Getting Ready for Filler Injections
Getting ready for filler injections starts with knowing what the appointment can involve. A few of those details are worth hearing before the day.
Planning filler injections in Darien? Below is one published source on comfort measures, a plain reading of it, and the questions to settle before you agree to anything.
What you may be offered for comfort
The American Academy of Dermatology says that before the injections you may need ice, an anesthetic applied to the skin, or a nerve block, which is itself an injection. You can find the line in the academy's fillers FAQs.
Reading that plainly
The source names three options, in this order: ice, an anesthetic applied to the skin, and a nerve block. The last one is an injection of its own, so it is fair to ask about it ahead of time.
Questions to ask ahead of the visit
- Which of these three comfort options will I be offered?
- Who will give any numbing injection?
- Is that step part of the quote?
- How should I prepare in the days before?
The academy's preparation page for fillers is a good companion to that list.
A checklist to read the night before
A consumer update on dermal filler do's and don'ts is short enough to read the evening before your visit.
Walking in prepared
Ask what you will be offered, ask who will do it, and read before the day. For the academy's wider view of the topic, see its fillers overview.