Tox (Wrinkle Relaxers)
The most-performed treatment in aesthetics, done the way it should be: mapped to your expressions, dosed to a recorded number, and reviewed at two weeks.
The treatment, plainly.
Tox is a purified neuromodulator placed in specific facial muscles to soften the lines that motion has written: forehead rows, the elevens between the brows, crow's feet. Placed well, it does not erase your expressions. It edits the depth of the crease while the expression stays yours.
At Novella, tox appointments are unhurried by design. Your injector studies your face at rest and in full animation, marks placement while you watch, and states the total units before opening a vial. The number goes in your chart, and the same number is the starting point of your next conversation.
Consider it for
- Motion lines that have started to settle in at rest
- First-timers who want a conservative, reversible starting point
- Prevention-minded clients in their late twenties and thirties
- Masseter treatment for jaw tension and facial slimming, assessed case by case
How it unfolds.
Consult and mapping
Your injector reads your face in motion, agrees on the goal, and marks placement. You approve the plan and the unit count before anything is opened.
The appointment
The injections themselves take about ten minutes. Most clients describe each as a brief pinch. No numbing is needed for most areas.
The two-week check
Tox takes five to seven days to settle. At two weeks we photograph, compare, and fine-tune if a small top-up serves the result.
You can return to your day immediately. Skip workouts, saunas, and lying flat for the first four hours, and avoid rubbing the treated areas. Small bumps at injection sites fade within the hour; occasional pinpoint bruising fades within days. Results appear across the first week and typically hold three to four months.
The best tox result is the one nobody can name. Colleagues say you look rested; the mirror says you look like yourself.
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A complimentary consult, a written plan with real numbers, and not one ounce of pressure. That is the whole pitch.