How Long Dysport Takes to Work

Around day two or three you notice the pull easing when you try to frown. The softening keeps developing and is complete at about two weeks, which is when the result is fair to judge. Anything you see before then is still changing.

Three to four months for most people. Movement returns as the dose wears off, so the change fades over several weeks. How long your last round held is reviewed at each visit, and the next appointment is timed from that figure so the crease does not spend long at full strength.

A muscle contracts when its nerve releases a chemical messenger. Dysport blocks that release at the treated points, and the muscle relaxes as it stops receiving the signal over the following days. Months later the nerve grows fresh connections and movement returns.

In the US its cosmetic approval covers the glabella, the pair of creases above the nose. Treating the forehead or the outer eye with Dysport is off-label. That is stated at your complimentary consultation.

The active ingredient is abobotulinumtoxinA, a purified protein prepared alongside inactive ingredients so it can be diluted and dosed exactly. It acts on the muscle where it is placed, and its US cosmetic approval covers the frown lines between the brows.

It has been used in medicine and in aesthetics for many years. Side effects, where they occur, are usually minor and short: a small bruise at an injection point, or a headache lasting a day. Anything that concerns you afterward is reviewed at the office.

Start when a line has stopped fading after the expression ends. Some patients notice that in their thirties, others much later. What matters is how deep the crease sits at rest, and your consultation covers whether Dysport is early for you.

That depends on the area and on how strongly you pull. Forehead, glabella and crow's feet each take a different amount, and a heavy frown needs more than a light one. Because Dysport has its own unit scale, the number will not match a Botox number you have been quoted elsewhere.

Dysport is priced per unit, and the pricing section above gives the per-unit figure. Your total depends on which areas are treated and how strongly those muscles pull, so the exact number is given in person. The consultation is complimentary and there is no deposit.

Movement returns over three to four months and your lines go back to behaving the way they did. Nothing gets worse for having stopped. What you lose is the period where the crease was not being deepened daily.

The choice comes down to how soon the change is needed and which muscles are involved. Dysport starts moving at day two to three, which suits a date on the calendar. The fuller comparison is on the Botox and Dysport page.

No. Dysport relaxes the muscle doing the folding. Filler replaces volume that has gone, in the lips or the cheeks. Some faces want both, and the consultation identifies which one your line needs.

It softens the wrinkles your movement makes and slows them deepening further. Lines already set at rest may only partly soften, and those often do better when Dysport is paired with skin work such as microneedling or NOUVAderm.

Yes, as long as the appointment sits at least three weeks ahead of the date. Two of those weeks belong to the result developing. The third leaves room for the two-week check, where a little more is added if one side reads stronger than the other.