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Bags Developed After Botox for Crow's Feet

I developed a bag under my right eye after having botox for my crows feet.  It is worse in the morning. I am putting Eye Therapy on it but it doesn't help. What else can I do? Do I have to just wait 3 months till it wears off?

2 Doctor Answers | Asked by 8102anon
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Botulinum Toxin (Dysport and Botox) and bags under eyes

Botulinum Toxin (Dysport and Botox) treatment to the crow's feet can occasionally make lower eyelid bags more apprarent by relaxing the muscle which normally holds the fat pads within the orbit.
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Swelling of lower eyelid bags afer Botox for crow's feet

If you tend to have fluid buildup in the lower eyelid, we don't recommend Botox or Dysport to be injected in the lower eyelid. This location can be treated when people have an overly built-up eyelid muscle causing a bulge. This is an off--label use of the Botox or dysport.  If the muscle though is made to be inactive from the Botox or Dysport, then there is less of a pump action in the eyelid muscle and less drainage of normal fluids which can build up by the morning, especially... more

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