I have been getting Botox for ten years and have never experienced anything like this. When injected, it felt like fire spreading across my forehead. The pain was so severe that I asked her to stop. My mother had the same experience as well that day. Could it have been mixed wrong?
Answer: Botox and stinging
Botox can be mixed with sterile water or bacteriostatic saline. Both methods are acceptable and are equally effective but sterile water stings when injected. Ask for bacteriostatic saline next time.
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Answer: Botox and stinging
Botox can be mixed with sterile water or bacteriostatic saline. Both methods are acceptable and are equally effective but sterile water stings when injected. Ask for bacteriostatic saline next time.
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May 9, 2013
Answer: Botox Injection Pain
A few different factors can cause the discomfort you are experiencing this time around; a large gauge needle hitting a nerve receptor and/or poorly or wrongly mixed Botox can both cause more discomfort than normal. We have noticed at my practice that applying a small ice pack to the area before treatment gives our patients a bit of more comfort that way if for some reason a nerve receptor was hit, it would be numb, therefore lowering the discomfort level. “Dr. D”
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May 9, 2013
Answer: Botox Injection Pain
A few different factors can cause the discomfort you are experiencing this time around; a large gauge needle hitting a nerve receptor and/or poorly or wrongly mixed Botox can both cause more discomfort than normal. We have noticed at my practice that applying a small ice pack to the area before treatment gives our patients a bit of more comfort that way if for some reason a nerve receptor was hit, it would be numb, therefore lowering the discomfort level. “Dr. D”
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