Botox: Q&A
Ask a QuestionDiplopia treated by Botox?
Has anyone had botox injected into their eyeball to lift the eye level with their other eye and if so are you happy with result
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PamStrath
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You Tube Videos and Botox Eyeball Injections
The you tube videos may look strange, but the little muscles that attach to the eyeball are injected to help with double vision.
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Botox may be injected into EYE MUSCLES, not the eyeball!
Dear PamStrath,
Botox is commonly injected into the extraocular muscles (these are the 6 muscles connected to the eyeball that allow it to look and rotate in different directions) by an eye muscle specialist to improve double vision and to help the eyes align better. In fact, this was the first use of Botox ever described! It was used to help people with strabismus, or "crossed-eyes". It is a very effective treatment, but as in with...
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Diplopia and Botox treatment
If a patient has strabismus (cross-eyed), botox can be injected into the hyperactive extraocular muscle to improve or correct the resulting double vision. On rare occasion, when botox is injected into the periorbital muscles to help correct frown lines or crows feet lines, it may migrate into the extrocular muscles and cause temporary diplopia or double vision.
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Botox injected around the eye
It sounds like you need to meet with a reputable and well-informed injector to have a thorough assessment and discuss what your issue may be. The muscles surrounding the eye are responsible for it's movement, not the "eyeball."
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I haven't heard of anyone injecting into the actual eyeball itself, but will be so curious to hear what others have to say about this. Is this a treatment you have heard of being used, or were you just curious if its a possibility?