Before Your Treatment
1. For 3-5 days before treatment, avoid blood thinners like NSAIDs (including Advil, aspirin, and Aleve) and fish oils. Any blood thinning medication can increase the risk of bruising and swelling after your Botox treatment. If you need to take an over-the-counter pain reliever, take Tylenol instead. (Talk to your provider if you take prescription blood thinners, which can sometimes be paused for Botox.)
2. To further lower your risk of bruising, avoid alcohol for a few days before your Botox injections.
3. Pause your retinol regimen for two days before Botox.
4. On the day of treatment, it’s a good idea to eat a healthy breakfast. You want your body to be operating at 100% before treatment to help prevent side effects. Having food in your belly can also help to prevent lightheadedness during your injections
Aftercare
1. Don’t lie down for the first few hours after your Botox treatment
2. Leave your treatment area alone. Avoid any physical pressure, laying down on your face, or rubbing on the area of injection for a few days. You don’t need to avoid making any facial expressions, however; frowning, smiling, and other facial expressions can help encourage your Botox results to show up sooner!
3. Avoid yoga or other rigorous exercise activities, extensive sun or heat exposure, and alcoholic beverages for the 1st 24 hours after treatment.
4. Headaches are common. Botox is even used to treat headaches. However, if you have a headache we recommend you avoid NSAIDs or aspirin containing products. You may opt instead to use Tylenol, and/or cool compresses. If headaches continue or worsen, contact your provider.
5. Wait 2 days to re-introduce retinol into your skincare routine
FAQ
Results of your treatment may take up to 14 days to take full effect although many people will recognize the benefits in 3-5 days after treatment.
Botox is a temporary procedure. In most people the benefits of Botox last about 4 months. Sometimes a few wrinkles may start to return in 2-3 months. The effectiveness of Botox will last longer with successive treatments.
Initially, the provider may want to see the patient between 2-4 weeks for a brief "touch-up" and checkup of the procedure. If you allow Botox to completely wear off, it is difficult for the provider to be able to see how your individual muscles reacted and therefore optimal results for your face can be more difficult to achieve.
Makeup: It is recommended that you wait 12 hours after the treatment before applying make-up.
Cold compresses may be used 10 minutes on 10 minutes off to reduce swelling 2-3x per day during the 1st 1-2 days if needed.
Look forward to seeing you soon!!
Your Tallahassee Concierge Nurse Practitioner
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