Botox in Manchester

Botox is a brand name for botulinum toxin type A, a purified protein that temporarily reduces the action of the small muscles responsible for creating dynamic lines — the ones that appear when you frown, squint or raise your brows. It is a prescription-only medicine in the UK, which is why it can only be supplied after an assessment by a prescriber. At Skiin, it is prescribed and administered by GMC-registered doctors using licensed, medical-grade products.

At Skiin, anti-wrinkle injections are priced by area rather than by unit, from £180 for a single area, with your two-week review included. The exact plan and cost are agreed at consultation, in writing, before anything is prescribed. We never recommend more areas than your face genuinely benefits from.

Botulinum toxin is a prescription-only medicine, so it must be prescribed by an appropriate prescriber — a doctor, dentist, or an independent nurse or pharmacist prescriber — who has assessed you. It can be administered by a trained clinician working under that prescription, but the clinical responsibility stays with the prescriber. Good practice, and the expectation of the professional regulators, is that the prescriber sees you in person before prescribing. If a clinic offers treatment from a photograph or an online form, that is a warning sign.

In experienced medical hands, yes. Natural-looking treatment preserves facial movement and expression whilst softening lines. At Skiin, our philosophy is that the best result is one nobody can identify — you look rested and refreshed, and entirely yourself.

Typically three to four months. First treatments often wear off a little sooner, at around ten to twelve weeks, and repeat treatment tends to last longer as the muscle becomes less active. Response varies between individuals.

No — and this is one of the most misunderstood points in aesthetics. Units are specific to each manufacturer's product and are not interchangeable: one product's unit is not equivalent to another's. This is why comparing 'units for £X' between clinics is meaningless, and why we quote by area and treat the dose as a clinical decision rather than a shopping trolley.

Your doctor takes a full medical history and medication list, examines your facial anatomy in animation, and discusses what you want to change and what you want to keep. If treatment is appropriate, it is prescribed and given in the same 30-minute appointment. You are photographed for your clinical record, treated conservatively, and booked for your complimentary two-week review where the result is assessed and refined if clinically appropriate.

The common ones are temporary bruising, mild swelling and a short-lived headache. Less common but recognised effects include asymmetry, heaviness or drooping of the brow or eyelid, and an expression that feels tighter than intended — usually temporary and managed at your review. Rare risks include infection and allergic reaction. Muscle weakness in neighbouring areas, dry eye, and temporary difficulty chewing after jaw treatment are possible. Your doctor discusses all of these, and your individual risk, before you consent.

For the rest of the day of treatment, avoid lying flat, rubbing the treated area, strenuous exercise, alcohol and saunas. For about 48 hours, avoid heat, intense exercise and facial massage. Avoid facials, massage, skin needling and other facial treatments for two weeks so the product settles predictably. Normal skincare and make-up can be resumed the same day, applied gently.

Anti-wrinkle injections are temporary and, unlike filler, cannot be dissolved — so the honest answer is that you wait for the effect to wear off, which is why conservative dosing matters. At your two-week review your doctor can add small, targeted adjustments where that is clinically sensible. If a result is heavier than either of you wanted, we manage it, document it, and treat more cautiously next time.

Ideally six to eight weeks before a wedding, photoshoot or holiday — that leaves room for the two-week result to settle and for a review adjustment if needed. Bruising is more likely in the week before a period and with alcohol, aspirin or blood thinners, so booking close to an event is a risk worth avoiding.

The classic areas — forehead, frown lines and crow's feet — but also brow lifting, bunny lines, gummy smile, masseter jaw slimming, lip lines, neck bands (the Nefertiti lift) and hyperhidrosis (excessive sweating).

Yes. Skiin is a doctor-led aesthetics clinic in Manchester city centre and welcomes patients from across Greater Manchester, Cheshire, Hale, Wilmslow, Alderley Edge, Knutsford and Didsbury.

Sometimes searched for as 'baby botox', preventative anti-wrinkle treatment uses small, conservative doses to relax the facial muscles before deep lines become etched into the skin — typically from the mid-to-late twenties onwards. The reasoning is 'prejuvenation': softening the repeated creasing that eventually becomes a permanent line, while keeping full natural expression. It is a reasonable option for some patients and unnecessary for others, and the evidence comes from how skin ages rather than from long-term trials. Read our honest guide to preventative anti-wrinkle treatment.

A lip flip uses a few tiny units of anti-wrinkle product placed along the upper lip border to relax the muscle that rolls the lip inward — letting more of your natural lip show when you smile. It suits patients whose lips disappear on smiling but don't need volume. If your lips genuinely need definition or volume, lip filler is usually the better route — your doctor will advise at consultation.

Masseter treatment relaxes the chewing muscles at the angle of the jaw. It has two uses: slimming a wide, square jawline caused by muscle bulk, and treating jaw clenching and teeth grinding — a medical problem with headaches and tooth wear, not just a cosmetic one. Read more about jaw clenching treatment in Manchester.

They work on entirely different problems. Anti-wrinkle injections relax the muscles that crease the skin — treating expression lines like frown, forehead and crow's feet lines. Dermal filler restores lost volume and structure — treating hollows, deflated cheeks, thin lips and jawline definition. Put simply: if the line appears when you move your face, anti-wrinkle treatment is usually the answer; if the concern exists at rest, filler usually is. Many patients use both, and your doctor will tell you honestly which your face actually needs — often just one.

Yes — anti-wrinkle treatment is the original tweakment: a small, subtle refinement nobody can identify. The trend has moved to 'micro-dosing': smaller doses placed across more points, softening lines while preserving almost full movement. It's the undetectable approach we've always practised — read our doctor's guide to tweakments in Manchester.

Brotox — anti-wrinkle treatment for men — is one of the fastest-growing bookings at the clinic. Male treatment is its own discipline: stronger muscles need different dosing, and the treatment pattern must respect the male brow so the result stays masculine. Men most often book the frown, an under-eye refresh or masseter jaw treatment — our guide to Brotox in Manchester covers what men actually ask for.