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Botox EXTREMELY Painful Injection?

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ASJ1977Mar 6, 2013

I've had botox a few times. No problems. Minimal pain... if any. I just got back from my appt. The injections were excruciating. To the point that I cried. And I have a high tolerance. The dr eventually injected himself in the forearm. He found it extremely painful. Yet he told me there's nothing to worry about. Have you heard of this? Do I need to be worried? The dr gave me his cell. He sounded confident it would be fine. But at the same time, it had never happened to him before.

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