Is a Restylane injection painful?

Is a Restylane injection painful?

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Restylane injections are generally not painful. The needle is a very tiny needle, almost like an acupuncture needle. It's threaded right into the skin, so no it's not painful. For most patients we apply a topical anesthetic agent, which will numb the area. Some other doctors like to use a local anesthetic, which is an injection in that area. I wouldn't suggest having the Restylane without either a topical or a local anesthetic agent. However, I do have patients who will have no anesthetic agent. In general though the injections are not that painful.