Azzalure

On the contrary! Because the area treated with Azzalure's botulinum toxin has not been active for a few months, the skin has been able to recover beautifully. Moreover, you haven't made the wrinkles deeper because you haven't used those muscles for a period of time. You may also have somewhat unlearned how to use that muscle. The frown is a good example of this. After your frown has not been active for a period, you will naturally frown much less.

No. We do not treat if you are pregnant or breastfeeding. This is a standard precautionary measure for cosmetic treatments.

Before you are treated, the doctor will complete a health declaration with you. It is up to the doctor to assess whether you can be treated. However, no interactions with specific medicines are known.

Some celebrities do indeed use too much botulinum toxin, for example in areas around the mouth or forehead. If you immobilize the muscles you use for speaking, for instance, you get the infamous 'poker face effect': a 'plastic' face without expression or mimicry. Such an expressionless face can also be due to too many wrinkle fillers.

You can resume your activities immediately after a treatment. A botulinum toxin treatment is rightly called a 'lunchtime treatment'. Besides a slight redness that disappears after half an hour and occasionally a small bruise that can be easily concealed, it's virtually impossible to tell that you've been treated.

At The Body Clinic, we use very fine needles, which minimizes the pain. An anesthetic cream for a Botox treatment is of little use, because the most sensitive part of the treatment is not the needle prick, but the actual injection of the liquid. People who are afraid of needles may find the treatment less pleasant, even though the pain itself is generally not bad. On a pain scale of 0-10, the treatment scores an average of 1.

Although the substance itself wears off after 3-6 months, it does have a permanently improving effect on the treated region. This is especially true when botulinum toxin has been used for a longer period (several years). This is because the area has not been able to move for several years. Also, the fine lines in the skin have not deepened and are often fully restored. You have essentially stopped time. You have also unlearned to use the muscle in question. As a result, you will, for example, frown less than before. Some studies even show that for these reasons, after a few years of using botulinum toxin, you can take a break for a year.

Emerging wrinkles can be perfectly treated with Azzalure botulinum toxin. The advantage of an emerging wrinkle is that it often disappears completely after a treatment. If the wrinkle is older and significantly deeper, a combination of botulinum toxin with a dermal filler is sometimes a better solution. A major advantage of botulinum toxin is that a treatment also has a preventive effect. If you start early, wrinkles won't deepen, and you probably won't ever need dermal fillers or other treatments for these areas. Although we prefer to wait with any treatment until someone is 21, you are allowed to be treated from the age of 18.

The Body Clinic has several of its own locations in Amsterdam Buitenveldert, Amsterdam-Zuid, Blaricum, Eindhoven, Rotterdam, Utrecht, The Hague, Den Bosch, Duiven, Groningen, Heerenveen, Maastricht.

This is indeed a possible side effect if the forehead is treated with Azzalure botulinum toxin. You may experience a heavy feeling above the eye for a few weeks. However, in most cases, this side effect can be prevented by initially administering a low dose of botulinum toxin to the forehead. The experienced doctors at The Body Clinic will also exclude certain individuals from a forehead treatment, for example, if you already have very low or drooping eyebrows yourself. Finally, our doctors often opt for a combination of a forehead and frown line treatment, which further reduces the risk.