Botox for Dent Left After Cleft Lip Surgery?

If in fact you have a nicely repaired cleft, the muscle was reoriented and repaired, along with the surface skin repair. Residual contour deformity (dent) could be a natural occurence after any cleft repair, and one of several fillers could (temporarily) improve this. If indeed the muscle is "bunched up," Botox may have been deemed appropriate, and rightfully used, but this too is temporary. An experienced, board-certified plastic surgeon, ENT, facial plastic surgeon, or... more

Are you sure that Botox was injected to fill in the dent? Or is it possible that a filler such as Restylane or Juvederm was injected? Botox is used to relax muscle contraction not to fill things in. If the muscle was bunched up, then Botox may have been injected into the bunched muscle, but not into the "dent". Botox is used on occasion in the lips to soften lip lines caused by overaction of the muscles. These are commonly referred to as "smoker's lines" and are... more

Botox is not a filler. In most instances it either causes muscles to relax or become smaller in size. The findings you describe puzzle me. Perhaps a small blood vessel was hit and you are experiencing swelling that will resolve in a few days, Alternatively, it could be due to a relaxed muscle and in this case it could last for 3-5 months before the swelling would dissipate.