Injectable treatments get grouped together because they share a needle, not because they do the same thing. What is injected decides everything: one preparation relaxes a muscle, another adds volume, a third works on the quality of the skin itself, a fourth targets fat. Choosing between them starts with naming the problem, not the product.
Botulinum toxin blocks the nerve signals that make a muscle contract, which softens the lines that repeated movement creates. It is a prescription-only medicine, injected by a doctor, and its effect is temporary — muscle activity returns over the following months. It does nothing for volume loss or skin texture, which is why it is often the wrong answer for a complaint that sounds similar. The same mechanism is used for excessive underarm sweating, where the target is the sweat gland rather than a facial muscle.
Biorevitalization and collagen-stimulating protocols work on the tissue rather than on movement. Hyaluronic acid preparations hold water in the dermis; collagen stimulators prompt the skin to build its own structural protein over weeks. Neither fills a fold in the way a dermal filler does, and neither produces an immediate visible change. These are course-based treatments where the result builds and then needs maintaining.
Lipolytic injections target small, defined fat deposits that persist despite weight being stable. They are not a weight-loss treatment and not an alternative to one: the areas suited to them are small and specific, and a doctor should say plainly when the honest answer is that the deposit is not appropriate for injection at all.
Filler removal with hyaluronidase is its own procedure with its own risks, not a reset button. It may need more than one session, complete removal cannot be guaranteed for every product, and the enzyme also acts on the skin’s own hyaluronic acid. It is worth knowing this before a first filler appointment rather than after.
Every treatment here breaks the skin, which means the same baseline: bruising, swelling and tenderness are common rather than unusual; infection at an injection site is the complication that matters most; and anything injected can provoke a reaction, including a reaction to the local anaesthetic rather than to the product.
Tell the doctor about blood-thinning medication, autoimmune and uncontrolled chronic conditions, pregnancy or breastfeeding, previous reactions to injectables, and any history of cold sores in the treatment area. Injections are not performed over active infection or inflammation. Do not book an injectable treatment in the same period as a peel, laser or another injectable unless the doctor plans the sequence.
Call 998 — the UAE ambulance number, free and available around the clock — or go to the nearest emergency department if you develop difficulty breathing, swelling of the face, lips or tongue, a spreading rash or fainting after an injection, or any sudden change in vision. Do not wait for the clinic to open, and do not apply creams or ice while you wait. Skin that turns white, blue or blotchy and painful near an injection site, or pain that increases rather than settling, needs assessment the same day. A lump appearing weeks or months later also needs review rather than waiting.
A consultation establishes what is actually causing the complaint — movement, volume, skin quality or something that injections do not address — and only then selects the preparation. Some faces need a combination sequenced over months; some need a treatment this clinic does not perform; some need no injection at all. A price quoted before that assessment is a price, not an indication.
Every treatment on this page is a medical procedure with its own contraindications and side effects, listed on its own page. Final suitability is determined by a clinician at an in-person assessment at MED YU MED, Bluewaters Island, Dubai.
