparin.

Your Clinician will discuss these with you at your consultation.