Video-conferencing and the selfie culture are behind the craze Cosmetic procedures used to be the preserve of middle-aged women and often involved surgery. Today they are increasingly sought by girls who want the photoshopped faces of their favourite social-media influencer, and by a growing number of men wishing for fewer wrinkles, fuller lips and sharper […]

Patients who are unhappy with their look due to developing dynamic wrinkles are likely to ask you whether there is anything you can do to improve their appearance.  Dynamic wrinkles may be treated with Botox, which is the most convenient and least expensive alternative. When your patients use Botox, they can keep their wrinkles at […]

Injecting on the forehead is a common request from your patients, but if you don’t know exactly where the muscle is strongest, you’ll end up injecting in the wrong place. In other words, the best place to inject someone’s face is where the strongest muscle is. You achieve this by searching for the deepest lines […]

A vertical incision on the forehead is a good example of a trauma wound that can be stitched, as it is parallel to the muscle fiber. Because the muscle will drag the scar in the direction of the incision, this is very easy to conceal. It is important to note that if the incision is […]

When you inject just the glabellar muscle when you do just the 11s, your patients may seem astonished, guilty, or frightened after the injections have been administered. That’s because the antagonist muscle, the muscle that opposes the muscles of the elevens, is the corrugator or frontalis muscle. In the event that someone has a particularly […]

When injecting under the nose to correct a gummy smile, make someone appear more cheerful or happy than they normally are, or give someone a lip flip, it is vital to confirm that the patient has normal lip function. You accomplish this by having your patient pucker his lips. The Cupid’s bow, the V in […]

When treating a gummy smile, the goal is to relax a hypertonic lip. Because of the muscles that run along and under the nose, when someone smiles, they show more gum than teeth. You can never be sure how far the patient’s lip will fall when you relax it, so they must expose at least […]

Many patients believe that using filler material is the only option to fix their chins. This is untrue. Injectables can be used to fill in the area around the chin for those who have a chin deficiency.  Other factors, though, can make the chin appear more powerful than it is. Those who suffer from recessive […]

Botox is a wrinkle-reduction treatment in which botulinum toxin is injected into the skin to make it look smoother. It’s been hailed as one of the most effective treatments for removing crow’s feet and other wrinkles from your patients’ faces. However, you may not be aware that Botox takes time to work; in fact, it […]

Botox’s Benefits Patients with wrinkles can have pure botox injected into their faces, making the wrinkles disappear. Botox is not a filler. Instead, it is a chemical that stops nerves from sending messages to muscles, “freezing” them and making wrinkles look less noticeable as if they had been frozen. Getting rid of frown lines, crow’s […]