Treatment guidelines

Care instructions for treatments with dermal fillers
Care instructions for anti wrinkle treatments

Last updated: 14.06.2021

For all our patients that have tested positive for COVID-19:

Treatments with muscle relaxants can be performed up to 2 weeks BEFORE receiving a vaccination against COVID-19 and 2 weeks AFTER receiving a vaccination against COVID-19. Please ensure sufficient time between booking your appointment and vaccination to ensure your treatment with muscle relaxants can go ahead.

Treatments with hyaluronic acid/dermal fillers can be performed up to 2 weeks BEFORE receiving a vaccination against COVID-19 and 6 weeks AFTER receiving a vaccination against COVID-19. Please ensure sufficient time between booking your appointment and vaccination to ensure your treatment with hyaluronic acid can go ahead.

We carry out these measures for your protection and ask for your understanding.


Care instructions for treatments with dermal fillers

  • We do not carry out treatment during pregnancy and while breastfeeding (treatment is possible again 2 weeks post-pregnancy/ post breastfeeding).
  • The presence of children under 18 years of age is not allowed during treatments of any kind. However, adolescents over 14 years of age may wait in the waiting room on their own.
  • If you are accompanied by a younger child, only consultation is possible, as our staff is not legally permitted to supervise them.
  • Anti-wrinkle treatments and treatments with dermal filler in the same region within one session is not possible! Here, a minimum interval of 2 weeks is required.
  • Anti-wrinkle treatments and treatments with dermal filler in different regions is possible.

Before treatment with dermal fillers:

  • Please eat and drink before the treatment to avoid unnecessary circulatory reactions
  • Please do not drink alcohol on the day of treatment

ATTENTION:

  • No injections in acute allergic reactions
  • At least 1 week before a dermal filler treatment:
    • Avoid any blood-thinning medication
    • Avoid any painkillers with blood-thinning effect (e.g. aspirin, thomapyrin)
    • Avoid any products that contain Ginkgo
  • At least 14 days prior to treatment with dermal filler:
    • No infections / colds / herpes etc
    • Do not take any antibiotics or cortisone
    • Avoid laser treatments in the treatment region (depending on the type of laser used, the waiting time to a treatment with dermal filler may be longer, please ask us to make sure!)
    • Avoid invasive cosmetic treatments (such as microneedling, microdermabrasion etc.)
    • Avoid any dental treatments (including dental cleaning and bleaching)
  • At least 4 weeks before dermal filler treatment:
    • Avoid any vaccinations
  • At least 6 weeks before dermal filler treatment:
    • No laser therapy/tattooing (including permanent make-up/microblading)
    • No piercings
    • No surgery (including dental surgery)
    • No COVID-19 vaccination
  • At least 6 months before dermal filler treatment:
    • No major surgery on the face (e.g. rhinoplasty, facelift)

In the case of chronic inflammatory diseases of any kind, injections are only possible after a careful consideration. Please arrange a medical consultation for this.
If you have already had an anti-wrinkle treatment, treatments with dermal filler or a thread lift, please find out exactly what product you have been treated with.
If necessary, certain deadlines must be observed before a new injection is given.
If you are taking cortisone or antibiotics permanently, dermal filler injections are unfortunately not possible.


After the treatment with dermal fillers:

  • On the day of the treatment:
    • No smoking for at least 4 hours after
    • Do not wear any makeup or lipstick
    • Do not drink any alcohol
  • At least 48 hours:
    • No sport, exercise or excess physical activity
  • At least 1 week:
    • No sauna, solarium and excess sun exposure
  • At least 2 weeks:
    • Avoid any facial massages or invasive cosmetic facial treatments
    • Avoid any dental treatments, including dental cleaning or bleaching
    • No vaccinations / no COVID-19 vaccination
    • No laser treatment in any area
  • At least 4 weeks:
    • No microblading/permanent makeup/ tattooing
    • No laser treatment in the treatment area
  • Important aftercare steps for lip treatment with dermal fillers:
    • Do not consume any hot drinks and food for at least 4 hours
    • No kissing for 24 hours
    • Do not use any lipstick/lip care on the following day
    • No dental treatment, including dental cleaning or bleaching for at least 4 weeks
  • Important aftercare steps for nose correction with dermal filler:
    • No pressure on the corrected area for 2 weeks (e.g. wearing glasses, sunglasses, goggles)

What you can do to ensure the best result from your treatment:

  • Stay hydrated: drink at least 2 litres of water per day
  • Slight unevenness or bumps in the treated area can be gently massaged from the third day after treatment
  • If necessary, the treated area can be cooled with a cooling pad (not from the freezer!) after the injection. Please only do so for a maximum of 10 minutes at a time.

Waiting periods for any volume increase with fillers with more volume than 0.2ml:

  • Volume build-up in the same region: At least 4 weeks
  • Volume increase in another region: At least 2 weeks
  • Skinbooster: At least 4 weeks

When changing to a different product manufacturer, different changeover times may occur depending on the manufacturer. Please ask us when you make an appointment, so that unnecessary inconveniences for you can be avoided.


Rules of conduct for injections with botulinum toxin

  • In order to avoid an antibody formation and loss of efficacy, a waiting period of at least 3 months must be maintained between two treatments with muscle relaxants.
  • We do not carry out injections during pregnancy and while breastfeeding.
  • The presence of children under 18 years of age is not allowed during treatments of any kind. However, adolescents over 14 years of age may wait in the waiting room on their own.
  • If you are accompanied by a younger child, only counselling is possible, as our staff is not legally permitted to supervise them.

Before an anti-wrinkle treatment:

  • A laser treatment in another region can take place on the same day, but must then take place BEFORE the anti-wrinkle treatment
  • No injection in acute allergic reactions
  • At least 1 week before anti-wrinkle treatment:
    • Avoid any blood-thinning medicine
    • Avoid any painkillers with blood-thinning effect (e.g. aspirin, thomapyrin)
    • Avoid any products that contain ginkgo
    • No herpes/cold-sores
  • At least 14 days before anti-wrinkle treatment:
    • Do not consume any antibiotics or cortisone
    • No infections, colds, etc.
    • No laser treatments in the same region
    • Avoid any invasive cosmetic treatments (such as microblading, microdermabrasion, etc.)
    • Avoid any dental treatments (including dental cleaning and bleaching)
    • No vaccinations / no COVID-19 vaccination
  • At least 6 weeks before anti-wrinkle treatment:
    • No laser therapy/tattooing (including permanent make-up/microblading)
    • No piercings
    • No surgery (including dental surgery)

Special care should be taken when treating sweat glands with botulinum toxin:

  • Avoid shaving in the area to be treated for at least 2 days


After the anti-wrinkle treatment:

  • At least 4 hours:
    • Keep your head upright
  • On the day of treatment:
    • Do not consume any alcohol
    • Do not apply any make-up
    • No rubbing/massaging the treated area
  • At least 48 hours:
    • No sport, exercise or excess physical activity
  • At least 1 week:
    • No sauna, solarium and intense sun exposure
  • At least 2 weeks:
    • Avoid any facial massages or invasive cosmetic facial treatments
    • Avoid any microblading/permanent makeup/ tattooing in the treated area
    • Avoid any dental treatments, including dental cleaning or bleaching
    • No laser treatment in the treated area
    • No COVID-19 vaccination