Not straight away. Botox and dermal fillers need time to settle, and pressure, heat, or manipulation too soon can move the product, blunt the result, or raise the risk of bruising and infection. The client paid good money for that work — the last thing you want is to be the treatment that ruined it.
The timings most UK practitioners and insurers work to:
- Facials (massage, steam, extractions, LED, microcurrent): wait 2 weeks after Botox or fillers before any facial that involves pressure or heat. A gentle, no-pressure cleanse is usually fine sooner, but skip anything that presses, heats, or stimulates the treated area.
- Facial massage and lymphatic drainage: avoid over the treated zone for 2 weeks — massage can migrate filler and disperse Botox beyond where the injector intended.
- Chemical peels, microneedling, microdermabrasion: wait 2 weeks minimum, longer if the skin is still tender or bruised.
- Body massage away from the face: generally fine, but still check for bruising and recent injection sites.
The catch is the same one that trips salons up over and over: the client won't mention it. They book a facial a few days after a "tweakment" and don't connect the two. Your consultation form has to ask about recent injectables directly, and the answer has to be dated and on record before you start.
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SAY-OS keeps each client's contraindications, allergies and history in one place, and flags them at booking — so the right call happens before they're in the chair.
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