Relax & Optimise Expressions

Nothing Toxic; Just Good Honest Outcomes.

“Toxin" is inappropriate for treatment to harmonise expressions.

Negative Connotations

The term "toxin" inherently carries negative connotations, often associated with harmful substances and poisoning. Using this term can instill fear and apprehension, potentially deterring individuals from considering treatments that are safe and beneficial for harmonising facial expressions.

Misleading Implications

"Toxin" implies a harmful or dangerous substance, which can be misleading in the context of cosmetic treatments like Botox. These treatments are carefully regulated and administered in safe doses to relax muscles and soften expressions, rather than causing harm.

Undermines the Therapeutic Nature

The use of the word "toxin" fails to capture the therapeutic benefits of treatments aimed at harmonising facial expressions. Such treatments can help alleviate issues like chronic migraines, excessive sweating, and muscle spasms, in addition to cosmetic enhancements. Referring to them as "toxins" diminishes their positive medical applications.

Stigma

Labeling the treatment as a "toxin" can contribute to the stigma surrounding cosmetic procedures. This can prevent individuals from seeking treatments that could improve their confidence and well-being, due to the fear of judgment or misunderstanding.

Precision & Care

The term "toxin" does not reflect the precision and care with which these treatments are administered. Medical professionals use these treatments to target specific muscles with great accuracy, achieving natural and harmonious results. A more appropriate term would better convey the expertise involved in these procedures.

Oversimplifies Complex Treatments

Referring to these treatments as "toxins" oversimplifies the complex science and technology behind them. The process involves a sophisticated understanding of facial anatomy and careful application to ensure safe and effective outcomes, which the term "toxin" does not adequately represent.

Ignores the Evolution of Cosmetic Medicine

The field of cosmetic medicine has evolved significantly, with a focus on safety, efficacy, and natural results. The term "toxin" does not reflect the advancements and positive developments in this area, and can perpetuate outdated perceptions.

Goal of Harmonising Expressions

The primary goal of these treatments is to harmonise and enhance natural expressions, creating a more youthful and refreshed appearance. Using a term like "toxin" detracts from this objective, focusing instead on a negative connotations of treatment , rather than the desired harmonious and positive outcomes

Understanding & Acceptance

A more accurate and positive term can help improve understanding and acceptance of these treatments. Educating the public with appropriate terminology can foster a better appreciation of the benefits and safety of facial harmonisation procedures.

Communication

Effective communication between patients and doctors is important for successful treatment outcomes. The term "toxin" can create unnecessary confusion and concern. Clear, positive, and accurate terminology helps ensure that patients are well-informed and comfortable with their treatment choices.

What’s the correct term?

Instead of "toxin," consider using terms like "neuromodulator," "muscle relaxant treatment," or "expression harmoniser" to more accurately and positively describe these treatments. These terms better convey the purpose, safety, and benefits of the procedures, promoting a clearer and more positive understanding.

Muscle relaxing therapy, or anti wrinkle injections, is a popular and effective solution for facial wrinkles that appear on expression.

Whilst some lines are typical of the usual ageing over time. Areas subject to more movement and creasing, such as the crow’s feet, forehead and frown lines, can pre maturely age the face and negatively effect expressions, making an individual look tired, angry or sad.

By carefully and strategically relaxing muscles, the expressions that cause unfavourable lines, and expressions, do not contract as strong. This results in expressions that are aligned more positively and authentically with you. Lines are softened and negative expressions are neutralised.

The treatment is to reduce movement; by relaxing muscles. This reduces lines from appearing preventively and reduces the likelihood of them worsening.

Our approach and intention is not to freeze and remove all expression, but to address disharmony, malalignment and disfunction, in muscle patterns, to help balance and reconfigure movements to express most harmoniously.

So it is important to note, that deep creases and lines that are present when muscles are not moving, means that relaxing muscles with anti-wrinkle, is unlikely to make a significant difference, without addressing the cause, and other contributing factors including, skin quality and volume loss.

Think different. 

The cause of a line, wrinkle, or crease is not only because of muscle movement. The skin quality, texture, characteristics, along side muscle tone, fat distribution, volume loss, structural changes need to be considered in order to truly appreciate and create the mindful plan to achieve your desired outcomes.

To which end is to empower a healthier relationship with self and the image in which represents our very being. What it is to be truly authentically you.

If reducing lines and wrinkles is your reason for seeking treatment, it is worthwhile to consider all the layers involved in the resulting crease or wrinkle. 

You have 5 layers of your face, 1) the skin 2) the top layer of fat 3) the muscle 4) the deep fat  and 5) the bone.

As we and our faces change over time, it’s not just the muscles that change. 

The skin quality changes, less hydration, less collagen, less substance.

The volume of fat in the layers change, some areas gain fat and some areas lose fat. Like a deflating beach ball, as volume is lost, the ratio of skin to substance is reduced and therefore wrinkling is more apparent.

The structure of the bone changes, losing both density and volume, these are considered carefully to respect you and your face over time.

This is why is it important to consider you completely, assess all these different layers and address them all to truly reduce the signs of ageing and giving you the best natural outcomes.

Because the most common use of Botox is relaxing muscles, we can use this for individuals who grind and clench their teeth, we can relax the muscles involved in the action of unnecessary overuse of the jaw muscles. 

The 4 signs of grinding and clenching are:

1. Pain and tenderness in Headaches, neck, shoulders, and lower back, especially first thing in the morning.

2. Wear of teeth, sensitive teeth, excessive chipping and fracturing of dental fillings.

3. Large wider or squarer/rounder width of lower face.

4. Scalloping of the tongue, which is the indent of your teeth on the sides of you. tongue

More than relaxing muscles.

Botox can be used to relax the activity of sweating. By stopping the signals to reach the sweat glands, embarrassing excessive sweating can be managed. 

By injecting Botox around these sweat glands, underarms, hands and feet can be treated. The results may last from 6-9months.

In short, Botox relaxes muscles and reduces sweating, results usually last around 3-6 months, best to attend for a consultation to assess your needs, with a plan designed for you. Not suitable for individuals pregnant or nursing. 

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You will be offered a £80 worth of Dermalux treatment to relax, rejuvenate and improve skin quality, on the house, with your results driven aesthetic injectable treatment, renew your skin and enhance your outcomes.

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