Muscle relaxant injections can be used to help manage pain from TMD/bruxism and can also be administered to fight the first signs of ageing or the appearance of facial creases or wrinkles, frown lines, and/or crow’s feet.
Face wrinkles are a result of over-activity of facial muscles pulling in a certain manner and direction so, over time, facial creases appear relating to particular habits.
Anti-wrinkle injectables can be ideal for achieving the ultimate anti-ageing effect, rejuvenating a youthful, smooth appearance.
All patients wanting injectable treatments must first attend a facial aesthetics consultation and injectables may not be prescribed if your clinician does not deem you suitable for treatment.
Anti-wrinkle injectables contain botulinum toxin which works by freezing the chosen facial muscles in the area of concern which temporarily but effectively paralyses it for 3-6 months.
Not only does this reduce and even eliminate wrinkle lines, but it can also result in the muscle habit being broken, preventing further ageing lines and wrinkles.
Therefore, unlike off-the-shelf anti-ageing skin or eye creams that masks ageing lines, anti-wrinkle injectables can help to actively eliminate wrinkle lines and can even help prevent them from forming.
The actual administration of this treatment usually only takes 5-10 minutes, depending on the number of areas treated. But your facial aesthetics practitioner will take some time beforehand to discuss and accurately plan which muscles to target.
It’s not a painful procedure, not dissimilar to having acupuncture therefore, local anaesthetic is not usually required. If requested, we can apply topical anaesthetic cream 20-30 minutes before treatment to help with any tenderness at the injection site.