Muscle relaxant or fillers - what suits you best?

This article has been reviewed and approved by Sara Ghannad, Registered Injection Nurse, on February 23, 2024.

Do you find it difficult to choose the right injection treatment from the wide range of aesthetic and medical injection treatments? We understand: there are so many treatments to choose from, so we've created this guide to help you find the right one. Should you choose muscle relaxants or fillers, or something else?

Choosing the right injection treatment

Many injection treatments can be complex and described as producing similar results, which can make it difficult to know which treatment is best for you. In addition, it is common to combine treatments to achieve a particular result.

Therefore, it can be difficult to book the right treatment without talking to an expert first. Often we know what result we are looking for, but not which method will achieve it. That's why it can be a good idea to have a consultation with a licensed injectable nurse to ask your questions and get advice on how different treatments affect your appearance.

Muscle relaxant or fillers - factors at play

There are several factors involved in choosing an injection treatment, particularly between muscle relaxants and fillers, which are two completely different methods with different functions. Muscle relaxants paralyze the muscles in the treated area and thus prevent you from frowning, for example. Fillers , on the other hand, involves injecting a substance to add volume, for example in the lips, jawline or forehead.

Which of these methods suits you best depends on several things:

• How old you are
• How deep your wrinkles are
• If you want to smooth out or add volume
• Which part of the face or body you want to treat

The right injection treatment for different concerns

Here is a summary of what various popular injection treatments can help you with:

• Muscle relaxant is usually the best option for treating wrinkles on the forehead, between the eyebrows and around the eyes, as the muscle relaxant relaxes the muscles and smoothes the face. This works best for fine lines and small wrinkles, and cannot address deeper wrinkles and loose skin. 
• Fillers is usually the best choice for treating wrinkles around the mouth or between the nose and mouth, and for tightening sagging skin under the chin and on the neck. This is because a filler provides extra volume that fills out the area. It is therefore not a muscle treatment.
• Profhilo improves skin elasticity, moisture balance and resilience. It is a type of dermal fillers that contains hyaluronic acid, a natural substance found in the body's connective tissue and skin. Profhilo differs from traditional fillers because it is not used to fill in lines or wrinkles, but to restore volume and moisture to the skin in a more natural way.
• Tear troughfillers is a popular treatment for people who want to reduce visible signs of fatigue such as dark circles under the eyes and shadows from some under-eye sagging. Fillers used for tear trough treatment usually contains hyaluronic acid, a natural substance found in the skin that helps to moisturize and add volume to the area.

Treating wrinkles with surgery

If you are older and have very loose skin on your face or neck, sometimes muscle relaxants or fillers may not be enough. In this case, surgery may be an option for you. A facelift involves cutting away skin and tightening it by pulling it back towards the hairline. Variants of facelifts include forehead lifts, for those who want to get rid of excess skin on the forehead, and neck lifts, for those who have a turkey neck and want to tighten the skin there.

The choice of treatment method is personal and the most important thing is that you feel comfortable with the treatment you choose. Injection treatments, such as muscle relaxants or fillers, cost less than surgery and can help most people rejuvenate their appearance.

Treating wrinkles with skin care

There are also skin treat ments that can help tighten and rejuvenate the skin. However, these treatments have a much more limited effect, as they stimulate the body's own healing process and collagen production, but cannot eliminate wrinkles completely. Skin products used at home can help moisturize the skin, but there are no miracle anti-aging creams that can rejuvenate aging skin... unfortunately!

Muscle relaxants or fillers - summary

It is important to remember that there is no one-size-fits-all solution when it comes to choosing a wrinkle treatment. It is therefore important to consult with a licensed injectable nurse to get customized recommendations based on your needs, desires and conditions.

By working with an experienced practitioner, you can find the most effective and safe treatment options to achieve the results you want. 

Would you like to know more about which injection treatment would suit you best? You can book a consultation with our injection nurse here. The visit costs 290 sek.