If I Use Iopidine for a Droopy Eye Lid After Botox, Will the Botox Stop Working?

asked 6 months ago by Jayne8192
Latest answer by Ronald Shelton, MD
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Tags: droopy eye, eye drops, glaucoma, interaction

9 answers to If I Use Iopidine for a Droopy Eye Lid After Botox, Will the Botox Stop Working?

Will Lopidine Counteract Botox?

Hi Jayne. As other panel members have stated, the target muscles associated with the Botox injections are different than the ones that are affected by the Lopidine. When the Botox was injected, it traveled farther than your injector anticipated which is what caused the droopiness. The opposite does not happen. The Iopidine will not migrate back to your forehead, brow or glabella (area between eyes). Hope that helps.

Harold J. Kaplan, MD
Los Angeles Facial Plastic Surgeon

www.celibre.com

Iopidine should not interfere with Botox's effect

The droopy eyelid can be lifted by Iopidine's stimulation of the nerve muscle junction differently than the manner in which Botox blocks the acetylcholine receptors. There should be no dimunition of the Botox's effect on the desired muscle target's response. see video

Ronald Shelton, MD
Manhattan Dermatologist

Iopidine and Botox

No - it will just help the eylid become less droopy. The Botox will continue to "work" in the other muscles of the forehead/face.

Deborah Sarnoff, MD
New York Dermatologic Surgeon

Iopidine for Droopy Eyelid after Botox Injections

The use of Iopidine to treat a droopy eyelid after Botox injections will not interfer with the desired, therapeutic effects of Botox because the Iopidine stimulates the contraction of a different muscle.

Richard W. Fleming, MD
Beverly Hills Facial Plastic Surgeon

If I Use Iopidine for a Droopy Eye Lid After Botox, Will the Botox Stop Working?

Dr Smith's post is excellent! Follow that reasoning and your issue will be solved. Better yet ask your injecting doctor his plan of treatment.

Darryl J. Blinski, MD
Miami Plastic Surgeon

Botox will continue to work

Iopidine will not affect your Botox or it's ability to work or last. It will simply help raise your droopy eyelid.

F. Victor Rueckl, MD
Las Vegas Dermatologist

www.lakesdermatology.com

Eventually the BOTOX will wear off.

The iopodine will have not bearing on when the BOTOX wears off. The drug simply helps lift open the heavy eye.

Kenneth D. Steinsapir, MD
Los Angeles Oculoplastic Surgeon

Iopidine® will not interfere with your BOTOX®

When a patient gets a droopy eyelid ["lid ptosis"] after treatment of the lower forehead with BTX-A [for example, BOTOX® XEOMIN® or Dysport®], Iopidine® eyedrops are often prescribed. Iopidine® works by stimulating Müller's muscle [a smooth muscle in the upper eyelid which, because it is a "smooth muscle" is not affected by BTX-A. Contraction of Müller's muscle in response to Iopidine® lifts the upper lid, helping the patient... more

Kevin C. Smith, MD
Niagara Falls Dermatologic Surgeon

Botox, Iopidine, and a droppy lid.

Iopidine, a medicine originally used to treat glaucoma, will not cause Botox to stop working. This medicine stimulates a muscle that elevates the eyelid and reduces droopiness. Iopidine does not reduce the potency or length of effectiveness of Botox.