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Just After Botox, How Do I Do The Mimic Movements? (photo)

asked 5 months ago by naomig
Latest answer by Harold J. Kaplan, MD
Question viewed 178 times
Tags: forehead, 1 day post-op, movement

i just injected botox today on my forehead, between my eyebrows,and eye area! and my doctor asks me i should do '' mimik movements '' i think it's kind of exercise with my face after botox! but i don't really know how to do it !! please help! this is my first botox injection and i want to learn more abt how i should take care of my face just after injected botox and what i should do keep it longer?! .please answer my question?

4 answers to Just After Botox, How Do I Do The Mimic Movements? (photo)

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Animation after Botox Treatments

As the panel members suggested, "mimic movements" is only referring to facial exercises to use the muscles that were treated to, in theory, better cleave or bind the Botox. Whether or not you comply with this is of real no relevance although it's nice to hear that you are trying to follow all directions. You should always feel free to direct these questions to your injector for a quicker, more detailed explanation.
Harold J. Kaplan, MD

Los Angeles Facial Plastic Surgeon

www.celibre.com

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Exercising the muscle after botox

There is a suggestion that many physicians propose to their patients which is to exercise the muscles that were just treated with Botox. This theory, which has never been proven, asserts that the exercise might deplete the nerve-muscle junction of the acetylcholoine, the normal neurotransmitter that is necessary for the nerve to signal the muscle to contract. As the muscle is exercising and the junction is trying to get more acetylcholine, it finds the Botox and incorporates it... more
Ronald Shelton, MD

Manhattan Dermatologist
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These exercises are of no value.

I have done thousands and thousands of BOTOX treatments. It is absolutely not necessary to perform these exercises to have a great treatment result. If anything, working the muscle is going increase the muscle bulk rather than help the treatment effect.
Kenneth D. Steinsapir, MD

Los Angeles Oculoplastic Surgeon
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What to do after Botox

My only real rule after Botox is that you shouldn't press on your face or massage it for at least 24 hours. There are lots of misnomers out there about what will or won't help your Botox work better. Some people say don't lie down, others will say make sure you don't exercise, others will say do "mimic movements". None of that will help or harm your Botox but it never ceases to amaze me what people are told to do or not do. But to answer your question, mimic... more
F. Victor Rueckl, MD

Las Vegas Dermatologist

www.lakesdermatology.com

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