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Botox is Not Working To Lift My Brows, and My Outer Eyebrows Are Frozen

asked 8 months ago by mireillemajzoub in Beirut
Latest answer by Ronald Shelton, MD
Question viewed 465 times
Tags: eyebrows, frozen, lift, not working

I am 22. I had botox next to the outer part of my eyebrows and eyes in march and the results were amazing lifting my eyebrows. After one month I put fillers in my eyebrows area but I did not like the results and decided to get rid of them with hyaluronidase. Two months later, I had to do botox again in the same places BUT botox did not work this time and been trying every three months untill now but botox is not working. And when I contract my forhead, the outer part of my eyebrows stays frozen.

14 answers to Botox is Not Working To Lift My Brows, and My Outer Eyebrows Are Frozen

Botox for lifting eyebrows

The location or placement of your last several Botox injections may be causing this problem. Your description seems consistent with being injected too high on the lateral (sides) of the forehead that would then cause the appearance that you described when lfiting your forehead. Injecting here is not how a lateral brow lift is achieved. We would suggest telling your story to a new injector to see if this provides a better outcome.

Harold J. Kaplan, MD
Los Angeles Facial Plastic Surgeon

www.celibre.com

Botox and fillers for lifting eyebrows

Without examining you it is impossible to say what is the cause of your eyebrow changes. Possibly, the filler is not all dissolved by hyaluronidase, and the weight of the filler is restricting some motion.

Ronald Shelton, MD
Manhattan Dermatologist

Botox for Brow Lift

If your brows are not moving after Botox, then the muscle responsible for lifting the brows (the frontalis muscle) has been paralyzed by Botox (This is if you can easily move your eyebrows with your hand and they are not stuck down to the bone). I would suggest considering letting everything wear off as the placement of the Botox is incorrect causing "frozen eyebrows". Try again to get the Botox brow lift that you like, and I recommend having a qualified professional administer the... more

Amiya Prasad, MD
New York Oculoplastic Surgeon

Botox in the eyebrows

You probably have Botox still in the brow area, this is why more Botox is not working. I would not do anything for 6 months and then retry the Botox again.

Ben Behnam, MD
Santa Monica Dermatologic Surgeon

Botox not working to lift my brow

It appears that you want a great deal to be done fast. That, in itself is good, but the way you have done it doesn't seem to work. I agree with the other drs who advised you to wait for 6 months. Even though this would be the best course of action, it may prove difficult to do. With the Botox properly injected, at age 22, you may get enough of a brow lift without the need for fillers. Always make sure that you are treated by an experienced, Board Certified Dermatologist or Plastic Surgeon. more

Eugene Mandrea, MD
Chicago Dermatologist

Botox for Eyebrow Lift

It sounds like you had too much Botox injected into your frontalis muscle, which is the muscle that elevates your brow when you contract your forehead. Too much Botox in the frontalis will cause an eyebrow droop. The lateral eyebrow lift is achieved by injecting small amounts of Botox into the tail of the eyebrow to block the lateral orbicularis oculi muscle. This is the muscle which pulls down the lateral brow when you close your eyes. I would let... more

Richard Ort, MD
Lone Tree Dermatologic Surgeon

Botox is Not Working To Lift My Brows, and My Outer Eyebrows Are Frozen

Botox is Not Working To Lift My Brows, and My Outer Eyebrows Are Frozen. Try leaving everything alone for 6 months and then redo the Botox and see if you get the desired results.

Francis R. Palmer, III, MD
Beverly Hills Facial Plastic Surgeon

Botox and "Frozen" Outer Brows

Please do nothing until all of your muscles are functioning normally. You have had too many procedures done in too short of a time frame. Once everything has worn off, start Botox again slowly. Be sure your injector stays away from your upper lateral brow, does not inject past your mid pupillary line, and stays at least one centimeter above your brow at all times. This will allow movement in your lateral brows.

Sheri G. Feldman, MD
Beverly Hills Dermatologist

Botox and lateral brow

If you had a nice result with botox and now after a repeated injection you do not, perhapos you need someone else to perform the injection.

Steven Wallach, MD
Manhattan Plastic Surgeon

Botox not working and eyebrows are frozen

At 22 years of age, after already having had multiple Botox injections, fillers, and hyaluronidase, it appears to me you have had too much too soon. I recommend you take a break from all treatments for the next 6 months to let everything return to normal. Anyone can inject Botox and fillers but doing it safely and correctly requires a comprehensive understanding of functional anatomy to maximize outcomes. Each patient needs to be thoroughly assessed and have a specific treatment plan... more

Mitchell Schwartz, MD
South Burlington Dermatologic Surgeon

dorsetstreetdermatology.com

Frozen eyebrows after Botox treatment

It is possible that there is still Botox action at the muscles that control the eyebrows since you had several Botox injections in a short period of time. Each Botox injection lasts 3-4 months. What you don't mention is whether your eyebrows are frozen in their natural position, higher or lower than normal. It is possible to lower the height of the brows if they are too high (the famous Spock eyebrow), however nothing but time will fix the brow that has been dropped (brow... more

Emily Altman, MD
Short Hills Dermatologic Surgeon

Did you also have BOTOX® for the frown lines and/or upper forehead?

Did you also have BOTOX® for the frown lines and/or upper forehead? If so, it is possible that BOTOX® [or another formulation of BTX-A like Dysport® or XEOMIN®] would have relaxed the lifting muscles [frontalis muscles] so that you did not get the lift that you expected. If your frown and forehead muscles were NOT treated with BOTOX®, another possibility would be that treatment of the depressors of your lateral brows was effective, but because the first treatment... more

Kevin C. Smith, MD
Niagara Falls Dermatologic Surgeon

You need a different injector.

Look at my microdroplet method described on my website. Encourage your doctor to read about this method and do this treatment for you. This will make a profound difference for you.

Kenneth D. Steinsapir, MD
Los Angeles Oculoplastic Surgeon

Botox Fort Lauderdale

I find this question academically thought-provoking & would love to hear follow up on this case. The muscles of facial expression insert into the dermis to move the skin. I question if hyaluronidase did not dissolve that point of insertion resulting in permanent inability to raise the brow.