How can I get rid of Botox side effects?

Botox is an excellent product if used properly. Usually Botox is administered by a well trained physician. Please remember that an aesthetician is legally not allowed to give you an injection of Botox. Nurses are allowed to give injections, but proper training and experience is required to do the... more

Botox is without question a wonderful product addition to the war on aging.  However, it is not the cure for every sign of facial aging.  While Botox certainly has a place in the treatment of unwanted wrinkle lines that result from normal or over-active muscles of facial expression, there are some... more

Botox is a wonderful treatment when in the right hands. However, you can have disastrous, although temporary, problems if you are not injected properly. It is my feeling that Botox should never be injected around the mouth. The effect of Botox is to paralyze muscles. This effect is advantageous in the... more

Botox cosmetic is a safe treatment if performed correctly. A board certified plastic surgeon is ideal for Botox treatments because of our knowledge of the deep anatomy of the face. Injection into areas around the mouth may produce unwanted palliation of normal smile mechanisms. In this particular case, the... more

Wendean - Sorry to hear about your bad Botox outcome. Typically, Botox will not correct jowls. Botox works by temporarily paralyzing the muscles it is injected into. If Botox was injected into the muscles that coordinate your smile and speech then it will paralyze those muscles. The good news is Botox is... more

Unfortunatley it sounds like Botox may have been used for a problem that Botox isnt meant to treat. Botox administration around the mouth has to be done very judiciosly, and with a sopecific goal in mind. Botox cant make jowls go away. Botox used in the proper amount can in some instances relax some of the... more

Hi  Wendean, Sorry that you are suffering the side effects of poorly placed Botox.  Your experience again emphasizes the point that Botox injections are a medical procedure that should be performed by a cosmetically trained physician (facial plastic surgeon, plastic surgeon, dermatologist, or... more

There is no remedy for botox injected poorly. the good news is that it will wear off. as the other drs have said, you are less likely to have problems if you have the injections done by a board certified plastic surgeon or similar trained specialist. david berman md plastic surgeon northern va

There is nothing that will really reverse or expedite the metabolism of Botox once it is injected. Sorry to say, you will have to wait it out. Doing anything else could make it worse.