Dr Singh who runs his botox clinic in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, in his latest blog shares his thoughts on botox addiction.

One of the commonest questions asked by new botox patients, is whether they will be addicted to botox or not. Unlike certain drugs, botox does not cause addiction. You cannot get addicted to botox.

However what does happen, is that since the results of the botox are so good, its very hard to go back to the fine lines and wrinkles that were present before the botox treatments. Many patients are regular patients for their botox treatments and it is rare for someone to have the botox injection just once and thats it.

Saying this, we do have a small majority of patients that like the frozen look and sometimes can over do it with the botox treatment. There have been certain circumstances where I have turned away botox patients because there would be no beneficial effect from them undergoing more botox injections.

You should not require or need to have the botox treatments more frequently than 4 months.

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Dr Singh who runs his botox clinic in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, in his latest blog talks about botox and various ways to market it.

The first place to start promoting botox treatments is within the clinical premises. This can be done by leaflets/information on botox, botox posters and before and after pictures of botox treatments administered.

A valuable resource available is your team. Get them to experience the botox procedure and your patients will be able to see the results achievable with botox.

Next I would consider mentioning your botox treatments on your website, same again illustrated with before and after pictures.

Then you could consider external marketing. This will include things such as newspaper ads, botox leaflets.

A great way is to build a strategic alliance with a local business. You want to target where you would expect your botox patients to visit. The ideal places would be beauty salons and hairdressers. They will attract people that care about their image and these would be ideal and would be interested in your botox procedures.

Next you want to encourage your botox patients that are happy with the results to refer their family and friends to you. Some patients will openly talk about their botox experience, whilst others wont even tell their partner!

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Dr Singh who runs his botox clinic in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, in his latest blog shares his thoughts on the clinical set up for a botox clinic.

As many people know only medically qualified professionals are allowed to administer botox injections, such as dentists, doctors and medical nurses.

Once they have attended an approved botox course they will apply for cosmetic insurance.

In addition there are a number of factors that a botox practitioner needs to consider when setting up their botox clinic, such as:

Sharps collection – the botox needles must be disregarded into a suitable container and collected by a recognised provider

Clinical waste collection -during the botox treatment, there will be some clinical waste produced that needs to be suitably treated and collected

Medical emergency kit

Suitable clinical premises

Consent forms

Medical history forms

Camera for before and after pictures for the botox

Portfolio of treatments undertaken by the clinician

Post operative advice after the botox treatment

When considering a botox clinic, the practitioner needs to look at the whole of the patient journey, from the moment they contact the botox clinic, the botox treatment itself and the after care.

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Dr Singh who runs his botox clinic in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, in his latest blog talks about botox and its longevity.

Botox comes in a powder form and must always be refrigerated. So normally it will be delivered via a cool box. The botox should then be immediately removed and kept in the fridge. If it is out of the fridge for more than an hour, then the botox activity is shortened considerably.

It is then mixed with saline to produce a liquid and this is the botox that is injected. Same again, once the botox is mixed with saline, it will have a short half life. Typically it will lose its activity after 4 hours. Therefore if there is any botox left after a few hours rom mixing with the saline, it should be discarded as there result will not be ideal.

Botox can work very well, but as you can see, certain precautions need to be taken into account when storing the botox and when mixing the botox.

Regular monitoring of the fridge temperature is critical, so allowing the botox to be stored in ideal conditions and thus allowing predictable results with the botox treatments.

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Dr Singh who runs his botox clinic in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, in his latest blog shares his thoughts on what training is involved before you can administer botox injections.

Currently only medically qualified professionals can give botox treatments, such as dentists, doctors and medical nurses.

Then hey would need to undertake an approved botox course for insurance purposes. These botox courses are normally are a 1 day course. I personally feel this is not enough training for someone hoping to provide botox treatments. I would recommend a more advanced botox course such as a 2 day residential which includes dissection to see where the muscles are.

There are numerous conferences and exhibitions where a botox practitioner can continue learning and perfecting their botox technique.

One of the best botox training is provided by the manufactures of botox. They will help, guide and advice you so you can gain confidence in the botox procedures. As with everything, it is constant and never ending improvement, so allowing your botox patients to gain the best results in the safest way possible.

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Dr Singh who runs his botox clinic in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, in his latest blog shares his thoughts on botox for men. The majority of my botox patients are female, I would say at least 95% are females. Therefore it is quite uncommon to get a male ask for botox. In my experience the male botox patient will normally fall into one of three groups. The first group are husbands that have been refereed by their wife who has experienced the botox treatment. The wife will either suggest or strongly push the male into considering having botox. The second group are males that have been impressed with the results of botox on their female friends. This normally occurs in the workplace where the female botox patients returns looking more refreshed and youthful. The third group is the gay male. They are very concerned with their image and looks and will undertake botox to retain their freshness. For more information about botox hertfordshire, please call us on 01438 300111.

Dr Singh who runs his botox clinic in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, in his latest blog talks about the stories my female botox patients tell their partners when visiting me for their botox injections.

The majority of my female botox patients do not tell their husbands or partners that they have regular botox treatments. And in certain cases they will fabricate the reason why they visit me or if they swell or bruise how this happened.

The commonest reason they say is that they are visiting their dentist instead of visiting for their botox jabs. In theory, they are not lying, since I am a dentist.

Immediately after the treatment, there is a slight swelling and redness from the botox injections and this normally lasts a maximum of 20 minutes. On one occasion, my botox patient was bought in by her husband, who did not know she was having botox. She then explained to him, post botox treatment, that I did a course of acupuncture on her face and this had caused the slight swelling and redness!

Then what happens if they have a slight swelling or bruising after the botox treatment.

My patients will make up reasons along the lines of walking into a door, hitting their head with a kitchen cupboard, etc.

The only downside to the above excuses is if they have a bruise on both sides of the face from the botox treatment, this is a much harder thing to explain away.

The best excuse I heard was a botox patient had a slight bruise around her eye. When waking up, the husband notice this and asked her what had happened. She told him that he had elbowed her at night time whilst asleep and this had caused the bruise. At the end of the day, the husband retuned from work with a box of chocolates and some flowers, since he felt so guilty about the bruising. Even after this, the botox patient, still did not give the game away that the bruise was caused by a botox injection!

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Dr Singh who runs his botox clinic in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, in his latest blog shares his thoughts on when you cant have botox.

The majority of time most patients will be fine to undertake botox injections, but there are certain instances when we will not carry out botox.

If you are under 18, then we will not administer any botox. The reason is the muscles are not fully developed and we want everything to be stable prior to you undertaking botox treatments.

If you are pregnant or breast feeding we will not allow you to have botox. In theory there is no danger, however it is better to be safe than sorry.

If its not suitable for you. Either because you need fillers or you dont need botox. If when you use your facial expressions and no new lines or the existing lines worsen, then botox is not suitable for you.

If you are allergic to eggs. The same protein that is found in eggs, also occurs in botox.

If you have any neuro muscular conditions, then we will not carry out any botox treatments.

If you are taking certain medications, notably antibiotics that are amino glycosides. The botox can interfere with these drugs.

The reason why we have certain contraindication to botox treatment, id that we want the procedure to be safe and you be happy with the results from the botox injections.

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Dr Singh who runs his botox clinic in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, in his latest blog talks about botox and fillers.

Many patients are confused on when botox is suitable for their requirements or when filler is better suited.

Botox works on motion lines. These are lines that either appear or worsen when you carry out facial expressions. Botox can be used either to reduce or eliminate these lines. Botox is normally used in the upper third of the face t treat, frown lines, forehead lines and smile lines around the eyes.

Fillers on the other hand compared to botox, works on static lines or folds. As the name suggests fillers plump up the skin. So the most common areas are the nose to mouth lines and the mouth to chin lines. Fillers can also be used for the lips and cheeks.

This is a general guideline and before you decide whether its botox or fillers, always have an assessment carried out by a suitably qualified practitioner.

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Dr Singh who runs his botox clinic in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, in his latest blog shares his thoughts about the experiences of patients requesting botox in Stevenage.

Stevenage botox patients have benefited from my home clinic for now over 18 months. I never expected the population of Stevenage to be so interested in my botox services.

Not only have the patients come in, they have refereed their friends and family within Stevenage to experience the botox treatments.

The only drawback of having Stevenage botox patients is that since I also live In Stevenage, I will bump into my botox patients whilst walking through town or shopping locally.

The problem is that the most of my botox patients don’t tell their partners or husbands about their botox injections. So I sometimes get ignored by my botox patients or when they introduce me, they make up a story about work, etc.

The botox patients also have my name under something else in their phone and would never dream of putting something like botox Stevenage as a contact name.

Never mind, I don’t take it personally, all part of the job.

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