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After Having Botox in a Wrinkle when It Wears off Do You Have a Bigger Wrinkle?

asked 8 months ago by Meadville7060 in meadville pa
Latest answer by Sanusi Umar, MD
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Tags: wear off, worse

After having botox in a wrinkle when it wears off do you have a bigger wrinkle?

3 answers to After Having Botox in a Wrinkle when It Wears off Do You Have a Bigger Wrinkle?

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When botox wears off, wrinkles will return

When the Botox wears off, the wrinkle that was treated will likely return to its original state. In some instances, where patients may have been treating with Botox for a great deal of time, years, the wrinkle may take a great deal of time to return to its original appearance, but it should always be the original appearance and not a bigger wrinkle.
Daniel I. Wasserman, MD

Naples Dermatologic Surgeon
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Wrinkles On Your Skin After Botox Wears Off

As you probably know, Botox works by relaxing the muscles that cause creases to form in your skin. These typically include horizontal lines across the forehead, glabellar (frown) lines between the brows and crows feet around the corners of the eyes. Sometimes, people will get Botox when their skin has lost a certain degree of laxity and they are noticing dynamic wrinkles when they make facial expressions. These are wrinkles that only appear when the face is moving. Over time, creases in... more
Sanusi Umar, MD

Redondo Beach Dermatologic Surgeon
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BOTOX Results

No, your wrinkles will return to where they are before you started treatment. The nice thing about BOTOX though is that it relaxes the muscles and helps to prevent them from worsening in addition to making them look better. There aren't many 2 for 1 benefits out there in this world! Good luck!
Hannah Vargas, MD

Kansas City Facial Plastic Surgeon

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