What are the side effects of wrinkle relaxers?

What the treatment page establishes

• Very little downtime. Most patients resume their usual activities the same day.
• One specific restriction: avoid exercise and lying flat for the first few hours.
• Mild discomfort at injection. The needles are very fine, and numbing cream is available if you would like it.
• The effect is temporary, typically around three to six months for cosmetic areas, after which normal muscle movement returns.

The frozen look, answered properly

This is what most people are really asking about, and the answer is specific:

A frozen look comes from over-dosing rather than from the treatment itself.

Our treatment page states that dosing here is deliberately conservative and reviewed. That is the actual protection — not a product choice, but a dose choice and a willingness to add rather than to start high.

Practically: starting conservatively is correctable, because more can be added. Starting high is not, because you wait it out over months.

Judge it at two weeks

Most patients notice a change within four to seven days, and the result settles by about two weeks. That is the point to assess it and the point to raise anything uneven — not day four, when you are looking at a partial effect.

What this page will not do

Our treatment page does not publish a side-effect list for wrinkle relaxers, and this page will not invent one for a prescription-only injectable.

Get it from the person treating you, and ask directly:

• What are the recognised side effects?
• How common are they?
• What should I do if one happens, and when should I call you?

You are entitled to those answers before consenting, and a clinic should be comfortable giving them for anything it injects.

The mismatch that causes most disappointment

Not a side effect, but the most frequent bad outcome: a wrinkle relaxer reduces muscle movement, so it suits lines caused by expression. A filler adds volume, so it suits hollowing and static creases — lines present when your face is still.

Treating a static crease with a relaxer produces a technically correct injection and an unhappy patient.

Full detail on the wrinkle relaxer page; see also how long they take to work. Consultation ₹500, waived against treatment.