“Restylane Better Than Botox (In my Opinion)”

I was more scared of what I read than what I actually experienced! The dr. gave me two shots of novacain/lidocaine and I immediately felt numb. The Restylane was barely felt - slight pinch/burn on a couple of the injections.

I am almost 38 and a natural rehead (fair skin) The wrinkles which I noticed were fortunately only 'surface' wrinkles according to the doc. I was advised to only repeat once a year if I chose to do it again. My dr. is conservative and suggested only around my laugh area (nose to mouth) - she said it was unnecessary to do "Hollywood" lips.

Reading all of the 'negativity' almost made me back out. I'm glad I didn't. I feel it took a good 8 yrs. off of my face and with little discomfort. The dr. said she knew I would lightly bruise and I did on one side. She spent time massaging the product in and I iced it immediately. I would recommend waiting a full week before going somewhere important where you want to make an impression or taking photos.

I love it and will do it again! As a side note, I also had my forehead and crow's feet BOTOX'ed and I am much ahppier with the Restylane results than that.