Our injectable treatments offer a non-surgical way to refresh and rejuvenate your appearance. BOTOX® Cosmetic, for example, is widely recognized for its impressive ability to soften facial lines. Dr. Perez, our board-certified plastic surgeon, adopts a comprehensive approach for every patient, ensuring our injectables are customized to address individual goals and concerns. Whether you are looking to smooth forehead lines, reduce Crow’s feet, lift the brow, or achieve subtle facial refinement with Dysport® or XEOMIN®, our skin rejuvenation treatments can help you achieve your desired look.
Explore Topics On This Page:
- The Importance of Choosing an Experienced Injector
- What Is BOTOX® Cosmetic?
- Customized BOTOX® Cosmetic Treatments
- BOTOX® CosmeticConsultation
- Preparing for a BOTOX® Injection
- What To Expect During Your Injection
- Final Touches and Comprehensive Care
- BOTOX® Cosmetic Results
- BOTOX® Cosmetic Side Effects
- Dermal Fillers
- Dermal Fillers Results
The Importance of Choosing an Experienced Injector
Knowing the location of the facial muscles and understanding that every patient is an individual with possible anatomical variations is key. Injectables can help you enhance your facial appearance and boost your self-esteem. In Dr. Perez’s opinion, there is no better injector than a surgeon with extreme knowledge of the facial anatomy obtained by the experience of performing skin resurfacing and rejuvenating treatments in this region of the face. At Renue Aesthetic Surgery, Dr. Perez’s unmatched expertise and dedication to patient care ensures patients receive the highest quality injectable treatments tailored to their unique needs.
What Is BOTOX® Cosmetic?
BOTOX® Cosmetic is one of the facial injectables used cosmetically to remove wrinkles and medically to treat certain muscular conditions. Botulism toxin type A injections such as BOTOX® Cosmetic and Dysport® have become one of the most popular cosmetic procedures due to their effectiveness and easy administration.
BOTOX® Cosmetic transiently stops transmission of nerve signals to muscles. This prevents the muscles from contracting, which helps to smooth out fine lines and wrinkles. By targeting specific muscles without affecting surrounding tissues, BOTOX® Cosmetic allows for precise, natural-looking results that enhance your appearance without compromising facial expressions.
Customized BOTOX® Cosmetic Treatments
At Renue Aesthetic Surgery, we do not just treat a specific wrinkle; we evaluate the full spectrum of your facial structures and natural expressions. BOTOX® injections can be used for the following:
- Smooth out forehead lines
- Lift the corners of your mouth
- Soften your crow’s feet around the eyes (“smile lines”)
- Diminish glabellar or frown lines between your eyebrows
Book your consultation to find out why BOTOX® injectables are one of the most sought-after aesthetic treatments in Kansas City, KS.
The Consultation
Dr. Perez likes to spend up to 15 to 30 minutes with every patient on their first visit. During this time, Dr. Perez will discuss your personal aesthetic goals, set realistic expectations, and ensure you fully understand the benefits, potential risks, and recovery process. This open communication fosters trust and helps patients feel confident in their decision to move forward with injectables. A typical BOTOX® injection procedure with Dr. Perez usually takes about 20 minutes.
Preparing for a BOTOX® Injection
First, the patient’s forehead and around the eye area will be cleansed with alcohol, removing all foundation and powder. This will allow for the area to be a clean surface for injection and promote better visualization of facial movements.
Next, the patient is required to apply an ice pack to the facial areas. This allows for localized capillary vaso-constriction, decreasing the risks of bruising and bleeding and increasing comfort. As the patient applies the ice pack to the face, Dr. Perez prepares the BOTOX® injections. BOTOX® Cosmetic is packaged as a powder form in a small vial. This medication is required to be refrigerated. Upon use the medication must be mixed with 0.9% Normal Saline to become ready for injection.
Dr. Perez believes patients benefit from a facial injectable such as BOTOX® Cosmetic by receiving a freshly opened and freshly reconstituted vial of the medication.
Therefore, at our office, Dr. Perez usually opens one bottle of 50 Units of BOTOX® Cosmetic per patient and 100 Units when 2 or more patients are on the schedule within a 24 hour period. There are many studies showing BOTOX® injections are still active for up to 2 weeks of being reconstituted, however the efficacy of the medication gradually decreases.
What To Expect During Your Injection
Once the patient has iced for 5 to 10 minutes, Dr. Perez will then begin the injection.
Dr. Perez uses a 32 or 33 gauge needle, the smallest needles available, which provides maximized injection comfort for the patient and reduces the risk of bleeding and bruising. First the muscles of the glabellar region are injected. Prior to the needle being inserted into the injection area, Dr. Perez uses a single ice cube in a zip-lock bag to numb the injection area again prior to placing the needle into the muscle. Many patients report that this 5 seconds of ice application not only acts as a distraction, but numbs the injection area and allows for even more vaso-constriction of tiny capillaries. Some patients report that the cold ice is more unpleasant than the actual injection itself.
Following injection of the Glabellar area, Dr. Perez injects the peri-orbital area around the eye. Patients in who suffer from crow’s feet benefit from injectable BOTOX® Cosmetic treatments to this area.
Final Touches and Comprehensive Care
Many patients report that their fine lines and wrinkles completely disappear after a facial injectable.
Others with deeper lines and wrinkles may benefit from skin care, fillers, or CO2 laser skin resurfacing for additional improvement. Dr. Perez continues the injections then across the forehead and finally finishes by injecting the upper aspect of the nose to decrease the “bunny nose“ wrinkles.
Occasionally, Dr. Perez will inject superficial muscles of the lip and neck to improve specific problems, and muscles of the lateral chin to elevate the corners of the mouth.
Dr. Perez believes when all the muscle groups are injected in one treatment, the effect is not only better, but usually lasts longer than the usual 3 to 4 months.
This is because as a surgeon who does many surgeries in this area (i.e., blepharoplasties, forehead lifts, lateral brow lifts), Dr. Perez knows that there are several groups of muscles in the forehead area that work in harmony with each other. Some are elevator muscles (muscles that raise features) and others are depressor muscles (muscles that pull facial features down). Addressing these two forces simultaneously ensures the best possible results.
Prolonging Your Anti-Aging Results
Even though the anti-aging effects of your BOTOX® Cosmetic injectable will naturally fade over time, it is possible to prolong them. To prolong the effectiveness of injectables, it is crucial to adhere to any post-treatment instructions provided by Dr. Perez and his Kansas City, KS team. Immediately after your appointment, you may be advised to avoid strenuous activities, rub the treated areas, or lie down for a short period of time. These simple guidelines help the medication settle properly into the targeted muscles and reduce the likelihood of complications.
You will typically also be advised to avoid sun exposure and use recommended skincare products that will further strengthen your skin. We also recommend that you always completely remove your makeup before going to bed and use a gentle facial cleanser. Staying hydrated, eating a healthy and balanced diet, and engaging in gentle exercise rather than intense workouts, are also recommended. Finally, we advise you to avoid smoking, properly manage stress levels, and get proper rest.
With diligent aftercare, most of our patients enjoy smoother skin and a refreshed appearance for an average of three to four months, though individual results can vary.
Possible Side Effects of BOTOX® Cosmetic Treatment
As with any cosmetic procedure, there can be possible side effects after injectables.
The most common symptoms are headache, bruising, and inflammation at the injection site. We encourage all patients to refrain from taking any aspirin, NSAIDs, or any other medications (including herbal) that may thin the blood for 7 to 10 prior to injection.
Patients will leave the office usually with localized erythema at the injections sites that resolves in about 2 hours. Post procedure instructions and restrictions will be discussed as well.
Call (913) 270-6153 to discuss BOTOX® Cosmetic and other non-surgical treatment options with Dr. Perez.
“Dr. Perez has done fillers for me and Dysport. I love the results from my life fillers and cheek filler as well. He is very knowledgeable and will inform you of the product and what he recommends. I like his work and recommend always getting a board certified plastic surgeon for fillers since they are experts. His prices are very reasonable. I also got my breast Augmentation by him and I am very happy with my results. He is great at breast augmentation and if you want someone to answer all of your doubts ask him and he will tell you. Highly recommend him for fillers and surgery. He is a great doctor.”
“I was seeing Dr Perez and his team for a couole years and loved my results. Then I took a chance on another place that was a little cheaper. Well that will never happen again. My face was uneven and i had to wait for my botox to wear off. I visited Dr Perez and explained my bad experience and he fixed me up right. I love my results and it is always consistant. Do yourself s favor and come see the team at Renue Aesthetic!”
Dermal Fillers
Also known as “Hyaluronic Acid Fillers” or “HA Fillers”
What Do Fillers Treat?
Soft tissue fillers are minimally invasive procedures used to add volume to zones of facial depletion, as a result they improve the contours of the face and appearance of facial wrinkles, resulting in a fuller, smoother, and more youthful appearance.
Who Is a Candidate?
Good candidates for injectables are patients with lines or wrinkles around the mouth, in the nasolabial folds and underneath the eyelids. Another common use of filler is to increase the size and enhance the shape of the lips.
Types of HA Fillers
There are many types of fillers. The most commonly used are JUVÉDERM® and Restylane®. Both use hyaluronic acid, a substance that makes for one of the safest fillers because it is a normal component of our body’s soft tissue. Also this medication can be removed safely if there is an undesirable result with a substance called Hyaluronidase, which will digest the filler.
How Long Will My Results Last?
Most hyaluronic injections last between 9 months to 18 months. There are other fillers with the advantage of lasting longer, however, Dr. Perez does not use those due to the fact that, rarely, some patients can develop lumpiness around those fillers (called granulomas) and those problems may require surgical excision.
How Is the Injection Performed?
Dr. Perez believes in performing this procedure with dental blocks. This allows for the patient to tolerate the injection better and decreases the chances for bruising and bleeding due to the fact that patients who are comfortable their blood pressure is unlikely to go up in response to the treatment. Also, since the patient is more comfortable, the procedure is performed with more precision. Using ice and epinephrine there is vaso-constriction of the blood vessels, further decreasing the chances of side effects.
A typical hyaluronic acid syringe holds about 1 cc of gel HA. Depending on the amount of correction needed, most patients will need between 1 to 3 syringes. The syringe of HA gel is injected using a fine needle that is inserted at an angle to the under portion of the skin. Certain injection techniques will be used to obtain certain volume results. As the gel is injected into the area of deficit, results are seen immediately.
When Will I See Results?
The effect of your injection will be visible immediately after your injection, but edema will set in 3 to 4 hours after. Expect some swelling, which usually subsides within 48 hours. In some patients this may last up to 2 weeks. Once all the edema is gone patients see the final results. Because of this, it is important to plan the date of the injection being sure to have enough time to recover.
The application of cold compresses will help during the first 24 hours after the injection period. Then cold and heat can be used in an alternating fashion. Massage is also important and Dr. Perez will instruct you about the proper technique.
It is important to stop any NSAIDs medications (Aspirin, Ibuprofen and Naproxen) 7 to 10 days before the injection. Also stop all herbal supplements such as fish oil, Vitamin E, 3 to 4 weeks before the injection, to decrease the chances of bruising or hematomas.
The use of Arnica is favored by some practitioners to help increase healing time by decreasing inflammation and bruising. Dr. Perez has seen patients who are believers and those who are not, so he lets his patients decide if they wish to use this natural remedy post injection in a pill or fresh pineapple juice form.
Schedule Your Kansas City, KS Injectables Consultation Today
We understand that each patient is unique, and so are their aesthetic goals. If you are uncertain about whether injectables are right for you, we encourage you to schedule a consultation. During this one-on-one meeting, you will learn about your options and begin planning a customized treatment plan to achieve your goals.
Experience individualized care and expertise at Renue Aesthetic Surgery. With Dr. Perez’s skillful eye and precision, our injectables can help reveal the look you desire without sacrificing your natural features.
Contact Renue Aesthetic Surgery by calling (913) 270-6153 to find the filler that’s right for you. Renue Aesthetic Surgery serves patients from Olathe, Kansas City, Overland Park, Lenexa, Shawnee, along with various Kansas communities.
