What Are the Effects of Botox on the Upper Eyelids?

When Botox is administered to the crow’s feet and in the lateral brow area, it will elevate the lateral 1/3 of the brow 1-2 mm. If Botox is injected in the medial aspect or head of the eye brow region, then a more uniform elevation of the brow is observed with the entire brow rising up 1-2 mm. The duration of Botox is typically 3-4 months. If more eyelid elevation is desired, then an upper eyelid tuck (blepharoplaasty) may be required. If too much Botox is injected in the forehead... more

When Botox is injected specifically into the crow's feet, you should not see much, if any effect on the eyelids. When the Botox takes effect, you should see softening of the wrinkles on the sides of your eye. To lift your upper eyelids and decrease sagging of eyelid skin, Botox is usually injected in the lateral region of the brow, not the crow's feet area. The effect of Botox in the eyelid and crow's feet area typically lasts 3 to 4 months. Hope this answers your question.... more

Injection of Botox to the crows feet typically does not affect the eyelid, but can raise the lateral (outer portion) of the eyebrow 1-3 mm. For lid laxity, a blepharoplasty +/- brow lift is the most definitive procedure. Some contraction of upper eyelid skin can, however, occur with a regional phenol chemical peel. Crows feet injections with Botox should not make the eyelid sag (unless injections are inappropriately close to the upper eyelid). The effects last 3-4 months in most... more

Depending upon how it was injected, it can lift the lateral brow a bit once it takes effect about a week after injection.

When Botox Cosmetic is injected for crow's feet, it can help raise the lateral brow, which stretches out the skin of the upper eyelid. You do not want the Botox injected into the eyelid itself, since this will lead to ptosis or drooping of the eyelid.

Botox could have an indirect effect on the upper eye lid; 1. If the Botox diffuses to the orbicularis muscle,the upper eye lid could be sagging. 2. If the Botox is injected just below the brow it will raise the outer brow which will help with some extra skin in the upper eye lid. Hope that helps!

If Botox is injected just under the lateral brow it can raise the brow slightly by inhibiting the muscle that closes the eye. This muscle opposes the brow muscle. The only effect on the lid is usually a detrimental effect when Botox gets into the lid elevator causing a lid droop. Unfortunately, you made need a blepharoplasty.

Canada Great question. The art of injecting Botox in the Crow's Feet area is - placing the right amounts in the right places! The injector must understand the anatomy of the Obicularis muscle which surrounds the eye and when it contracts the eyelid skin bunches up. Botox relaxes this muscle which smoothes out the Crows Feet and if placed properly will allow the eyebrows to elevate slightly - tightening the upper eyelid skin. Of course, if you have a lot of loose skin, Botox is not a... more

Dear Canada, Depending how the BOTOX treatment was performed, treatment of the crows feet can affect the upper eyelids. The incidence of upper eyelid droop, which is an unwanted side effect of the treatment, occured in a small but not zero percentage of treated patients described in the initial studies looking at how to create a forehead lift effect with BOTOX.This includes the studies by Frankel and Chen (Alterning brow contour with botulinum toxin, Facial Plast Surg Clin North Am,... more

Botox can be used to diminish crow's feet at the lateral canthus (corners of the eyes). Botox effect can take 3- 7 days to start working. It will work its best at 30 days and start to decrease from there. To get the most out of Botox you need to be consistent and user it every 3-4 months. When it is injected in the crow's feet area it can have the following affect on the upper eyelid: 1) no effect at all 2) an elevation of the brow which in turn decreases the amount of skin hanging on the... more

In general, Botox cosmetic treatment in the glabella will not cause any change in your eyelid. Injection is not a completely precise science and liquid injection can dissiminate to about a centimeter around where it is injected. As Dr. Kasden points out this can cause weakening of the frontalis muscle. It can also cause weakening of the muscles which hold up the eyelid and produce an eyelid droop. Both of these are rare and will resolve once the effect of the injection has worn off. Should... more

There should be no effect on the upper eyelids.  However, if the frontalis muscle is weakened, this will smooth out the forehead, but may result in sagging of the eyebrow.  When the eyebrow droops, it causes the upper eyelid skin to become temporarily redundant.   www.drkasden.us