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

Botox has been growing as a treatment of choice for non surgical intervention for the last decade. This is due to the low down time involved in the botox treatment, the affordability of botox injections and the ease of treatment.

Will this trend in botox continue?

I think it will. I have a number of my botox patients that would never consider surgery due to the costs, risks and downtime. They will, if suitable, seek out botox treatments.

There is still a bit of a taboo about botox in the UK. I feel, as the botox becomes more popular, it will become more accepted and patients will open up and admit to having the botox procedure. It could even become as popular as going to get your hair done and part of the female grooming process.

There will still be a small element of botox patients that will still keep it to themselves and allow others to see them as growing old gracefully.

For now, the botox group is growing and with this you will need to seek qualified and experienced practitioners as others jump on the band wagon.

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Dr Singh who runs his botox clinic in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, in his latest blog shares his thoughts on the downtime associated with your botox treatments.

Non surgical treatments such as botox have increased in popularity over the last several years due to the low downtime associated with the procedure. However there are still some risks associated with the botox injections that patients need to be aware of.

Of course, these are very small compared to surgical procedures, but nevertheless you need to be aware of them.

Immediately after the botox injection, there will be slight swelling where the needle has been placed. It’s where the fluid has built up. It is similar to a bee sting. This will last a maximum of 20 minutes. This needs to be planned for, so sometimes you can’t immediately go back to work or pick up the kids until this swelling has disappeared.

There is also a risk of bruising from the botox treatments. This is uncommon but can still occur. This is why we would not recommended any botox procedures before a big event such as a wedding or birthday.

There are also certain precautions you need to be aware of immediately after the botox procedure. You need to drink plenty of water for the next 24 hours post botox treatment and no exercise for the first 24 hours. Same again this needs to be planned in advance before you embark on the botox treatment.

In summary, there is very little downtime for botox compared to other procedures, but planning is still required post botox.

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Dr Singh who runs his botox clinic in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, in his latest blog talks about how to get more referrals.

Talking to many practitioners that carry out botox treatments one of their biggest concerns is that their botox patients like to keep them a secret and not tell their family and friends and therefore less likely to get referrals from that particular patient.

To some extent this is true. However there are certain methods you can use to increase the chances of your existing botox patients referring new botox patients to you.

Firstly, tell all you botox patients that you accept referrals. It is surprising how many practitioners expect their botox patients to know this. Your patients may think you are too busy to accept new botox enquiries.

Next, have a referral reward programme. Why not reward any botox patient that refers a new botox patient to you. These rewards could be as a simple as a thank you card or letter to some flowers, etc.

Keep the existing botox patient informed of how it went with the new botox patient patient they have referred. You want to keep them in the loop and reinforce the trust they have placed on you by referring a new patient to you.

Most importantly by offering excellent customer service to all your botox patients will create an environment where referrals will be generated for your botox treatments.

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Dr Singh who runs his botox clinic in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, in his latest blog shares his thoughts on why you should consider botox treatments.

The botox treatment is relatively painless. We don’t need to go to deep into the skin and this combined with using fine needles makes the botox procedure relatively comfortable.

Botox can be performed quickly. The usual length of a botox treatment is no longer than 30 minutes. The actual botox procedure takes less than 5 minutes to be completed.

There is very little downtime afterward (no bed rest needed) following the botox procedure. Most patients come in their lunch break and return to work after the botox injections.

You can usually resume normal activities within one or two days at the maximum.

Common side effects can include, but are not limited to, redness, swelling and bruising and the side effects often resolve within a week
 Botox is a series of affordable treatments spread out over time.

You can budget for the costs.

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Dr Singh who runs his botox clinic in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, in his latest blog talks about botox and the main concerns patients have when seeking this treatment.

By far the most commonest concern with botox treatments is not to have an unnatural look. This is understandable as botox patients want to improve their appearance and not make it worse. In addition as most botox patients don’t tell anyone else about the treatment, they don’t want to give the game away. I combat this by baby stepping the botox dose I give and by offering a 3 month guarantee on all botox treatments. This gives the patient peace of mind that they can have a free botox top up within 3 months and therefore we can slightly under dose with the botox initially.

The next concern for botox patients is will t be painful. This is not unexpected since we are using needles to inject the botox. First, the needles we use are diabetic syringes, these are very small and fine needles. Second, we don’t inject very deep into the skin and third, the botox treatment is very quick and over in a few seconds. Patients say they feel a slight scratch but no huge amount of pain.

The last concern is complications with the botox treatment. There will be some redness and swelling immediately after the botox injections, but this disappears after around 20 minutes. The other complication from the botox treatment is bruising. This is more common around the eye area. You can reduce this with ice applied to the area and the use of Arnica cream. As you can see there are risks with any treatment and botox is no exception, but with careful planning most of these can either be eliminated or reduced.

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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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