Wrinkle Relaxers

“Wrinkle Relaxer” treatments necessarily use one of 6 brands of prescription-only medications that are injected into muscles that can cause wrinkles. Australian Law prevents us from advertising a service to you “that may result in the use or supply of a prescription only medication”.

“Wrinkle Relaxers” is one of the terms, prior to March 2024, that the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) suggested that cosmetic clinics could use to advertise the service of injecting these medications without advertising any of the actual medications used.

The TGA has recently (March 2024) advised that promoting the potential benefits of wrinkle relaxing injections are likely to promote the use of the prescription only medications required to perform these treatments, and clinics that offer these services are no longer allowed to promote these services.

During these consultations we will medically assess you and your facial features to help us to develop a treatment plan which may or may not lead to the provision of a prescription. For any treatment plan that we recommend we will describe the processes and expected outcomes, and the possible side-effects of any of the treatments that we recommend in order to give you every opportunity to consider the potential treatments before proceeding.

If there is a medical reason for you not to have the wrinkle relaxing treatment or if you decide not to go ahead with treatment, then no treatment will be performed and the only payment due is the consultation fee.

If it is decided that the treatment is medically appropriate, and there is sufficient appointment time remaining, you will have the option of proceeding with your treatment at the time of your appointment or of coming back another day to do it. We do not recoup the cost of consultations with any hidden or extra charges in the future.

We offer these consultations with no-obligation to proceed to treatment and no obligation to purchase any other product or service from us in the future.

Generally speaking, these treatments are not appropriate if you are pregnant, breastfeeding, have certain neurological conditions or some other rare diseases. If you are very unwell or are being investigated for potentially significant health problems, we recommend that you delay your visit to us until you are better or your treating doctor gives you an “all clear” to proceed with cosmetic treatments. These are elective treatments for appearance that require the use of prescription only medication and we do not offer any of these treatments to persons under the age of 18 years. We mention these guidelines so that we can save you an unnecessary trip to come in for a consultation. We are unable to offer consultations over the phone or via social media. The final decision on whether or not these treatments can be performed are at the complete discretion of the clinic and the doctor or prescribing nurse practitioner made during your consultation with us.

There are three main “areas” of expression lines on the upper face that commonly form wrinkles. They are the “crowsfeet” (treatment of both sets of crowfeet next to both eyes on both sides of the face which is counted as “one area”); the “horizontal forehead lines” is another “area”; and the “glabellar” is another area (the vertical lines that appear between the eyebrows when frowning). During your consultation we will discuss with you the various types of treatments that we offer that we believe may be appropriate for your unique needs and concerns, including both treatments that may and may not require a prescription to be written.

During your consultation we will also discuss with you the pros and cons of treating each area as they relate to your particular features and your appearance goals.

Our prices for wrinkle relaxing injections cannot be published publicly, because the Australian Therapuetic Goods Administration has indicated in their guidelines that to do so is considered “advertising” of the medication that are used if these treatments are performed.

There are six different wrinkle relaxer brands that are listed with the TGA and are therefore allowed to be used in Australia.

We have experience using, and keep in stock, three of these brands. Prices quoted will depend on which brand of wrinkle relaxer that you select and how much of the medication is required to perform the treatment.

We use our experience and our personalised consultation with you to recommend a dose that will give you what we expect to be the best possible result for the areas that you decide to have treated. Remember, getting a bigger dose is not necessarily better. A dose that is too big can increase the risk of side effects.

Included in the price of your treatment is the opportunity to return between 10 and 21 days from your treatment for complimentary review of your results. If necessary, an extra dose may be administered, at no charge, at the discretion of the clinic and the doctor. We limit the extra dose to a maximum of 10% of the initial dose. If this extra dose is necessary, we keep a record of it, and at your next visit (when the first treatment is wearing off and it is time for another treatment) we can treat you with this larger dose (i.e. the sum of your initial dose plus your “top up” dose) which in most cases reduces the need for subsequent “top up” doses.

At MIRA Clinic we regularly use three different brands of wrinkle relaxer medication that are registered for use in Australia. They are the three brands that were the first to be listed

Laws for advertising of medical and nursing services and for advertising of prescription-only medication mean that we can’t mention wrinkle relaxing medication brand names in our website or our social media posts (and we can’t use any kind of abbreviation or ingredient name that could help specify the medication name). This is why we haven’t mentioned anything about medication brands on our website. We also can’t advertise any of the potential benefits of these medications. The decision on whether to have these treatments should be made during a consultation with a prescribing health practitioner not on the basis of what you read online.

Due to the recent advice from the Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration we don’t believe that we can publicly answer this question because doing so is probably considered “advertising” of whichever medication that might be used for the treatment. Instead we encourage you to book in for a consultation during which we can properly assess you and determine your suitability for the different treatment options that we have available.

If you have details about any treatments you have had in the past at other clinics, we can usually provide a an estimate of what a similar treatment may cost at our clinic, but suitability and final pricing is subject to first receiving a consultation with us.

You should not feel pressured into having any cosmetic or medical treatment. If you decide not to go ahead with treatment on the day, or you’d rather schedule your treatment for some time in the future, you can rebook a time for your treatment while you are in our clinic or later on, using the online booking service via our website or by calling the clinic.

We are in this business for the long term. We wish to earn your trust and loyalty through every aspect of how we do business with you. We do not want to get a short term boost in sales by over-promising what is possible through our treatments. During your consultation we will explain how the treatments work and the normal results that we expect.

As explained above, we buy large amounts of these medications and therefore get access to special pricing that we pass on to our clients. We believe by being efficient with our business systems and treating large numbers of clients we can be profitable at prices that are below the average price of the industry. We do not skimp on the units that we provide to our clients – it is our genuine intention for every client to get the best possible result. We are also mindful that giving too many units of wrinkle relaxer medication increases the chances of problems – and we do our best and use our experience to minimise over-treatment.

The same medication used for wrinkle relaxing medications can be used for a variety of medical purposes such as reducing sweating, reducing headaches or reducing scars. We do not offer any medicare rebates, we do not assess or advise on the treatment of any non-cosmetic conditions. Health fund rebates are usually not available for any of our treatments. We insist that you seek the opinion of your General Practitioner (or a specialist as advised by your General Practitioner) for the assessment and treatment of any non-cosmetic medical condition.

The legislation for advertising medical and nursing services prohibits the use of special pricing to encourage unnecessary or indiscriminate use of medical or nursing services. The law also prohibits advertising of gifts, discounts or inducements to attract a user of the health service without stating the terms and the conditions of the offer.

We encourage our prospective patients to do their research and to visit multiple clinics for several opinions before proceeding with any cosmetic medical treatment and don’t allow anyone to make you feel rushed into making a decision on any of these types of treatments. None of our services are “surgical” or “invasive” (as defined by the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law) and therefore we are not required to make any warning statement about surgical or invasive procedures.

In accordance with the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law, we do not solicit or use testimonials that refer to the medical and nursing services that we provide. Users of Facebook and Google are free to write reviews about any business (subject to the Facebook community standards and Google’s Review Policy). As a business page, we are not able to edit, delete or curate those reviews. By not sharing or reposting those reviews we are not “using” them even if the reviews are positive in nature and might otherwise be defined as a “testimonial”. In accordance with the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law, we are required to remove any positive commentary that meets the definition of a “testimonial” that is posted to other parts of our Facebook page, Google listing or website over which we do have the ability to control. The medical advertising rules on testimonials do not apply to our retail and dermal therapy services.