ANTI-WRINKLE
INJECTION
MUSCLE RELAXANT

We try to make the muscle relaxant treatment as comfortable as possible by:

• Using ultra-thin needles
• Pre-cooling the treated area with a cooling stick (if desired)
• Administering in small doses

Most patients experience it as small pinpricks, which may be slightly uncomfortable at the moment but do not cause lasting pain.

Not all wrinkles can be effectively treated with a muscle relaxant:

• Dynamic and superficial wrinkles can be well treated with muscle relaxants.
• However, for deeper, permanent wrinkles (static wrinkles at rest), other treatments, such as fillers, are more suitable. This is often the case if you start using muscle relaxants at a later age.
• Similarly, when wrinkles are caused by reduced skin quality or sagging skin, Medical Needling will be a more appropriate treatment.

Yes, a muscle relaxant can indeed help prevent or delay wrinkles:

• With regular treatments, the muscles that cause wrinkles—such as those used for frowning, smiling, or raising the eyebrows—are relaxed in time (“put to sleep”). This prevents the formation of permanent, static wrinkles. By relaxing the muscles before these permanent wrinkles develop, their formation can be significantly delayed or even completely prevented.
• Starting early (at a younger age) helps maintain a youthful appearance as you get older.
• In this sense, an anti-wrinkle injection with a muscle relaxant is a great choice for both wrinkle treatment and wrinkle prevention.

Yes, when the muscle relaxant treatment is performed correctly and in moderation, natural facial expressions and mimicry will be preserved.

With an experienced specialist such as Plastic Surgeon Dr. Nelissen, a muscle relaxant will provide a natural, radiant appearance while maintaining sufficient facial expressions and mimicry. The goal is to reduce wrinkles without losing your natural expression (“frozen look”). If too much is injected or if it is done incorrectly, a muscle relaxant can result in a lack of facial expression.

With muscle-relaxing injections, physical addiction is not possible: you do not need increasingly higher doses to achieve the same result. In fact, the opposite is true—when you repeat the treatment in a timely manner, you will actually need lower doses to achieve the same effect (see also our question: Can I prevent wrinkles by starting in time?).

The fact that you will look better after muscle-relaxing injections may lead to a desire to maintain the results, which can be seen as a form of psychological motivation to continue regular treatments.

A treatment with muscle relaxants is safe because:

1. Extensive worldwide research has shown that muscle relaxants are safe for treating wrinkles when administered by an experienced doctor. They are widely used for both cosmetic and medical purposes. No serious side effects have been reported, which explains why muscle relaxants are even used in higher doses for medical treatments, such as for spastic muscles. This highlights both the safety and effectiveness of muscle relaxants.
2. We exclusively use safe A-label products that are FDA-approved and delivered through a strict distribution chain (by Belgian pharmacies).
3. All injection treatments are carried out by plastic surgeon Dr. Marc Nelissen, who has over 25 years of experience with fillers and is a member of the scientific committee of Clinical Facial Anatomy in Amsterdam. This allows him to regularly attend and provide training on anti-wrinkle injections to doctors worldwide.

Treatments with muscle relaxants are temporarily not recommended for pregnant women or women who are breastfeeding, due to insufficient research on their safety in these cases.