Raised eyebrows and drooping lid after Botox

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A: Botox and eyebrow elevation

By Steven Wallach, MD - Manhattan Plastic Surgeon

Botox works to paralyze muscles of animation. Most commonly it is used to treat the frontalis muscle of the forehead to erase wrinkles. Some doctors inject areas under the eyebrow to elevate it. However, it can accidentally cause eyelid drooping to do injection of the orbicularis oculi muscle. This... more

A: Lopodine and time are your allies

By David A. Robinson, MD - Munster Plastic Surgeon

Dear Shara, It sounds like some of the Botox migrated to the muscles that effect your upper eyelid. Lopodine may help but it may take some time (a few weeks) until you begin to see results. As the Botox begins to wear off, you will also notice an improvement. In these instances, I recommend patience... more

A: Eye drops, few Botox units and wait!

By Hisham Seify, MD, PhD - Orange County Plastic Surgeon

It seems that some of the Botox injected went into the upper eyelid orbicularis muscle and this caused the lid drop (ptosis). The eyebrow elevation is from weakness of the depressors of the brow, so the frontalis muscle (elevator) took over. This could be a desired effect, however if excessive, it could lead... more

A: Drooping Eyelids

By Daniel Reichner, MD - Orange County Plastic Surgeon

Too much Botox into the obicularis oculi muscle can cause drooping eyelids and raised eyebrows several ways. The raised eyebrows are due to frontalis compensating of the eyelid ptosis and paralysis of the obicularis side of the antagonistic muscle pair. If you did not have... more

A: Just wait.

By Kenneth D. Steinsapir, MD - Los Angeles Oculoplastic surgeon

Dear Shara I just completed a study of 7 patients who developed severe ptosis after BOTOX. Generally upper eyelid ptosis or drooping after BOTOX is rare and resolves within 4 to 6 weeks. These 7 individuals were more unusual in that their ptosis persisted for 7 or more weeks and in one case lasted a full... more

A: Raised eyebrows and drooping lid after Botox will get better with time

By David Shafer, MD - Manhattan Plastic Surgeon

Shara, It sounds like you had an unfortunate outcome with Botox. Beside the Iopidine drops, which should help lift your lids a few millimeters, there really is not much that you can do. The good thing is that Botox is always temporary. For your raised brows, you can have them inject a small about of Botox... more

A: Raised eyebrows and drooping lids most common Botox complications

By George J. Beraka, MD - Manhattan Plastic Surgeon

To shara, Hi. Unfortunately, you have complications that may take 2 months to go away (hopefully less). The good news is, they always go away. The drops are a good idea. This is why experience and knowledge of anatomy are so important. Botox has to be injected into precisely the correct spots (in general,... more

A: Depends on whether you have a true lid ptosis

By Peter Malouf, DO - Fort Worth Dermatologist

It is very important to determine whether you have a true lid ptosis or brow droop. If you have a brow ptosis, one eye opening (distance from top lid to bottom lid) is smaller than the other. In this case it should resolve within 2 weeks and you should be seeing some improvement with Iopidine. If your... more

A: Give it time

By Scott E. Kasden, MD - Dallas Plastic Surgeon

This sounds like a result of the Botox. This will be self correcting over the next several weeks. Nothing you can do will change that, so be patient.

A: Time is your friend

By Bryan K. Chen, MD - San Diego Dermatologist

You are unfortunately experiencing an uncommon complication of Botox injections, that is, eyelid ptosis or drooping of the eyelids. Lopidine can help, but only time will fully resolve the drooping eyelids. You can expect them to improve as early as 4-6 weeks and almost certainly by 2-3 months. You should be... more