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Is Botox Painful? I heard botox cosmetic can be really painful to get injected.

Sep 28, 2007

i hate needles more than anything becs of  pain.  irrational, i know. i heard botox cosmetic can be really painful to get injected. if thats true, i'll have to live with the forhead wrinkles!

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Dr. Caner Kacmaz, MD
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Dr. Armando Soto, MD, FACS
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