Ok, so you have followed us for a while, seen the results, and now you’re ready to come in and rejuvenate your look. But where do you start?

Should you do Botox? Fillers? Both?

Have no fear- we’ve got you covered.

Botox (and its cousins Dysport, Xeomin, and Jeaveau) relaxes the muscles so they can’t contract and fold your skin. Look in a mirror and lift your eyebrows. Now furrow them (make an angry face). Now squint with your eyes. Do wrinkles form when you make these movements? These are mobile wrinkles, and they depend on the direction of muscles to develop them. If we inject a little bit of Botox in these muscles, they will not move, and your skin will not wrinkle- hence the reason Botox is regarded as a preventative treatment… it prevents skin wrinkling!

Fillers are used more to treat volume loss. They quite literally “fill” an area, and just like Botox, they can produce a natural result. Of course, we all know that people use filler to have the plump lips they have always wanted, but did you know that fillers are often used to bring back the look you used to have when you were younger? Around our 30’s we start to develop bone loss, and that’s not just in our hips and back. It’s in our faces too! The bone loss in the apples of your cheeks and around your cheekbones can make you develop looser-looking skin, which can cause “jowls,” and you can even develop wrinkles around your nose and mouth, called smile lines. Putting filler in the cheekbone area can help fix these issues. Even the jaw loses bone volume with age, so putting a little filler in the chin and the angle of the jaw can lift the skin to its prior natural location.

Still not sure what you need? Relatively basic rule of thumb that is GENERALLY true is that Botox is mainly for the upper face, and filler is more typical for the lower face. And if you STILL aren’t sure which treatment would benefit you, we would love to see you in our MADE medispa to evaluate you.