How Widespread is Bruising After a Dysport Injection?

Sometimes bruising may occur with Dysport injections. Normally the bruising is small and localized to the immediate area of injection. Sometimes it can be a pinpoint bruise or a small pinpoint scab due to the needle insertion or it can be a larger area like the size of a dime at most. Every treatment can be different and you may not always bruise. To minimize the chance of bruising, you may avoid aspirin, motrin, ibuprofen, advil, aleve, fish oil, and vitamin E for 2 weeks prior to your injections. You may also take arnica a couple of days prior to your treatment as well. Arnica is an herbal supplement that is supposed to reduce bruising.

Generally you should have no bruising from an injection of neurotoxin with a 32 gauge needle. However, it is always a possibility. 

The needles used for these injections are very small.  There is always a risk for bleeding and bruising with any procedure.  If there is bruising, it should only be very little. 

Bruising after Dysport or Botox injections should be uncommon and very small if they occur. In over ten years of injecting patients I have had two instances where there was actually a big bruise. Both happened when treating the crow's feet area where there can be some larger veins and where the skin is very thin. I also suggest stopping aspirin and NSAIDs for a week before treatment if conveniently possible.

Any time you get poked with a needle you can bruise. Practically this is really not much of a problem with Botox and Dysport treatment.