This can vary significantly from procedure to procedure, and body to body. Procedures involving local anesthetic can begin to take effect within 15-30 minutes and last a few hours; it is common to experience a “bruised” feeling or soreness after such procedures. Local anesthetic tends to wear off within the first 24 hours of your procedure. For procedures involving steroids, the typical onset of effect is somewhere between 1-7 days. For procedures involving botulinum products, the pain relief tends to begin somewhere between a few days to 14 days after the procedure. However, it may take multiple treatments to begin to see analgesic effects from botulinum. Finally, for radiofrequency treatments, effects tend to have become notable by post-procedural week 8, although they may begin to take effect much sooner.
When should my procedure begin to take effect?
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