The lowdown on

Tox

erase aging — prevention — facial slimming — shrink pores — skin booster — sweating — lip flip — chin dimpling — headaches

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Tox can be used in so many amazing ways even outside of aesthetics. We can use tox to soften fine lines, help boost our skin, slim our face, shrink pores and stop excessive sweating.

Tox is injected to slow down any muscle movement that is causing etched lines in our skin.

Tox takes 2 weeks to fully kick in- so the results are not immediate. We always wait 2 weeks before doing any dose adjustments for this purpose.

Preventative tox is important to start sooner rather than later in order to train our muscles early on. This way we will need less amounts in the future AND to NEVER see wrinkles in certain areas on our face.

At Sweet Tox we offer two different types of tox: Botox and Dysport. These two products are very similar and often times we like to compare their difference to Coke and Pepsi. Dysport is going to kick in sooner than Botox- typically. They both will peak at 2 weeks and last 3-4 months. In our experience we notice that Dysport has a lighter and softer result where Botox is tighter. we prefer the naturalness that Dysport has to offer especially for our first time clients, however for some, Botox is preferred. There is no right or wrong product, just personal preference. Medications are all measured in different ways and our units will be different than someone else’s unit down the street. At Sweet Tox we measure and price Botox and Dysport the same.

There are so many factors that go into deciding how much someone needs- age, muscle strength and depth of existing lines. We talk and decide together how many units will be appropriate for your specific goals.

Tox appointments are super chill- pain is usually 2/10 pain scale. Literally feels like plucking a hair. Worst case scenario is usually a headache, bruising, dosing too high that makes you uncomfortable OR the product getting into an area that we didn’t intend. TOX IS TEMPORARY- so even if we get a result we aren’t totally obsessed with, everything will return back to normal in a couple of months.

We can't take away product, but we can always add more at the 2 week mark!

get in your exercise regimen before your appointment

help avoid bruising by stopping anti-inflammatory medications such as:
aspirin, tylenol, ibuprofen and fish oil (3-4 days before)

take Arnica tablets 2-3 days prior to prevent bruising

avoid alcohol for 24 hours before appointment to help avoid bruising
schedule procedure at least 2 weeks before a big event

before your appointment

post appointment

no massages/facials for at least 7 days after injections

no wearing tight hats/caps

avoid strenuous exercise for 24 hours

be gentle with your face, you can wash your face and put on make up normally- gently (no rubbing!!!)

stay upright for 6 hours after injection (if going to sleep, prop head up with a pillow and try to fall asleep on back)

normal side effects

bruising (can last 3-5 days)

Watch this video on how to cover up bruising with makeup

redness/swelling at injection site (normally gone within 30 minutes after injection)

headache (may occur a couple days after injection, tylenol/ibuprofen ok to take)

heaviness (for the first couple weeks while tox is the strongest)

you will start seeing results 4 to 7 days after injection, product will be at peak at 14 days

flu-like symptoms for a week or so after (rare)

When to Start:

…we all age differently

read that again!

We all age at different times in different ways. every one of us has different muscle strengths, different genetics, different exposures and different lives.

THis means that some 20 year olds need tox more than some 40 year olds. we need to stop associating anti-aging/preventative treatments with a specific number.

A good rule of thumb is to start treatments as soon as you want to prevent, or as soon as you see lines staying on your face even when you’re not animating.

Ps - it’s never too late to start. when we have deeper lines or stronger muscles, it just means that we might need more product and treatments more often.

age is just a number

katie here! when I was 21, I had worse lines than some 30 & 40 year olds. starting younger will allow you to use less tox, have more natural results and push out your treatments longer.

Tox It Up

whether you’re preventing time or erasing it, tox can be a great start to your injectable journey

most common areas and the guesstimates listed below

11s

The motion of moving our brows together overtime creates two vertical lines representing the #11.

This is a meaty muscle and usually takes 3-5 pokes and ranges between10-20 units

Forehead

the motion of lifting your brows can create these horizontal lines. When sometimes it can take a couple of weeks to get used to the sensation and we usually start slowly with this muscle to avoid feeling heavy.

This muscle usually takes 6-10 pokes and about 6-20 units

Crows-Feet

Smiling can create these fine lines around our eyes. If you have these lines, tox can be good to soften them. we can also use this injection for fine lines under your eyes.

This muscle can take 3-10 pokes per side and 3-15 units per side

Lip Flip

a lip flip is a small amount of tox to the top lip to slow down the muscle movement to keep our top lip from curling under or hiking up too high when we talk and smile. This can be especially good for those who have a gummy smile or lose their top lip when smiling.

PS- we can also do a lower lip flip

This is usually 2-6 pokes to the upper lip and 4-12 units

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Masseter/TMJ

The masseter muscle is the muscle we use to clench, grind and chew.

When we add tox to the muscle it doesn’t allow it to squeeze as much giving pain relief to those who clench and have tmj and shrinking the muscle giving us a thinner appearance to the face.

think of it like this: when you work out a muscle it grows and bulks out. When someone is super strong in this area, the muscle gets bigger and takes up more space in the lower portion of our face. This can make our face look wider and fuller.

when we inject it with tox, it doesn’t allow us to clench as strongly, shrinking the muscle and making our face look more slim.

This is a Big muscle and it’s usually 1-2 pokes per side with 10-30 units per side

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Brow Lift

This is a tricky injection because we can get the brows to lift in many different ways. We have to keep in mind that if we want to treat our forehead with tox, it is preventing the brows from being lifted, therefore it is tough to get a lift.

Not impossible, though. We can try different patterns and techniques. The results are more temporary than traditional tox.

we can utilize injections and rearrange patterns in our 11’s, forehead and tail of the brows to get a nice lift.

brow lifts are 2-3 pokes per eyebrow and about 4-10 units per side

Sweat Tox

tox cAn be used to reduce sweating under arms, palms of hands and on our feet.

this requires lots of tox, however it lasts much longer than typical tox (8-9 months) 100-150 units

Nose Tox

We can use tox to prevent our nose from turning down when we smile and even to prevent our nostrils from flaring.

1-2 pokes, 4-8 units

Skin Tox

Tox can also be injected with a special technique to help the texture of our skin and to shrink our pores. This can be helpful under our eyes for fine lines, on our neck for pesky lines, and on our cheeks and nose to help shrink pores. the bigger the area, the more tox needed.

baby tox, 10-50 units