Frequently asked questions

At Cityskin we have the opinion that permanent dermal fillers are not safe and as a result we do not use permanent fillers at our clinic. What are the risks of …

There are no precautions that you need to take before dermal filler, from an allergy perspective. During your consultation we will ask you about previous history of allergy or sensitivity …

Bell’s palsy is a medical condition that causes weakness of the facial muscles on one side of the face. Bell’s palsy can be caused by trauma to the head, viral …

Anti-wrinkle treatments may be able to provide a temporary improvement in the crooked smile. The image below shows the units that we use when treating Bell’s palsy in one of …

Whilst we can’t change the shape/ structure of the jaw bone itself, non-surgically, we can use anti-wrinkle injections to relax the masseter muscles, which can reduce the appearance of a …

Anti-wrinkle injections are a great way to help reduce headaches and migraines. They work by relaxing the muscles that are associated with tension headaches. Often, the muscles treated are the …

Sometimes, anti-wrinkle injections can cause a tension headache for 24hrs after injection. This typically happens from the frown line, as once the muscle is starting to relax, and you’re trying …

You can turn out the upper lip using anti-wrinkle injections. This is known as a ‘lip flip’ How many units do you use to turn out the lip? We tend to use …

Dermal filler and anti-wrinkle injections can definitely help with facial asymmetry! Basically everyone is asymmetrical. It is also natural to be asymmetrical. However, if asymmetries are very prominent, we can help …

Yes, dermal filler can cause blindness. Thankfully it is an extremely rare complication. Which are the riskiest areas for dermal filler? The cases of blindness that have occurred around the world have …

Dermal filler doesn’t ‘normally’, move after treatment. Immediately after treatment, in certain areas of the face, I do gently massage the area/s that were injected to help mold the product …

Depending on the size and cause of the “dents”, sometimes, dermal fillers can add volume under the skin to plump the area back out. If it was tissue damage, the …

At Cityskin in Melbourne we don’t use don’t use double chin injections in the jowl area. To treat the jowls we need to provide lift and structure – something that …

In theory, yes – the double chin treatment could be used on other areas of the face but we wouldn’t recommend this. As we age we lose volume and using …

Dermal filler can be used to change the shape of the lips but we have to be mindful that lips come in all shapes and sizes and some lips are …

I can’t see any medical reason why you shouldn’t have a facial laser treatment after anti-wrinkle injections. Personally I don’t think that having laser treatment will make the anti-wrinkle treatment …

The first signs of volume loss occur from the mid and lateral face. Losing volume from the mid face is sometimes the cause of heaviness on the nasolabial folds. This …

You can have lip fillers if you suffer from cold sores but you cannot have treatment if you have an active cold sore on the day. A ‘cold sore’ is the …

Yes! It is due to the type of filler, technique and how much filler is injected, plus the aesthetic eye of the practitioner, which gives “duck lips”. At Cityskin, our …

Let me preface the answer by saying that we can count on one hand the number of times we have been asked to reverse the effects of a treatment. It …

To my knowledge, there is no known reports on anti-wrinkle injections causing hyperpigmentation. However to be safe, I would advise to stay out of the sun for 24-72 hours post …

You can go to the gym or exercise after double chin injections. That being said – the area under the chin can feel a little sore and swollen and you …

We used to offer 0.5ml as an option for lip dermal fillers. We found that we were having to throw away the remaining filler which made it uneconomical. We now offer …

Yes, you can have a consultation and treatment on the same day. In fact, 95% of our patients have treatment on the same day as a consultation. It is a …

Thanks for the enquiry Jessica. We don’t offer payment plans at Cityskin. We take payment on the day by credit card or cash. To find out more about treatment costs at …

Anti-wrinkle injections are not recommended during pregnancy. Patients often ask if they can continue their anti-wrinkle treatments whilst trying to conceive, or whilst pregnant or breastfeeding

You may have a brow lift without treating the frown lines, however, you will most likely not get the same result as you would, if you were to have the …

The Medical Board of Australia recommends that, for patients under 18, minor procedures (anti-wrinkle injections, dermal fillers) require: A seven day cooling off period before minor procedures for all under 18s, and when …

The answer to this question would best be answered in a personalised, confidential consultation with one of our practitioners. Questions we would need to ask are; are you in remission? Are …

We advise that you should not have double chin injections if you are taking Roaccutane. The first rule in medicine is ‘Do no harm’ and this over arches everything that …

Definitely! I always advise my patients to massage their lips, after all potential bruising and swellling has come down. Whilst it is somewhat normal to feel small lumps, depending on …

Thanks for the question. The answer depends on the type of filler used in the nose. Firmer, more long lasting fillers cannot be used in the lips as they cause …

You can definitely put make-up on the day after you have anti-wrinkle injections or dermal filler treatment. The pharmaceutical companies advise us to tell our patients no make-up for 4hours …

Yes, the same filler can be used for both the cheeks and the under eyes, depending on what product is used. Due to advertising guidelines in Australia, we are unable …

Everyone injects differently and may have preferred fillers for each area, but I “generally” use the same product for both year trough and cheek filler. An exclusion to this would …

I think the first thing to mention is that dermal filler in the nose is one of the most complicated and risky areas to treat on the face. The tissue …

Sometimes, and depending on the individual, half a unit of anti-wrinkle injections may be placed under each eye to prevent the muscle from pulling in and bunching up under the …

Unfortunately, we do not recommend injecting non-permanent fillers over the top of permanent fillers, due to the risk of infection. Permanent fillers are said to last about 10 years. However, we …

The ultimate aim of anti wrinkle injections is to temporarily stop the contraction of targeted muscles. When using these injections to create a brow lift we are specifically targeting a muscle called …

Patient’s don’t always need the tear trough treated as well as the cheeks. The tear trough can be caused from volume loss of the fat pads that sit under the …

All the FAQs below relate to medication and anti-wrinkle, dermal filler and double chin injections “Can I have dermal filler and anti-wrinkle treatment if I take medication for high blood pressure? …

We asked all the team at Cityskin about this one and to be honest we hadn’t heard about using dermal filler to treat epicanthic folds! We feel that it is …

Having had the treatment a few times myself I can say that having anti-wrinkle treatment feels like a sting in some areas. The most sensitive areas to treat are the …

There are a number of micro plungers to treat wrinkles. The effectiveness depends on the depth of the micro-plunger that you are using. There is a mirco plunger that you …

Lip augmentation was first introduced to the world at the turn of the century when Doctors experimented with paraffin as a way of filling lips. Thankfully we now have dissolvable …

Skin laxity is assessed prior to double chin injections. Unfortunately, as we age, we we lose collagen and elastin from our skin. This can leave the skin with a sagging …

This is a myth! Anti-wrinkle treatments work by blocking the transmission of a chemical called acetylcholine from the end of a nerve to the muscle (see picture). It takes approximately 5 …

We do not offer ZipPay or Afterpay for cosmetic injectables at Cityskin. Has there been a change in the law to allow payment plans such as ZipPay and Afterpay? New guidelines by …

We have recently been asked about calf slimming with anti-wrinkle injections. Calf slimming is a procedure in which anti-wrinkle injections are injected into the gastrocnemius muscle (calf muscle, shown below) …

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Dermal filler costs | Full facial rejuvenation Check with your practitioner on the day but often we give a discount for multiple syringes of dermal filler. As a general rule we use …

I feel that if you are suitable for double chin injections (have a read of our double chin guide to see if you are a good candidate) then you can …

We do offer underarm sweating treatment at Cityskin, however you can often have the treatment for free on the PBS in the public setting if you have a referral from …

Yes, we do offer cannula to treat lip dermal filler at Cityskin. We usually use 1ml of dermal filler to treat lips. Sometimes we use a little less and place the …

Dermal filler in the frown area (glabella) is one of the most hazardous areas to treat. There are small blood vessels in the frown area that communicate with the eyes …

From feedback from my own patients, I don’t believe it’s painful to have tear trough filler. It just feels a little odd because it’s so close to the eye. Sensation …

With regards to cosmetic injectables, the most sensitive areas of the face are (in order of sensitivity): Anti-wrinkle treatment (most sensitive area first) Base of the nose (to stop the nose …

Dr Brown discussing whether you should have preventative anti-wrinkle treatment https://youtu.be/IYWjqLKgf_E This is a question that is hard to answer and is best answered in an in-person consultation with one of our …

Some patients report a mild headache straight after having the frown and forehead area treated with anti-wrinkle injections. You will not feel a headache if you have the lower face or …

Dermal filler will not cause the skin to stretch and sag, once the filler naturally breaks down. The only case where this would happen is if the face were to …

Lip dermal fillers are uncomfortable is no anaesthetic is used. The lips are one of the most sensitive areas on the body to have treated but thankfully there are a …

Anti-wrinkle injections of botulinum toxin type A (the 2 types of anti-wrinkle injections approved by the FDA that we use here at Cityskin) consists of proteins. All foreign proteins to …

Personally I’m not convinced that under eye creams work particularly well. A 2007 study compared eye cream to over the counter moisturiser and showed in a randomised controlled trial no …

I would argue that you can’t achieve full facial rejuvenation without dermal filler as we need to address both volume loss and wrinkle reduction to achieve a rejuvenation effect. If we treated …

Getting rid of under eye wrinkles is one of the most difficult cosmetic problems that patients ask us at Cityskin and sometimes the solution is a surgical one rather than …

After injection it takes between 5 and 14 days to take effect. The anti-wrinkle product builds up blocks the nerve signal being sent between the end of the nerve and …

Deep chin creases can be caused from hyperactivity of the mentalis muscle on the chin. The action of this muscle is to raise up, causing a dimpled chin and the …

Eyebrow hair loss, also known as hypotrichosis, can occur in both men and women but is most common in women over 50 as oestrogen levels fall. Causes of eyebrow loss can …

The honest answer is to find an injector that knows facial anatomy well and can avoid injecting into small blood vessels. Taking aspirin before the treatment may increase the risk …

Thankfully bruising is uncommon after anti-wrinkle injections. Some people may experience a small pin-prick mark/bruise after treatment and if this does happen it most commonly occurs in the crows feet …

With any dermal filler injections there is a risk of bruising and swelling. The lips are certainly more prone to bruising, because of their blood supply and swelling and because …

The picture below shows a typical nerve in the body. When you want to make a muscle contract your brain sends a signal down the nerve (indicated by the yellow …

Tear trough fillers can be dissolved using an enzyme which breaks down the filler in about 30 minutes. The commonest areas that we are asked to dissolve dermal filler are …

The muscle from the corner of the mouth down to the jaw is called the depressor anguli oris (DAO). The action of this muscle is to pull the corners of …

How to treat vertical neck lines Anti-wrinkle injections can be injected into the platysma muscles to reduce the apperance of vertical neck lines that appears as we age. The image below …

This came up on a post on Instagram recently so, given that Spring is on its’ way, I thought I’d answer with the video below. Hope this helps! https://youtu.be/XaWdNdkTG_Y

How do you get rid of those annoying under-eye lines?  I’ve had my crow’s feet treated and used about 12 units each side. Under-eye lines can form as a result. https://youtu.be/8pzW1brpdXU Unfortunately, …

Cityskin practitioners have, on average, 8 years of cosmetic injecting experience. Trust and confidence are fundamental when treating patients. When you have a cosmetic treatment you want to know that …

Depending on the dose and area injected, anti-wrinkle injections generally last up to 3-4 months. The only cases where it may not last the full 3-4 months are when: The full …

Anti-wrinkle injections take 1-5 days to start working, and continue to work for 2 weeks. This is when the drug reaches its peak effect. Generally, patients often start to feel …

The duration of dermal fillers varies between individuals and can be effected by things such as your lifestyle, your metabolism, the area injected and the amount of dermal filler injected.  …

Dermal fillers are instant, so you can see a visible result immediately after injection. It takes up to 4 weeks for the filler to fully integrate into the tissue and …

Personally, I always allow 2 weeks for swelling to go down after dermal filler. This time allows the filler to integrate into the tissue, and white cells to heal the …

Dermal fillers may be injected anytime after giving birth, as long as you’ve completely finished breastfeeding, if you are doing so, and are deemed medically fit by our prescribing doctors. There …

The main immediate risk of dermal filler is bruising on the day and in the days following treatment. You may see some swelling after dermal filler but this depends on …

Think of dermal filler as like building a building – you put the foundations down, build the first and second floor then put the roof on top. When we use …

Cheek fillers can replace lost volume when we age and are often a great start! How many mls of filler depend on the individual patient and how significant the volume …

Hollow cheeks can be caused from numerous factors. Typically, hollow cheeks become apparent when we lose volume, either from weight loss, or from the aging process. The areas under the cheekbone …

Males typically have stronger muscles than females and, therefore, require more units to have an effective treatment. Depending on the strength of th muscle, males ‘typically’ have 30units in the …

At Cityskin we don’t offer skin tag removal on the eyelids. This can, however, be done easily by your local GP using cryotherapy. Liquid nitrogen is used to freeze the …

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fyIM4AvFAI The cost of treating the tear troughs really depends on whether the area is hollow because of loss of cheek volume or because of a true trough under the eye. Often …

The main factors that affect how much someone swells after double chin treatment include: How much fullness there is under the chin to begin with. The more fat that is …

Hi Tori, thanks for the question. The cost of treatment all depends on the amount of fullness under your chin. If you have a tiny pocket of fullness in the …

To treat marionette lines it usually requires approximately 2ml of dermal filler to correct the lines and the area surrounding. This amount can vary from person to person. To treat nasolabial …

At Cityskin we can offer the cannula technique when treating lips with dermal fillers.There are pros and cons to using the cannula: Pros: Less bruising risk, safer technique as the cannula …

Over my years of injecting, personally, I have seen dermal fillers ‘break down’ more quickly with lasers to the face (anything that causes heat under the skin). I usually suggest …

A non-surgical nose job uses dermal filler to the nose, and is a treatment for only very experienced practitioners to perform, in my opinion. Dermal filler is often injected on the …

We don’t offer treatment for acne at Cityskin. I think the best option is to see your GP to clear the skin up rather than going straight for microdermabrasion. Think of …

The frontalis muscles action is to raise the eyebrows up, so when anti wrinkle injections are injected into the forehead, it relaxes the muscle down. Everyone is different, and some …

We advise all patients that they should wait 2 weeks after having dermal filler before flying. Although you work as a domestic flight attendant you will be subject to recurrent …

Any type of dermal filler fills and replaces lost volume. It depends how much volume was lost in the cheeks from the weight loss, and the elasticity of the skin, …

At Cityskin we tend to prefer the needle technique for lip fillers but cannula can also be used to place filler in the main body of the lip. We find …

Yes, the double chin injections are permanent and will not  “grow back”, if you gain weight. The ingredient in the double chin injections is called deoxycholic acid. This ingredient is found …

In my capacity as a GP I can day that upper eyelid twitching is quite common and it is not related your recent dermal filler. An eyelid twitch is more …

It is very normal to have a small bruise after anti-wrinkle treatment. Thankfully is it not very common and when bruising does occur it tends to settle within a few …

I would suggest to call the clinic immediately, and go back for a follow-up, if you have already left the clinic. This is because a blue-ish discolouration could mean a …

I personally think that it is fine to go to for a sauna or to the steam room after anti-wrinkle injections. I have not seen any concrete evidence that it …

We can definitely achieve a higher cheekbones with dermal fillers! There are are so many different fillers on the market today, which allow us to have choice, as to what product …

The naso-labial folds from the corner of the nose to mouth are often treated with 0.5ml per side, so often 1ml will be required. The naso-labial folds can also be …

We recommend avoiding alcohol on the day that you have dermal fillers. Studies alcohol can thin the blood on the day of consumption 1. This would suggest that if you consume …

When can I have a facial after dermal fillers? We recommend avoiding to have any facials, massages, or lasers/ waxing to the face for 2 weeks after dermal fillers. This is …

Sometimes, depending on the quality of the skin (laxity and support underneath it), a small drop (0.5U) can ‘sometimes’ be placed under the eye, into the obicularis oculi muscle, to …

Depending on what vitamins and supplements you’re taking, it is best to have a complimentary consultation with our experienced medical practitioners, so you can advise us exactly what supplements you’re …

I think the anti-wrinkle brow lift works really well in younger patients who want to either lift the brow or give it more shape.The photo above shows a patient who …

We like to create natural looking results with dermal filler, and can augment the face with dermal fillers, to slightly change, or enhance your facial appearance. For an aesthetically pleasing face, …

Jawline / facial slimming treatment is more difficult if you have volume or fullness infront of the masseter muscle. The ideal patient for jawline slimming has a defined jawline with …

The lip flip is the cosmetic treatment of 2021. It only takes a minute to perform and can subtly turn out the upper lip to make the lips appear fuller. …

We can inject anti-wrinkle injections into the platysma muscle, platysma bands, and the depressor anguli oris (DAO). These are depressor muscles, meaning the action of these muscles are to pull …

It is very common and normal for people’s faces to be asymmetrical. However, significant asymmetries can draw attention to the face. There are two options, depending on the significance of …

I’m going to go out on a limb and say, from someone who injects anti-wrinkle injection day in, day out, you should NEVER, NEVER, NEVER pay for anti-wrinkle ‘areas’. I have been …

I personally think that you should treat the lines again based on how much movement you have and what you are looking to achieve from the treatment. Some patients are happy …

Dermal filler longevity can depend on numerous things. If you have a high metabolic rate, you may metabolise the product more quickly. This is because dermal filler, is a long …

We can definfilty treat the upper lip with dermal filler and anti-wrinkle injections, although, this area typically requires dermal filler. 1ml is often sufficient for this area to pump wrinkles, …

Vertical lines on the nose can be caused from two muscles – the procerus and the nasalis muscles. When we frown, the procerus muscle in between the brows pulls down, …

Nasolabial fold and sunken eyes may be treated with dermal filler, if appropriate upon assessment and consultation with one of our medical professionals. We use non-permanent fillers, which are made up …

The 7 year data that is available from the USA there are no long term side effects from double chin injections. Patients are often concerned that the skin under the chin …

Non surgical rhinoplasty isn’t a particularly high risk area for bruising but brusing is always one of the risks of any injectable treatment. There can be some initial swelling on the …

The only thing that we recommend after anti-wrinkle injections is not to rub the area too much for a couple of hours after injection. We don’t want to spread the …

For the first 30 minutes after anti-wrinkle injections it looks like small mozzie bites on the skin. This settles within within the hour and nobody should know you have had …

When treating foreheads with anti-wrinkle injections, one of the possible complications is called ‘Spocking’ (after Mr Spock from Star Trek). Spocking is where the only the outer parts of the …

A ‘unit’ is a measured amount of anti-wrinkle product. The amount of units that we need to inject depends on the area that we are injecting. From experience we can …

Tear troughs are a complex and difficult area to treat. Initially I was going to answer about how we treat the tear trough with dermal filler in the tear trough …

By law we are not allowed to use the name of the anti-wrinkle products so we have to call them Brand A and Brand B. This is why we have …

The main difference between permanent and non permanent dermal fillers is that non-permanent filler can be dissolved and is therefore safer to use in clinical practice. Click video below to watch …

Depending if you have had filler in the cheeks before, generally, the cheeks require a minimum of 2mls (1ml each side). 1ml only takes up 1/5 of a teaspoon, so …

Personally I feel as though you should be able to meet with friends about an hour after treatment and nobody would notice that you have had treatment. On the day of …

You can fly on the same day as having anti-wrinkle injections. We often treat cabin staff and pilots who are flying daily and I feel perfectly comfortable with them flying …

I don’t think there is a clear consensus on this but I would probably wait 48 hours before flying domestically and 1 week before flying internationally after double chin treatment …

We recommend that you should wait 7 days before you fly after dermal filler treatment. This is especially important for long haul flights where you will be exposed to decreased …

When we treat patients with dermal filler and anti-wrinkle treatment we want to minimise the risk of the treatment as much as possible. When I worked with lasers there was a …

We have had a number of enquiries recently about cosmetic injectables and Coronavirus so here is our guidance on dermal fillers and anti-wrinkle treatment after infection. If you have had Coronavirus …

The Foreo exfoliator is a device which emits sonic pulses to cleanse the skin. It can be used after exercise or morning and night as part of your usual skincare …

I normally tell my patients to try not to touch the area for a couple of hours after, to prevent the risk of infection, and no make-up for 12 hours, …

At this stage, there is no set date if the long-lasting anti-wrinkle injections are coming to Australia. Firstly, the drugs will have to be approved for use in Australia by …

]We often treat patients before weddings in order to give the best appearance for photos on the day. Wedding makeup is generally heavier than everyday makeup and this can make …

We will be opening Cityskin in Perth in the middle of 2018 so watch this space!

We have 2 brands of anti-wrinkle treatment available at Cityskin. Brand 1 – The ‘American Brand’ which costs $14 per unit Brand 2 – ‘The European Brand’ which costs $4.50 …

When we perform facial slimming treatment at Cityskin we offer the two main brands of anti-wrinkle treatment available in Australia/ We are not allowed to use brand names on Cosmetic websites …

Unfortunately, due Australian regulations we cannot name brands of anti-wrinkle injections. There are currently 3 approved anti-wrinkle injections brands that are approved in Australia (we currently stock two of the …

There are a large number of anti-wrinkle creams on the market. Some claim to reduce underye wrinkles, others claiming to reduce the appearance of fine lines on the face. A study …

Approximately 30% of patients either sneeze or feel like they want to sneeze when the frown or forehead is treated with anti-wrinkle injections. If you are one of those affected …

When you wear makeup the lines around the frown, crows feet and forehead appear worse at the end of the day. As a general rule the thicker the makeup the …

Anti-wrinkle injections work by preventing nerves from carrying an electrical message from the brain to the muscle. In the diagram below you can see the anti-wrinkle product sitting at the end of …

A common complaint that we hear from patients who have never had anti-wrinkle treatment is that makeup can look cracked and uneven at the end of the day. Anti-wrinkle treatment relaxes the muscles and …

When too many anti-wrinkle injections are used, for example in the forehead, you may notice that the skin looks shiny. To explain this phenomenon we will use a series of …

If dermal filler is injected too superficially under the skin then there is a chance that you may notice a blue-ish discolouration of the area injected. This is known as the …

There is always a risk of bleeding and bruising with all cosmetic injections, as we are inserting a sharp needle into the skin, multiple times. Expert injector, Dr. Arthur Swift …

When the frontalis muscle is injected with anti-wrinkle injections, it relaxes the muscle down. There is always a small risk that it can relax too much and have “hooded eyes”, …

If you’re at an “earlier age”, and there are no static lines on the face, it will not make you “look younger”. Anti-wrinkle injections may prevent static lines from forming, …

Hi Katie, After double chin treatment it does not cause loose skin. This was a actually a question that I asked at the launch of the product in Sydney earlier this …

There is no known studies whether smoking effects the longevity of dermal filler. However, in my experience, it is apparent that smoking may impact the longevity of dermal fillers. Whether …

The muscle strength will always recover after anti-wrinkle treatment. In the video below I have used the gym analogy – using your muscle every day is like doing weights at …