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Most people are more nervous about the appointment than about the injection. That is fair. Nobody
tells you what happens in the room.
Here is the whole thing, in order.
Usually yes, and you are not committed to it.
The visit starts as an assessment. If you decide to go ahead, and Belita agrees it is a sensible plan
for you, treatment can happen the same day.
If either of those is not the case, you leave having had a conversation and nothing else. That
happens, and it is a normal outcome. Nobody will push you into deciding on the day.
Not much.
Bring a list of any medications and supplements you take. Include the ones that feel too small to
mention. Fish oil and a few common painkillers thin the blood, which makes bruising more likely.
Come with your face as it normally is. You do not need to arrive bare faced, though makeup comes off
the treatment area before we start.
If you have had injectables anywhere else, bring what you know. Roughly when, roughly what, and how
you felt about the result.
Talking, and more of it than people expect.
Belita will ask what bothers you, in your own words. A phrase like “I look tired in photos” is a
better starting point than “I want three areas”. It tells her what you are trying to fix.
Then she watches your face move. Frown, raise your eyebrows, squint, smile.
This part decides the plan. Lines that appear when you move and lines that are there at rest are two
different problems with two different answers.
She will also tell you if an injectable is the wrong fix for the thing bothering you. You should want
a clinic that gives that answer.
Less than most people brace for.
The needles are fine and each injection takes a second or two. Most people describe a quick sharp
pinch and nothing after it. Some areas are more sensitive than others.
The injecting part is over in a few minutes. The talking beforehand takes longer than the treatment.
Normal, mostly.
You may have small raised bumps where the product went in. Those settle within an hour. You may have
a little redness, and some people bruise.
Nothing about your face will have changed yet. Injectables do not work instantly. Walking out
looking as you did walking in is the expected outcome, not a sign of failure.
You can go back to work. People do this on a lunch break.
The list is short on purpose.
Upright for a few hours, with no lying flat and no face down massage. Skip the gym, the sauna and
anything strenuous for the rest of the day.
Do not rub or press the treated area, and no facials for a few days. You get the specifics for your
treatment before you leave.
Give it two weeks.
Something usually appears within the first few days, and it is partial. The two week mark is when the
result is finished, and that is when to judge it.
If something looks uneven at two weeks, say so. Small adjustments are a normal part of the process on
a first treatment, when nobody yet knows how your muscles respond.
The results are not permanent. If you decide it is not for you, it wears off.
Ask who is injecting you. Not what brand, and not how many units. Who.
At our clinic it is Belita Savage, a nurse practitioner. She does the assessment herself, and she does
not hand you to someone else afterwards.
If you have thought about it for a while, the assessment is the low commitment version of starting.
You can book one, ask everything, and go home without treatment.
Here is what is involved in your first Botox appointment in London, Ontario.
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