Wrinkle-relaxing injections
Potential complications and risks
It is essential that you tell us all the medications you are currently taking before treatment. You must not have the treatment if you are taking certain antibiotics, and we need to know if you are on anti-coagulants or if you have any bleeding tendencies. You cannot have the treatment if you are pregnant or breast-feeding.
It is essential that you tell us all the medications you are currently taking before treatment.
There is a risk of bruising or swelling around the site of the injection, and a small risk of allergy to the product.
The effectiveness of the product can vary from batch to batch.
The product contains a small amount of human albumin. The viral safety of this is documented by the manufacturer through several steps of its preparation and particular care is given by the manufacturer to controls of the donors, to the manufacturing process and to virus removal and the inactivation processes.
The product has not been known to transmit hepatitis or the HIV virus. It is not possible to check for CJD at the current time.