Can I Get Botox and Fillers in the Same Appointment?

Botox® and dermal fillers are widely recognized for their ability to smooth lines and wrinkles, helping women and men appear more youthful, energized, and confident. While both work differently and target different types of wrinkles, what many people don’t know is that these products also work very well together — so well, in fact, that the combination treatment has its own nickname: the liquid facelift.

1. Jacob Simhaee, MD, is a skilled provider of cosmetic injectables, employing an individualized approach to achieve results that appear refreshed and natural. Learn how Botox and fillers differ, and how using both can help you achieve beautiful results and maximum confidence.

Understanding Botox and fillers

Botox and dermal fillers are both designed to reduce wrinkles and enhance facial aesthetics, but they work in very different ways. Understanding those differences can help you see why they’re often used together to help many patients achieve their goals.

Botox

Botox is a neuromodulator — an agent that alters (or modulates) the way nerves work. That makes it an excellent tool for smoothing out dynamic wrinkles — lines that form when we make facial expressions. These lines form when nerves in specific facial muscles communicate with your brain, and in turn, your brain tells them to contract, tugging on your skin and creating wrinkles.

Botox helps prevent these wrinkles by blocking that nerve communication. Your muscles aren’t told to contract, which means they don’t tug on your skin — and pesky lines and wrinkles don’t appear. Injections also help smooth out existing wrinkles, like crow’s feet, forehead lines, and even those pesky pucker lines around your lips. It’s also great for gently lifting sagging brows and achieving the popular Botox “lip flip.”

Dermal fillers

While Botox targets dynamic wrinkles formed by facial movements, dermal fillers address lines and wrinkles that develop over time due to sun damage and age-related changes in the skin. These are called static wrinkles, and they tend to appear regardless of whether or not you’re making a facial expression.

Fillers work by adding volume to your skin, smoothing out creases, and restoring youthful plumpness to areas that have thinned or “hollowed out" over time, like your cheeks, lips, or under-eye area.

Different fillers work in different ways, and our office offers several options for a truly individualized approach. Each filler agent is specifically formulated for its intended use. We can help you select the best options tailored to your anatomy and aesthetic goals.

Botox and fillers: A perfect match

Used individually, Botox and fillers are excellent at providing targeted improvements in specific areas — for instance, smoothing out crow’s feet or plumping up thin lips. However, depending on your unique treatment goals, a combination treatment can yield results that rival those of a surgical facelift.

Used together, Botox and fillers can lift, smooth, soften, and plump up your skin from your forehead to your jawline, helping you look younger and more energized without the risks and hassles of surgery.

Better still, both types of injectables can be administered during a single treatment session, making it a convenient and easy way to look and feel refreshed without missing a beat in your busy schedule. Touch-up treatments help you maintain your results as long as you like.

The right treatment for your goals

Your face is unique, and that means your treatment plan should be unique as well. Dr. Simhaee and his team are dedicated to creating a customized, individualized treatment plan for each patient, ensuring naturally beautiful results.

To learn more about injectables and how they can help you look and feel your best, request an appointment online or over the phone with Dr. Simhaee and his team at his practices in Manhasset and Forest Hills, New York, today.