Not many people enjoy getting a shot, but some people feel particularly anxious about it, which may make it more painful. Several strategies can help reduce anxiety and ease post-injection pain.

Aesthetic medicine has seen a meteoric rise in recent years in Western countries, with a growing market in botulinum toxin and hyaluronic acid injections to fill wrinkles and loss of facial volume.

As with most treatments, cortisone injections can have side effects. These can include various kinds of headaches. Cortisone is a type of molecule known as a corticosteroid, or steroid for short.