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Can Applying Heat on Closed Eyelid After Botox Help?

asked 3 years ago by pkeye
Latest answer by Christopher L. Hess, MD
Question viewed 1,660 times

Can applying heat help speed up the healing time of a closed eyelid resulting from Botox injections?

8 answers to Can Applying Heat on Closed Eyelid After Botox Help?

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Only time will heal

Drooping of the eyelid is the one complications all of us dread following injection of Botox. Why it happens none of us really know. We can inject Botox the same way 500 times and on the 501st time the patient gets a lid droop. Whether it's injection method or patient anatomy who knows. The only way to tolerate it is apraclonidine (lopidine) drops. These drops can help raise the eyelids but may take several weeks to work. If significant amounts of Botox has gotten into the levator or... more
Christopher L. Hess, MD

Fairfax Plastic Surgeon
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Heat will not help

Dear PKeye What you are describing is a complication of BOTOX treatment. The BOTOX has seeped into the eyelid and weakened the muscle that raises the upper eyelid. This condition is called eyelid ptosis. It represents a pretty severe problem that is fortunately going to wear off. The problem is how disable will you be while waiting for the medication to wear off. There are medication that may help open the eyes. The most commonly used product is called iopodine. It is used twice a... more
Kenneth D. Steinsapir, MD

Los Angeles Oculoplastic Surgeon
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Only time will help

 Applying heat to the Botox area will not help.  Only time will help as the Botox needs to be metabolized by the body.  There are drops that your doctor can prescribe for you that will help lift your eyelids 1 to 2 mm.  Good luck.
David Shafer, MD

New York Plastic Surgeon

www.ShaferPlasticSurgery.com

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Not going to work

Although heat denatures and deactivates proteins, of which Botox is one, the Botox has already saturated the receptors in your muscles that are weakened and causing the droopy eyelid. A tincture of time, usually a few weeks, will self correct the condition. If it is inbearably bad, see a ophthalmologist for some Iodipine drops. Good luck!
Kenneth R. Francis, MD

Manhattan Plastic Surgeon
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Nope.

I assume that the Botox is working and you have drooping lids.  You will just have to wait for this to subside.  You may ask your doctor to inject the opposing muscle so that the forehead will rise up a bit and counteract the first treatment. sek
Scott E. Kasden, MD

Dallas Plastic Surgeon
+1

Unfortunately No.

Thanks for your question. It is unfortunate that you have experienced lid ptosis (sagging / drooping / closing) from your Botox procedure. Unfortuantely, there is no perfect treatment to reverse it, or to speed it up. Botox does take up to 3-4 months to wear off, but your lid ptosis may improve before then. The best helpful treatment to use is the Iodipine eye drops two to three times daily - this may work to help lift the eyelid slightly. Unfortunately, there aren't any other better... more
Don Mehrabi, MD

Beverly Hills Dermatologist
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Eye drops and time

Lid droop (ptosis) can result when Botox hits the levaror palpebrae muscle which keeps the lid open. The short term remedy for this complication is an eye drop called Iodipine. Iodipine contains apraclonicine which will work by causing Muller's muscle to contract, quickly elevating the upper eyelid. This will lift the upper lid from 2-3 mm. This effect will last about 5 hours and then should be repeated. Some people develop an allergy to this and sometimes Neo-synephrine is then... more
Arnold R. Oppenheim, MD

Virginia Beach Dermatologist
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Heat is unlikely to help closed eyelid after Botox

Heat is unlikely to help or expedite the resolution of this condition. Time is your best friend. You may want to consider the use of lopidine (apraclonidine) or alphagan (brimonidine) may produce a 1-3mm elevation of the lid.
Otto Joseph Placik, MD

Chicago Plastic Surgeon

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