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The application was not so painful and can be applied a local anesthetic cream.

The pain in this procedure is absolutely minimal. The injections are made with extremely thin needles and the amount of the injected solution per point is also minimal - about 0,01 to 0,04 ml, less than a drop. Local chilling with ice bags prior the treatment is useful. A slight sedation is also possible, but local anesthesia is not advisable (in my opinion) because the anesthetic injection is more painful than the Botox procedure.

From my pations opinion and also my own experience the procedure is not painful at all. It is like a bee's sing, lasts for a second and it doesn't certainly need anesthesia.You shouldn't be scarred at all! No patient that has undertaken the treatment has ever asked me for an anesthesia. The idea is that local injectable anesthesia is more painful that the treatment itself.Creams may be applied for numbness but they don't really offer the perfect confort.So my advice is to relax for a few second while the treatment it's done, it's rapid and stings just like a bee.

We perform BTX injections since the year Botox since 2002, Dysport since 2007. We never used any anesthetics even with patients with needle Fobia, simply because our injection approach is unique. NB: There is only one common point over the right side of the Frontal (Forehead) that is slightly painful (its usually scores 2to 3 out of the max 5 over the pain analog scale) this pain occurs in only 5% of patients, this pain is a moment pain and subsides within few seconds. Best regards. In Addition to the fact that The type of BTX plays a role plus the purity of the product are very important in avoiding the pain.

The needle to be used for Botox is a very thin one like an insulin needle. Patient even does not feel the needle. A little pain may occur upon injection of the toxin. I must say that even patients who are afraid of giving blood for other purposes (blood tests)due to needles, routinely come every 4-6 months. Interestingly they do not want topical anesthesia. If patients even do not want the feeling of insertion of needle we use topical anesthesic creams or ice to injection points. These measures don't totally get rid of pain but significantly reduces it.

it is painful,but usually a local anesthetic cream is applied to the area 30 to 45 minutes before injecting,and that reduces the pain very much.