Line Reducing Treatments
Line reducing treatments promote younger looking skin and skin rejuvenation by utilising injections to relax the muscles in your face to smooth out lines and wrinkles, such as crow’s feet and frown lines.
What are line reducing treatments?
Laughing, smiling, frowning and lifestyle factors all contribute to the development of facial lines and wrinkles, the reduction of these is the most popular cosmetic treatment in the UK and has been utilised by over 25 million people worldwide. Line reducing treatments, are non-invasive, quick and most often used to smooth away forehead wrinkles, crow’s feet and laughter lines resulting in a fresher, younger looking appearance. Other areas of the face and neck can also be treated.
How does it work?
Non-surgical treatments can involve a number of small injections in desired areas including, but not limited to:
- Forehead - Horizontal Lines across the forehead
- Glabella - Lines between the eyebrows and top of Nose
- Crows Feet - Lines radiating outwards from the eyes
- Bunny Lines - Wrinkles on the side of the nose
- Armpits - Excessive sweating
Line Reduction FAQs’
Everyone is different, however results can typically show for between 3 and 6 months.
Injections can cause discomfort even when a very fine needle is used. An experienced practitioner will make the treatment a lot less painful.
Certain treatments can only be prescribed in a face-to-face meeting by a qualified medical practitioner, such as a doctor, dentist, pharmacist prescriber or nurse prescriber such as Andrea.
Regardless of which clinic you visit, we would always encourage you to avoid practitioners who have no training or have only completed a short training course.
- Their training, qualifications and experience
- The name of the product, if it’s licensed, and how and where it’s made
- Any risks or possible side effects
- What will happen if things go wrong
- What insurance cover they have