Muscle Contractions After Botox

asked 3 years ago by scaredpatient in Canada, Quebec, Gatineau
Latest answer by Steven Wallach, MD
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I've had Botox on my forehead, lower eye regions and crows feet. Now I have muscle contractions on my upper lid. It really looks bad. Is this normal? I will see my doctor tomorrow, but I'm concerned that he will suggest more Botox. Should I worry if he should advise so? Please help.

6 answers to Muscle Contractions After Botox

Changes to the upper eyelid after Botox

We agree with Dr. Baxter's feedback inasmuch as we've seen this outcome a couple of times within our practice. The top portion of the eye muscle becomes hyperactive causing almost an appearance of folds when contracting this muscle. One patient described it perfectly - it appears like the small paper souffle cups that have pleats in them. We've seen this self-resolve as the muscle (and unopposed or untreated areas) become more settled. Although... more

Harold J. Kaplan, MD
Los Angeles Facial Plastic Surgeon

www.celibre.com

Upper lid hooding after botox

Thanks for your question - From your picture it looks like you have a fair amount of upper lid skin laxity. If you had Botox to your forehead and your upper lid skin hooding became worse it is possible that your frontalis muscle (the muscle on your forehead) was helping to keep the skin out of your eyes. With that muscle partially paralyzed to improve your forehead wrinkling it is unable to keep your lid skin in the superior position it had before. As the Botox wears off (4-6 months)... more

Steven H. Williams, MD
San Francisco Plastic Surgeon

Balance of muscles may actually require more botox

Since botox works by inactivating the muscles into which it is injected, adjacent unaffected muscles may try to compensate which can cause the sort of contractions you are seeing. The under-brow area is fairly tricky to do however, because of the potential to affect the muscles that elevate the eyelid. Bottom line is this requires expert analysis by an experienced injector. It might also be wise to just wait it out and mentally try to avoid using the muscle in that way, if it is not too... more

Richard Baxter, MD
Seattle Plastic Surgeon

Muscles movement after Botox

When specific muscles that are treted with Botox become deactivated, others may want to compensate. In order to attempt to correct this it is very important to see how the muscle moves when activated and then attempt to address the concerns that you hae.

Steven Wallach, MD
Manhattan Plastic Surgeon

Muscle contractions after Botox

We do occasionally encounter this problem. If your doctor recommends Botox, the approach to this area of the eye should be careful and conservative. Botox injection to the middle of the upper eyelid should not be done, to avoid the eyelid droop that Dr. Baxter alluded to. A couple of units just beneath the outside portion of the eyebrow may resolve the contractions. You might consider consulting an oculoplastic surgeon with experience managing this complication. While it is asking a... more

Bryan K. Chen, MD
San Diego Dermatologist

Botox...Hooding of Upper Eyelids After Treatment

Hi Scared, I would discuss your situation with your injecting physician, and get a copy of where and how much Botox was injected so that it will not be repeated in the future. You appear to have excess skin laxity in your upper eye lid, not muscle contractions. I would advise allowing the Botox to wear off. Putting more around your brows may result in greater heaviness of your eye lids. Let us know how it goes. Good luck and be well. Dr. P

Michael A. Persky, MD
Los Angeles Facial Plastic Surgeon

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