Treatment · from $12/unit
Botox® & Dysport®
Softened lines with your full range of expression intact. Dosed conservatively, mapped to your face, never to a template.
Most first appointments run 20–50 units depending on the areas treated. You are charged for what we use, not a flat zone fee.
The honest version
Botox and Dysport are the most requested treatments in this studio, and the ones most often done badly elsewhere. The frozen forehead, the arched "surprised" brow, the smile that stops below the eyes — that is not a product problem. It is a dosing and placement problem.
Elise maps every face before the first unit is drawn. Where your muscles pull, how your brow sits at rest, whether you lift when you talk. Then she doses to soften the lines you came in about while leaving the movement that makes you look like you. Most clients are back at their desk within the hour, and nobody at the desk knows why they look well-rested.
Who it's for
- Forehead lines, frown lines (the "elevens"), and crow's feet that show at rest
- A brow that has started to sit heavier than it used to
- Jaw clenching and teeth grinding (masseter treatment)
- First-timers who are nervous about looking frozen — conservative dosing is the default here, not an upgrade
What's included
- Complimentary consultation and facial mapping before any product is drawn
- Botox or Dysport — we carry both and will tell you plainly which suits you
- Conservative first-visit dosing with a written record of units and placement
- A complimentary two-week check, with touch-up dosing if a muscle needs more
- Honest unit counts — you approve the number before we begin
- Direct line to Elise for any question in the two weeks after treatment
What it can't do
Every treatment has limits. Here are this one's.
Neurotoxin softens lines caused by muscle movement. It will not fill deep static creases that are there when your face is completely still — that is filler or resurfacing territory, and we will say so. It also is not permanent: expect three to four months, a little less for your first round. If someone promises you a year, ask what else they are selling.
Asked constantly
Botox & Dysport questions
Not here. We dose to soften movement, not eliminate it, and we would rather have you back at two weeks for two more units than send you out over-treated. Over-dosing is the single most common thing we see from work done elsewhere — it is also the easiest thing to avoid.
Three to four months for most people. Your first treatment often wears off a bit faster as your muscles are strongest before any treatment history. Metabolism, exercise habits, and dose all play a role — results vary, and anyone who quotes you an exact date is guessing.
The needles are tiny — most clients describe a quick pinch, over in seconds per site. No numbing is needed for most areas. You may have small bumps at the injection sites for 20 minutes or so.
They are close cousins. Dysport tends to kick in a day or two sooner and can spread slightly more, which we sometimes want in a broad forehead. Elise will recommend one at your consultation and tell you why. The price difference per effective dose is negligible.