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TO LOOK FIVE YEARS YOUNGER?
THE SPA WITHIN
Do You Want
To Look Five Years Younger?
You laugh. You frown. You concentrate. Over time, those expressions leave their mark upon your face, and there wasn't a lot you could do about it. Until today!
Elliot Health System is proud to announce James Bartels, M.D. has joined The Spa Within team to administer BOTOX® Cosmetic. The Spa Within is located on the fifth floor of Elliot Hospital and offers a unique atmosphere that gently embraces the mind and body with rejuvenating and relaxing therapies to renew your soul, and lift your spirit.
A short, ten-minute treatment of BOTOX® Cosmetic will have you looking years younger as the facial muscles relax. The most commonly treated areas are the forehead, around the eyes, and between the eyebrows. With BOTOX® injections, crow's feet can be softened; the furrow between the brows can be diminished, and forehead wrinkles can be lessened. Once the muscles begin to rest, the skin becomes smoother, creating a more natural, relaxed and younger appearance. Best of all since the procedure is non-surgical, no recovery time is needed. No sedation or local anesthetic is needed, and you can resume normal activities immediately. You can even drive yourself home or back to the office.
This simple, non-surgical procedure can dramatically reduce even the toughest wrinkles. Movement of facial muscles can cause the skin to crease. As skin becomes less elastic over time, repeated frowning may create visible lines and wrinkles- even when your face is relaxed. By paralyzing the superficial muscles, wrinkles “relax” and soften, and helps prevent additional wrinkles.
BOTOX® injections have been widely used for cosmetic purposes for a decade, and have been enthusiastically endorsed by the Spa Within BOTOX® clients. A very small amount of the diluted drug is injected directly into the muscle in the desired treatment area. The procedure is quick, confidential, and performed while sitting upright in the Spa's beautifully decorated treatment room.
Treatments take approximately seven to ten days to achieve the full effect. Given its unique mechanism of action, BOTOX® offers sustained benefits, dose after dose, over the course of long-term treatment. Initial treatments typically last approximately three to four months, and then fade gradually. At that time, you should return to see Dr. Bartels at the Spa for your next treatment. As you continue to receive BOTOX® treatments, the effects last even longer, up to six to eight months. The degree of relief and duration of effect varies from person to person. Facial muscles that are larger (such as in men) or used a lot by facially “expressive” patients may require treatments more frequently. Often the facial muscles become “trained” to not move as much so that, over time, less BOTOX® is needed to keep the facial lines relaxed.
At the Spa Within, services and treatments such as BOTOX® Cosmetic are available to patients, physicians, staff, volunteers, visitors, and the community. If you would like more information regarding this treatment or any other Spa treatment, please call the Spa's Coordinator, at 603-663-5400. All treatments do require an appointment.
Important questions to ask to ensure a safe BOTOX® experience
- First, confirm that the person performing the procedure is a physician.
- Ask the doctor about his/her specialty. The most common, trusted, and best trained doctors to provide BOTOX® services are those specializing in: otolaryngology, plastic surgery, dermatology and some ophthalmologists.
- Ask how much experience a doctor has in a field is always a good thing for a patient to ask, especially because BOTOX® is a relatively new procedure to many patients and doctors.
- Lastly, a fourth step to ensure a safe experience would be to have a discussion with the doctor before the procedure to talk about realistic expectations, potential risks, and benefits. All of this information must clearly be explained and discussed with the patient before the procedure takes place.
Dr. Bartels is an otolaryngologist with ENT Specialists of Southern New Hampshire, is board certified by the American Board of Otolaryngology, and been in practice since 1987.
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BOTOX®® is a registered trademark of Allergan, Inc.
