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Can Botox in the Forehead Cause a Numb Feeling in the Lips?

asked 1 year ago by jayb56 in Prague, Czech Republic
Latest answer by Ronald Shelton, MD
Question viewed 483 times
Tags: forehead, lips, numb

I had 14 injections a week ago in my forehead. Now, as it is taking effect, I'm also noticing a slight numbness in my lips - sort of like after being at the dentist and the anesthesia wears off but not wearing off. Can the botox cause this? I went to my GP and he said there's nothing in my mouth that's abnormal and that botox ''usually'' does not travel so far. What's your take? Thank you.

13 answers to Can Botox in the Forehead Cause a Numb Feeling in the Lips?

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Botox on the forehead will not cause numbness of the lips

Botox will block the signal from nerve to muscle but doesn't block the signal frm skin to nerve in the sensory (pain) pathway.  In addition, treatment of the forehead nerves utilize different nerves from those that supplies sensation to the lip.  Was there treatment such as fillers that you had injected in the lips? Are you getting a fever blister on the lips that can cause strange tingling prior to the eruption of the cold sore? You may want to see a neurologist for an... more
Ronald Shelton, MD

Manhattan Dermatologist
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Botox Side Effects

Hello and thank you for the question. There is no data to suggest that Botox treatment to the forehead will induce numbness in the lips. This is in all likelihood has a un-related etiology. Best of luck, Glenn Vallecillos, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Glenn Vallecillos, MD

Beverly Hills Plastic Surgeon
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Botox for wrinkles

Getting Botox in your forehead to prevent wrinkles should not create numbness in your lips.  Botox injections effect nerves that go to your muscles, not nerves that go to your skin. You should not be getting any numbness in your lips from this.
J. Gregory Kjar, M.D.

Salt Lake City Plastic Surgeon
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Find the Real Cause to Numbness in Your Lips

Anatomically, I can't think of any way that Botox in your forehead could cause a numb sensation in your lips. You should see your physician to determine what is the cause of your symptoms.
Andrew Kaufman, MD

Los Angeles Dermatologic Surgeon
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Did Forehead Botox Cause Numbness of Lips

NO! It is impossible for Botox in the forehead to cause sensory changes in your lip. If this persists, consult with a physician to determine the reason for your problem.
Richard W. Fleming, MD

Beverly Hills Facial Plastic Surgeon
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Forehead Botox will not cause lip numbness

No. Something else is the cause, probably some unrecognized overbreathing due to ?? anxiety. Relax and enjoy the great results you should have from this great drug!
Harlow Hollis, MD

Victoria Plastic Surgeon
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Botox in the forehead will not affect your lips

Botox injections in the forehead will not affect your lips. After Botox or Dysport injections patients should remain in the vertical position and avoid intense physical exercise and manipulating the injected area for at least 4 hours after injections. This helps to prevent the effect from spreading to the adjacent muscles.Within 20 to 90 minutes botulinum neurotoxin type A can be detected inside the motor nerve endings. Therefore the muscles and nerve endings take up the Botox very quickly... more
Mitchell Schwartz, MD

South Burlington Dermatologic Surgeon

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Botox to Forehead Will Not Cause Numb Lips

Put very succinctly, no, Botox cannot cause numbness of the lips when injected into the forehead.
James Bartels, MD

Manchester Facial Plastic Surgeon
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Botox for Forehead Wrinkles

The numbness you are experiencing in your upper lip is not associated with your Botox treatment.  Botox works by interrupting the signal between motor nerves and their muscles.  Botox has no effect on sensory nerves which are the nerves responsible for touch, taste, heat, cold, etc. which would be the type of nerve causing the lip symptoms that you describe.
Andrew B. Denton, MD

Vancouver Facial Plastic Surgeon
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Botox for Forehead Wrinkles

Botox is a great product for forehead wrinkles.  It works on the neuromuscular receptor site and blocks the message from the nerve to the muscle fibers to fire.  It should have a minnimal effect on sensory nerves.  I have had a few patients that felt numb on the forehead after injections for a few days/weeks afterwards.  There is not a anatomic reason to have numbness of the lips from injections to the forehead.   
Richard Greco, MD

Savannah Plastic Surgeon
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Botox, Wrinkle Treatment, Beverly Hills Botox, Los Angeles Botox, Nasal Surgery, Beverly Hills Rhinoplasty

No, the Botox affects the muscles and not the sensory nerves (trigeminal nerve) that create sensation to the face and lips.  Did you happen to have a local anesthetic injected before the Botox treatment...that may cause temporary numbness.  Otherwise, if you're anxious about the Botox or something else, hyperventilation can cause the numbness sensation around the mouth and lips that you are describing.
Francis R. Palmer, III, MD

Beverly Hills Facial Plastic Surgeon
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Numbness is most likely is due to anxiety and hyperventilation.

Presumably this is your first BOTOX treatment.  It is understandable to be a little anxious about the treatment.  Hyperventilating occurs when we are nervous.  We breath just a little too fast.  This blows off CO2 in the blood.  You may not even be aware of this.  This causese tingling and numbness in the fingers and lips.  Your GP can confirm this by using a capnograph if they have one, or more painfully, a blood gas.  My advice is try to relax about... more
Kenneth D. Steinsapir, MD

Los Angeles Oculoplastic Surgeon
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Botox and lip numbness

Botox causes a decrease in muscle movement by affecting moter nerves but does not generally cause numbness which is caused by interruption of sensory nerve function.  When patients are treated in the forehead around the eyes, and even on the upper lip, muscles are affected, but the skin remains normal, with complete sensation.  Lip numbness should not occur, particularly since you were treated nowhere near that area.  If you were injected in the liip area, it would be the... more
Madeline Krauss, MD

Boston Dermatologic Surgeon

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