The injection itself is almost painless and is likened to a bug bite. Just a prick. The precaution to be taken after the treatment is not to rub the area as this may cause the injected product to spread to other parts of the face. The patient should not look up or down and just rest for some time after the injection is given.

The most important thing is to choose the doctor who treats the patient very very carefully. Under an inexperienced hand, the result can be drastic. A patient who was hurriedly injected by a nurse had redness and swelling in the eye for a long time because the nurse had injected botox into a blood vessel instead of a muscle. That is why it is important to find a reliable person to do the treatment.

There are hardly any side reactions unless the injections are given in the wrong place. Sometimes the face appears expressionless after a botox treatment as the muscles on other parts may have also got injected or the injection might have spread. Otherwise there is no reaction and the patient can resume his normal work within a few hours after the treatment.

Millions of people undergo this treatment and it is no longer a prerogative of a privileged few. Till a few years back, only people who lived by their looks, those in the acting or modeling field used to undergo his treatment but now anyone and everyone who feels like looking younger undergoes it, with no one being the wiser. It is so safe that the treatment takes place at botox parties while the doctors and the patients are enjoying the party.