Every bride wants to feel confident on their big day! Beyond finding the perfect dress, venue, and caterer, you want to know that you’ll look good from every single angle (especially once you consider how many cameras will be trained on your face). And the key to achieving all your aesthetic goals is sticking to a beauty plan—particularly one that incorporates injectables into the prep.
Wedding beauty prep isn’t exclusive to brides; after all, grooms, family members, and bridesmaids want to look their best in pictures, too! Here’s everything our AESTHETICS 360° experts want you to know about special event and wedding beauty prep using Botox, dermal fillers, and other cosmetic injectables.
Which Injectables to Get For Your Wedding
Botox
There’s a reason Botox is the #1 non-surgical cosmetic treatment! It’s an injectable neurotoxin that blocks nerve receptors, relaxing the muscles that cause expression lines to form (while also preventing the formation of new wrinkles).
That means you’ll be able to smile and laugh throughout your wedding day without having to worry about pesky 11s appearing! (Because who can help being expressive on their wedding day?) An experienced injector, like the ones at AESTHETICS 360°, will strategically place the Botox to make sure you appear subtly refreshed, not “frozen”. You’ll leave everyone wondering what your secret is to looking so good!
- When to Start: 6-9 months before your wedding
- Why Start Soon: Although the actual Botox treatment is quick, the results take up to two weeks to evolve. If you’ve never had Botox treatment before, you will want at least one full treatment cycle to be sure you like the look of it.
- Number of Treatments: At least two before your special day
- Treatment Schedule: 3-4 months between treatments
- Treatment Areas: Forehead, between brows, crow’s feet, lip flip, reduce gummy smile, reduce downturned corners of the mouth, reduce excessive underarm sweating, facial slimming
Dermal Fillers
Dermal fillers use hyaluronic acid (a safe, naturally occurring sugar molecule in your skin) to promote collagen production and encourage your tissue to retain water to stay plump, full, and firm. It can add volume, contour, structure, and symmetry to your wedding-day appearance.
Because dermal fillers are so customizable, they can be used to achieve natural-looking harmony with nearly any of your facial features. At AESTHETICS 360°, we offer many different types of fillers, including lip, cheek, jawline, under-eye, lower face around the mouth, and chin fillers.
- When to Start: 3 to 6 months before your wedding
- Why Start Soon: Fillers are customizable, and results may need to be staged in multiple sessions to achieve desired goals.
- Number of Treatments: Depends on areas to be treated
- Treatment Schedule: 6-24 months between treatments
- Treatment Areas: Cheeks, under-eye, chin, jawline, peri-oral, and lips
Sculptra
Although Sculptra may seem like a type of dermal filler, it’s actually an FDA-approved biostimulant that comes in the form of an injectable. It uses poly-L-lactic acid to stimulate your body’s natural collagen production process, thereby giving your skin enhanced volume and structural support.
It’s clinically approved to treat mild to moderate wrinkles and folds on the face, add mild contour, and improve the appearance of textured or uneven skin. All in all, it’s a subtle and gradual approach to restoring your skin quality while replenishing your collagen levels—which means you’ll look naturally rejuvenated on your wedding day!
- When to Start: 9 to 12 months before your wedding
- Why Start Soon: Because Sculptra gradually builds up collagen over the course of 3-9 months, it isn’t a quick fix, which means you need to give yourself enough time for natural-looking results.
- Number of Treatments: 1-3, depending on the individual
- Treatment Schedule: 4-6 weeks between treatments
- Treatment Areas: Temples, cheeks, mid-face, lower face, chin, jawline, and jowls (mid to lower face)
Other Non-Injectable Wedding Prep Treatments
Although injectables like Botox and dermal fillers offer great results, they aren’t the only way to prepare for your wedding. There are plenty of other non-injectable med spa treatments that will have you looking and feeling your best.
Some of our favorites include:
- Laser hair removal: Avoid the nightmare of stubble or ingrown hairs on your wedding day by opting for laser hair removal. Most areas require 6 to 8 treatments, split up among 4-6 week intervals
- Chemical peels: Popular among brides of all ages, chemical peels use a blend of antioxidants and acids to remove superficial layers of skin to reveal a brand new, glowing appearance. Recovery time will range from 0 to 2 weeks after each treatment.
- The SaltFacial: For those looking to restore, replenish, and rejuvenate their skin before their wedding day, the SaltFacial uses natural, super-fine, organic sea salt particles to remove dead skin. The best part? There’s no downtime, making it great for a last-minute bride!
- Microneedling: By using “micro” needles to puncture the top layer of skin, we’re able to stimulate the production of collagen and elastin, giving your wedding day skin strength and firmness! There’s a short downtime to prep for, usually around a week, with noticeable results that continue for months after treatment
- Signature Facials: Are you acne-prone? Do you have dry skin? No matter the aesthetic concern, a signature facial can be specially customized to address whatever your skin needs. Every bride is different, so why shouldn’t their facial be a reflection of this?
Come to AESTHETICS 360° for All Your Wedding Beauty Prep Needs
The entire AESTHETICS 360° team is committed to helping you become the most confident bride, groom, or wedding-goer you can be! We understand that you want to look your best for a big event, and we can work with you to create a personalized wedding beauty prep plan to help you reach your aesthetic goals, on time and on budget!
Schedule a free consultation with our staff today to begin your aesthetics journey and experience the 360° difference! You can also try our virtual consultation tool to get private treatment recommendations based on your concerns, all right from your device.
