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Migraine Treatment in Garner, NC

Botox is a preventive treatment for adults with chronic migraine. MarSha MedSpa reviews your headache pattern and treatment history to help reduce headache days and make everyday life more manageable.

Other preventive medicines and acute attack treatments may belong in your care plan. Your headache clinician can help compare the options.

( Chronic migraine )

When headaches become a frequent pattern

Migraine is more than an occasional headache. Botox may suit adults with chronic migraine, after a medical assessment of headache frequency, symptoms and previous treatment.
Headache Days
Migraine Symptoms
Medicines Tried
Daily-Life Impact
Botox aims to prevent headaches. It does not stop an attack already underway, and its effectiveness for episodic migraine has not been established.
( Preventive care )

A medical plan for frequent migraine

Botox reduces the release of chemicals involved in pain signaling. Treatment follows a head-and-neck injection pattern for chronic migraine, rather than a cosmetic wrinkle-treatment plan.

Confirm the pattern

A headache diary records headache days, symptoms and medicine use. Your clinician checks the diagnosis and whether Botox fits.

Review previous care

Bring preventive and attack-treatment details, including what helped, what did not and any side effects.

Plan ongoing review

Response develops over treatment cycles. Review headache frequency and daily function before deciding to continue.
( What to expect )

Your migraine treatment appointment

Consultations at MarSha MedSpa take place in Garner, North Carolina, for clients from Raleigh, Cary and across the Triangle.

Bring your headache record

Review symptoms, headache days, previous treatment and medicines, including any recent toxin injections.

Agree on the plan

Discuss eligibility, alternatives, expected benefits, risks and the cost of ongoing treatment.

Receive prescribed treatment

If appropriate, Botox is given as a series of small injections across selected head and neck areas.

Track and review

Continue your diary and agreed migraine care plan, with follow-up to assess benefit and side effects.
The injection portion may take about 10 minutes. Allow additional time for consultation and preparation; confirm your full appointment length when booking.

Progress and Maintenance:

Track meaningful change

Record headache days, attack-medicine use and disruption to everyday activities before and during treatment.

Allow planned review

Benefit may become clearer over two to three cycles. Your clinician reviews whether treatment is helping.

Keep prevention on schedule

The standard treatment interval is 12 weeks. Review response and safety before each repeat treatment.
( Is it for you? )

Could Botox fit your migraine care?

A clinician needs to confirm chronic migraine and consider other causes of frequent headaches. A symptom checklist alone cannot establish eligibility.

A good fit if

  • You are an adult with diagnosed chronic migraine.
  • Frequent headache days continue to disrupt work, home or everyday activities.
  • You can maintain a headache record and attend planned reviews.

Discuss before you begin

  • You have a toxin allergy or an infection where injections are planned.
  • You have neuromuscular disease, breathing or swallowing problems, or are pregnant or breastfeeding: discuss these first.
  • Your headache pattern is new, suddenly severe or significantly different and needs medical evaluation.
Bring existing diagnosis and treatment records. Some headache patterns need assessment by a neurologist or headache specialist rather than Botox treatment.
( Treatment care )

Prepare for treatment and follow-up

Preparation

  • Bring your headache diary and full medicine and supplement list.
  • Mention muscle relaxants, certain antibiotics and all recent botulinum toxin treatments.
  • Do not stop prescribed medicines without your prescriber’s advice.

Aftercare

  • Follow your provider’s instructions for activity and care of injection sites.
  • Keep tracking headaches and use your medicines as agreed with your treating clinician.
  • Report worsening symptoms or unexpected side effects before your next visit.

Side effects

  • Neck pain, headache, bruising or temporary eyelid droop can occur.
  • Rare toxin spread can cause widespread weakness or trouble swallowing, speaking or breathing. Get immediate medical help.
  • A sudden severe headache or new weakness, confusion or vision loss needs emergency care.

Why choose MarSha MedSpa?

Personalized aesthetic, skincare, and wellness care in Garner, guided by medical oversight, honest recommendations, and a team committed to continued learning.

A Plan Shaped Around You

We listen to your goals, health, and comfort before recommending treatment.
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Confidence that still feels like you

Medical roots in Garner, NC

MarSha MedSpa grew from Shaikh Medical Clinic, which has served Garner since 2000.

On-site medical leadership

Our team works under an on-site physician’s supervision.
( FAQs )

Questions before you book?

Botox is approved for adults with at least 15 headache days a month, with headaches lasting four hours or longer. Chronic migraine diagnosis also considers at least eight migraine-feature days monthly for more than three months. Your clinician interprets your history and treatment response; not every headache day has to be a migraine day.

The standard US protocol uses 31 small injections across seven head and neck muscle areas, including the forehead, temples, back of the head, neck and shoulders. This is medical preventive treatment, not the same placement as cosmetic Botox. Brief stinging or soreness can occur.

Some people notice improvement in the first cycle, while others need two or three cycles before the benefit is clear. Treatment is generally repeated every 12 weeks. Your headache diary and side effects help your clinician decide whether continued treatment is appropriate.

It may be part of a broader plan that includes attack medicines, oral prevention or CGRP-targeted treatment. Your treating headache clinician coordinates the combination and reviews frequent pain-medicine use. Mention all medicines and recent toxin treatments; not every option is offered at MarSha.

Headache or neck pain can occur, and migraine attacks may still happen because Botox is not a cure. Follow your agreed attack plan and report persistent or worsening symptoms. Sudden severe headache, new neurological symptoms, or difficulty breathing, speaking or swallowing needs immediate medical care.

MarSha MedSpa is self-pay. Your assessment guides the treatment plan and any personalized quotation. Call (919) 747-9733 or Contact Us to arrange your visit.

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Wednesday:
9 AM - 7 PM (EST)
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173 Mast Drive, Garner, NC 27529