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How Long After Receiving Botox Should I Wait Before Trying to Conceive?
asked 1 year ago by 6847anon in nc
Latest answer by Sigmund L. Sattenspiel, MD
Question viewed 3,238 times
Tags: frown lines, pregnancy
I had a botox injection in June and how long should I wait to try and conceive? I recently stopped taking birth control and my husband and I are planning to conceive. I had a botox injection only 13cc's into frown lines on June 16th how long should I postpone pregnancy?
8 answers to How Long After Receiving Botox Should I Wait Before Trying to Conceive?
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How Long after Botox Should I Try to Conceive?
The Botox would be gone from your system in most cases in 4-5 months. Although there are no studies to verify that it would be safe to conceive at this point, the benefit of waiting longer is almost nil after that much time has passed.
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Botox before trying to conceive
I don’t think anyone has the specific answer to this question. To my knowledge, there is no specific relation between cosmetic BOTOX® administration and maternal or fetal problems with pregnancy. If you are not currently pregnant, BOTOX® should not present potential or theoretical pregnancy problems. You might consider checking with Allergan, the pharmaceutical company that has done the research, obtained the approvals and manufactures BOTOX®.
Sigmund L. Sattenspiel, MD
Freehold Facial Plastic Surgeon
Freehold Facial Plastic Surgeon
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Botox and pregnancy
No one knows for sure whether Botox has any deleterious affects on pregnancy. I would wait until the Botox wears off.
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Wait before trying to conceive
As the other expert posters have stated, NO medical studies to find a causal relationship between Botox therapies and conception. My personal opinion is why take the chance if there is any question in your mind. Just forego the Botox treatment until after conception and pregnancy.
From MIAMI Dr. B
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Botox and pregnancy
There are no studies to address if the botox that was injected becomes so integrated in the tissue that there is or is not a chance of systemic effect. The company will not endorse the injection of Botox during pregnancy, but that does not mean that there would be a problem. No one can tell you that anything other than waiting five to six months after the Botox is injected (when it should be worn off) is safe.
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Certainly stop getting BOTOX while trying to actively conceive
This is one of those questions for which we have no definite information. The risks are most likely quite low but probably not zero. If might be prudent to wait a couple of months before conceiving if you have a choice. Often the question is posed differently along the lines of "I got BOTOX two weeks ago and now I discovered I am actually pregnant-what should I do."
Generally the advice for this later situation is to not worry about the BOTOX...
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Botox and Pregnancy
There are no studies one way or another to advise patients with Botox and Pregnancy, so my best advice is to avoid Botox injections during pregnancy. If you have Botox and did not know you were pregnant, don't worry either since there are also no studies showing that this is a problem. As far as conceiving while on Botox, there are no studies for this either. However, it is likely not a problem.
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Teratogenicity of Botulinum Toxin
To the best of my knowledge the teratogenicity of botulinum toxin has not been clearly established and therefore its administration during the early stages of pregnancy is not advised.
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