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Can Botox That is Injected Between Eyebrows Go into Sinuses and Drain Down Throat ?
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carealot
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No, Botox is extremely unlikely to be able to get into the sinuses and drain down the throat.
This is an unusual question that makes me wonder why you ask it, but the sinuses are hollows inside the bone of your skull, so a needle would have to pierce the bone in order to inject Botox into your sinus cavities. This is extremely unlikely to have happened to you, and would even be extremely difficult to do with the tiny needles used for injection, but it is possible that local swelling from the procedure could cause some fluid buildup in the general area temporarily. Some people do...
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Botox and sinuses
I don't see a connection to the sinuses from botox injections, although theoretically if someone were to inject near the corner of the eyelids, deeply, so that the fluid would get in the tear duct (I have never heard of this!) then it could drain down the throat. I can't imagine the latter occurring, nor the possibility of drainage into the sinuses.
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Botox going deep into body
The likelihood of botox going into sinuses would be incredibly rare (e.g. 1 in a million if not less). This concern or any other related to side effects would be minimized by making sure to be treated by an expert injector such as a dermatologist.
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Highly unlikely
It would be highly unlikely that Botox injected between the eyebrows would migrate to the sinus cavities.
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Botox is a local medicine
Unless you had a previous fracture or dehiscence of your frontal sinus bone, and unless your doctor injected the Botox through the fracture edges or fibrous union into the frontal sinus, Botox cannot get in your frontal sinuses. This scenario would be so exceedingly unlikely that it should not concern you. Botox, however, can affect swallowing if used in extremely high doses (overdose situations), which are not used in...
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Botox injected into your forehead will not enter your paranasal sinuses and drain into your throat unless...
...you have a personal history of a facial fracture, frontal sinus fracture, or frontal sinus surgery. In any of these scenarios, you could theoretically have a dehiscence or absence of the bony wall of your frontal sinus. This could make it anatomically possible for a 30 guage needle to penetrate your frontal sinus, and allow Botox to drain into your throat.
Dr. Joseph
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Migrating Botox
No this cannot happen. Botox cannot get into the sinuses when it is injected in between the eyebrows.
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Sinuses are inside skull
Botox injected into the muscles of the forehead will not have any access to the sinuses. You need not be concerned.
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Botox to eyebrows
Botox injected in the middle of the eyebrows is injected into the muscles of animation and should not be able to enter the nasal sinuses or the throat.
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Botox extremely safe
Botox is taken up very quickly and directly into the neuromuscular junction in the area in which it was injected - so in the brow area it goes right into the muscle-nerve connection in those muscles that pull down on the brow. It does not travel far away from the needle injection site and it does not get into bone, sinus, bloodstream or throat. This predictability and consistency is what makes botox such a nice and super safe cosmetic procedure!
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