10 tips for finding the right Botox clinic

Botox injections are one of the most popular aesthetic procedures in the world, and they are certainly an extremely popular choice for both women and men alike here at Allure Aesthetics Ltd. More and more clinics are offering Botox treatments across South Wales and the rest of the UK, and if you're new to the world of Botox, you may find the number of practitioners available for you to choose from quite overwhelming.

You may have recently read our article outlining 5 popular Botox questions, but what we didn't address was how you go about choosing the right clinic. Non-surgical aesthetic procedures like Botox are currently unregulated here in the UK, so choosing the right clinic and practitioner is extremely important.

To help you make the right decision, we've put together 10 of our expert tips that we'd urge you to consider before booking your first Botox treatment:

1. Research the Botox procedure

If you're considering Botox for the first time, the best thing for you to do at first is thoroughly research the actual procedure. This will provide you with an overview as to what you can expect from start to finish, as well as what sort of results might be possible and what sort of side effects might be experienced. This will help you decide first and foremost whether the treatment is right for you. There are plenty of videos available on YouTube that can give you an idea and show you the procedure in action. Doing this research will mean that you're better equipped with some knowledge of the procedure when you visit a Botox clinic. 2. Word of mouth recommendations

If you know friends, family, neighbours, co-workers, or even people using online forums who have had Botox treatments or similar procedures, then get chatting to them about the clinic they use and what their experience was like. Chances are you will receive honest, reliable advice about whether you should put your trust in the same clinic they had their treatment with. At the end of the day, a clinic will always shout from the rooftops about how great they are and why they offer the best treatments in the safest environment and with the most fabulous results, but wouldn't you rather hear those things from an honest past-client?

3. Seek out trained practitioners

Botox is a procedure that you want done right, and that means choosing a trained practitioner who has the relevant training and expertise. You should make sure your Botox injections are administered by a qualified and highly experienced practitioner so that you know you're in the best hands possible, and will be able to reap the rewards with a safe procedure and high quality results. Research your clinic of choice to ensure the staff are all adequately trained and have the relevant papers to prove their qualification claims. Botched jobs are almost always caused because the practitioner did not have the relevant training or experience, so make sure you avoid this with some simple research and by making the right decisions. 4. Avoid cowboy clinics

When you're searching for a clinic, best practice would be to make sure they are a well established and respected medical and cosmetic clinic. Over the past few years many non-medical clinics have popped up all over the place. You can find them in places like hairdressers or beauty salons, and they offer Botox injections alongside their other usual services. Many of these are often ill-equipped and not ideal environments to perform surgical procedures. As they are unlikely to perform them regularly on a daily basis, it's also questionable just how experienced many of the practitioners who carry out the Botox procedures are. They might offer the procedure at a lower price, but you may end up with a botch job and lower grade products - something that's really not worth the saving or potential risk.