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Itchy bumps at site after Botox. How common is itching? (Photo)

Lwhite1208Mar 4, 2019
Hi, I have Botox 7 other occasions never had bumps or itching. This time the sites had bumps as featured in picture, it was itching like crazy and I had this hive like mosquito bump at sites for hours after...if it didn’t itch I wouldn’t think it was allergic in nature? it seems like many doctors see bumps after injection, how common is itching and bumps like pic below.

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