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Why Does Exercise Cause Botox to Wear Off Faster?

Why Does Ibotox Wear off Faster if You Are More Active (Gym)?

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18 Doctor Answers | Asked by Detroit MI2569 in Detroit MI
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Botox and Exercise

Exercise does not cause Botox to wear off faster. I ask my patients not to perform vigorous activity after Botox or Dysport injections to avoid dispersion of the substance into unwanted areas. From El Paso. 
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Botox and Exercise

As far as I know, there are no published studies to support the notion that exercise has an adverse effect on botox duration.  
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Botox Information

There is no viable evidence to suggest that Botox wears off faster in patients who lead a more active lifestyle. As with any other procedure, however, it is advisable that a recovering patient allow 6 hours healing time before resuming physical training. There have been no scientific studies proving that exercise deteriorates Botox treatments.

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Does botulinum (Dysport and Botox) wear off sooner in muscles that are more active

I am not certain if this is a widely held belief but it does appear that the botulinum effect does dissipate faster in areas of increased muscle activity such as around the eyelid muscles.
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Botox and exercise

There are no proven studies that show any effect exercise has on the duration of Botox or other neurotoxins effects.  While there some patients who exercise vigorously and find there results do not last as long, there are no studies to support this.  There are also patients who do not exercise at all and find there results are not long lasting.  It probably comes down to individuals metabolize the neurotoxin at different rates.
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Botox Effect Wearing Off faster has NOTHING to do with Exercise

Regarding: "Why Does Exercise Cause Botox to Wear Off Faster?  Why Does Ibotox Wear off Faster if You Are More Active (Gym)?" The muscle blocking effect of Botox is NOT affected in any way by exercise, by warmth or any other factors. Once a sufficient dose of active Botox reaches the muscle it blocks nerve activation of the muscle for 4-5 months causing smoothing of the overlying wrinkles. Shorter periods of Botox action are related to using an insufficient dose of... more
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Exercise does not alter duration of botox!

Exercise has no  effect on botox duration.  Many physicians believe compression may dispense botox into adjacent areas.
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Botox and exercise

There is no correlation between duration of effect of botox and exercise. Botox typically lasts 3-4 months regardless of excercise or not.
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Exercise doesn't make Botox injections wear off more quickly.

I am not aware that exercise will make Botox wear off more quickly. We ask our patients not to exercise immediately after the Botox is injected to minimize bruising and potential shifting of the product in the first several hours.
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It's unclear why strenuous exercise may hasten the elimination of Botox in certain people.

I have had several anecdotal cases of Botox wearing off sooner than expected in patients that perform excessive, vigorous exercise. One example that comes to mind is an aerobics instructor and her mother. I injected both of them the same day with the same vial: 50units to each patient. The aerobics instructor's Botox started losing significant effect in 6 weeks, but her mom's Botox-effect lasted the expected duration. Fortunately this has not been a common occurrence, and... more
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