Puffy Upper Eyelids After Botox?

I had Botox around my eyes 10 days ago, and I like the results. However, since then, I wake up to very puffy upper eyelids, regardless of my salt intake. This fades away slowly, and by mid-afternoon, I am back to normal, only to wake up to it again. Is this a side effect Botox? What can I do about it?

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Should Resolve in a Few Weeks

This is an effect of Botox on the upper lids that have lost some of their squeezing power. Most likely your physician injected a bit more Botox into your forehead (frontalis) and this has caused downward pressure on the upper lid. It probably gave you a good result on your forehead, but at the expense of this mild complication. The good news is that this weakness of the upper lid will last only a few weeks. In the meantime you could use Teamine eye complex or Neo-Strata Under Eye.... more

Arnold R. Oppenheim, MD

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Virginia Beach Dermatologist

This is a very rare side effect of Botox.

Hi! Botox relaxes muscles so that -- very rarely -- they cannot squeeze liquid in the tissues out, and you look puffy. As you are upright during the day, gravity drains the fluid out, and you look better. This will last 2 or 3 months. Next time, I would try fewer units of Botox, and farther away from your eyes.

It is possible

Botox works by essentially paralyzing the muscle it is injected into. Soft tissues of the eyelid are very sensitive to fluid shifts and occasional swelling or puffy eyes is normal at any time. As the fine circular musculature surrounding the eyes contract, they act as a pump to squeeze the fluids away from the orbit and back into the circulation. if the muscle is weakened or not functioning from the Botox, this fluid will take longer to drain so to speak. I have seen puffiness from... more

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Linzir 18 May 2013

I also had this problem after Botox .I have never had the problem beforehand it went away when the Botox wore off .I stopped having Botox because of this it was depressing and embarrassing going to work looking like this and being unable to put any eye make up on till lunchtime .Never again .

Linzir 18 May 2013

I suffered very puffy eye lids on waking every morning lasting untill lunchtime every day until my Botox wore off .The same thing happened on subsequent episodes .I gave up having Botox because of this side effect it was depressing .

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