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Can Injecting Botox Below the Eyes Cause Blindness?

asked 10 months ago by Bronx7145
Latest answer by Mark Taylor, MD
Question viewed 278 times
Tags: under eyes, blindness

Can Injecting Botox Below the Eyes Cause Blindness?

8 answers to Can Injecting Botox Below the Eyes Cause Blindness?

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I have never heard of a case of blindness from Botox.

The chances of becoming blind from having Botox inject around your eyes is extremely unlikely unless you were poked in the eyeball with the needle. Experts who know what they are doing would not be that careless.
Mark Taylor, MD

Salt Lake City Dermatologic Surgeon

www.gatewaylasercenter.com

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Botox Does Not Cause Blindness

Botox has not been reported to cause blindness and it is frequently injected around the eyes for cosmetic purposes. You are probably thinking of the rare occurrence of blindness that has been reported when fillers (not Botox) are improperly injected too deeply between the eyes.
Mitchell Schwartz, MD

South Burlington Dermatologic Surgeon

dorsetstreetdermatology.com

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I suppose that using a needle around the eye, anything is possible.

This has never actually been reported. If it has ever occured, BOTOX would have never have caused the visual loss. One would actually have to have damaged the eye directly with the needle. Cosmetic BOTOX in not injected in the orbit (i.e. behind the eyelids) so some type of terrible accident would have to occur for this to happen. The agent itself it highly diluted before injection. So if one injected the product into a blood vessel that directly communicated... more
Kenneth D. Steinsapir, MD

Los Angeles Oculoplastic Surgeon
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Botox is a safe treatment

In knowledgeable hands, Botox has proven to be an extremely safe treatment. The use of Botox for cosmetic reasons was discovered by an ophthaomologist. At that time Botox was being used in the eye area to help balance the eye muscles to correct strabismus. So the safe use of Botox in the eye region has a very long history.
Hugh McLean, MD

Mississauga Plastic Surgeon
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Blindness should not be caused by botox

I am not aware of how botox would even be a risk to cause blindness. This should not be a reason to avoid having botox. see video
Ronald Shelton, MD

Manhattan Dermatologist
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Botox complication

Theoretically, Botox cannot cause blindness. You have a better chance of getting into a major car accident on your way to getting Botox, so do not worry about it.
Mehryar (Ray) Taban, MD, FACS

Los Angeles Oculoplastic Surgeon
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Blindness Extremely Rare

This is an extremely rare occurrence. Blindness can occur if the injection is made into the eyeball itself or injections have caused significant internal bleeding around the eyeball. Three patients have been reported to Allergan as having blurred vision, retinal vein occlusion, and glaucoma due to Botox injections. Though rare in filler injections too, this is much more of a relevant problem. Injections into the glabella region ( to further correct the "11's" for instance... more
Arnold R. Oppenheim, MD

Virginia Beach Dermatologist
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Botox and blindness

To my knowledge, Botox has never caused blindness. Although anything is possible in medicine and there's always a first, the general side effects of Botox are, headache, bruising, swelling, allergic reaction (rare), droopy eyelid, eyebrow, facial asymmetry. There have been a few cases of respiratory distress, but this was not in cases involving cosmetic proceduers but rather muscule spasticity where the Botox dosing is much higher. Good lucK!
Elan B. Singer, MD

Manhattan Plastic Surgeon

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