Patient education
Muscle-Relaxing Injections vs Fillers: The Choices
Eight guides to the choice between muscle-relaxing injections and dermal filler, written to compare two substances without promoting either. Neither is the default here; the finding decides.
All guides
8 guides
- Movement Lines Or Volume Loss: Naming What You Want ChangedDeciding
- Expression Lines That Respond To Muscle RelaxationMuscle relaxation
- Static Folds That Filler Can And Cannot SoftenFiller
- Reading A Face Assessment For Movement And VolumeAssessment
- How Long Relaxation And Filler Each LastDurability
- Bruising, Droop And Other Injection Risks ComparedRisks
- Undoing An Injection That Went Wrong: What Is PossibleReversal
- When Injectables Are Not The Answer For A FaceAlternatives
Not sure whether it is movement or volume?
An assessment looks at your face at rest and in movement, and separates a line produced by muscle from a fold produced by lost volume. We will say plainly which substance — if either — addresses what you are describing, and what we would advise if the answer is neither.