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Facial Exercises After Botox
Hello! How soon after Botox can I resume my facial exercises? (eye area, forehead etc..). Many thanks
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Ciccia Nocca
in London
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Re: Facial Exercises After Botox
Movement of facial muscles through your exercise regimen should not affect the performance of Botox.
Botox molecules target nerve fibers that release acetylcholine which causes muscles to contract. The result of course is that the muscles are able to stay relaxed.
Regardless of whether you are using Botox for antiaging purposes or not, there is really no need for the facial exercises. Wrinkles form because the skin loses its elasticity. This makes it more susceptible to developing...
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Facial Excercises after Botox are like Chicken Soup...
Once Botox is injected into a muscle it diffuses and immediately begins to block the nerve impulses that cause the muscle to shorten. The effect becomes maximal by 5-7 days. There is NO scientific evidence that doing a Jim Carrey repertoire of facial contortions would in any proven way hasten or prolong the Botox effect.
In other words, facial "exercises" are a Chicken soup-like exercise. It definitely cannot "hoyt" ( Yiddish for hurt) you and it keeps you busy...
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Facial exercises after botox
I do not recommend any facial exercises after botox but do recommend "taking it easy for" a few hours after treatment.
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Post treatment botulinum toxin massage instructions
Some instructions direct you to perform facial exercises immediately after injection while avoiding digital manipulation or massage of the area.
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Moving muscles after Botox
Your physician injector puts the neurotoxin in the muscles where it is supposed to go, and any diffusion is taken into account. Facial excercises are not necesssary
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Facial exercises after Botox
Although it has never been proven, I accept the hypothesis that facial exercises, or moving the muscles responsible for the skin wrinkles that have been treated by Botox or Dysport might improve the effectiveness of the treatment. Theoretically, the muscle activity may "use up" the normal neurotransmitter chemical that the nerve uses to stimulate the muscle to contract and the Botox or Dysport has a better chance to get into the junction and block the further transmission of...
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Posttreatment instructions for Botox
While some may recommend that you use your facial muscles more after Botox injections, I persoanlly have never prescibed this. In fact, we instruct patients to behave normally, but advise against undergoing facials for a day or so.
You just don't want the Botox (or Dysport) to "drift" into an area that was not intended.
Therefore, using you muscles excessively could theoretically contribute to this undesired "drift."
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Do prescribed facial exercises
Facial exercises actually enhance the action of Botox at the neuromuscular injections and should be performed for 1-3 hours after injection by the muscles injected (i.e. frowning frequently for 90 minutes if frown lines were injected).
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Facial Exercises After Botox Injections
Hi Ciccia,
You may resume "pumping up" your facial muscles as soon as you are through with your botox injections. The only exercise not advised for at least 3 hours after your injections is laying down , and hanging upside down from anti-gravity boots. I guess if you are a trapeeze artist you should wait a few hours as well. Be well.
Dr. P
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Facial Exercises After Botox
After injecting patients with Botox, I encourage them to exaggerate facial expressions for several hours in order to promote diffusion throughout the injected muscle. However, facial exercises as a means of facial rejuvenation is an unproven gimmick.
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