Muscle Spasm and Headache After Botox?

Had Botox injected 48 hours ago. I'm now having muscle spasms in different parts of my body. I also have a persistent headache. Is this normal?

Also, I went to a different person this time who injected Botox right above the bridge of my nose(right between the eyes). Is that a place where Botox should not be injected? Thanks!

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2 Doctor Answers | Asked by aprice in San Antonio,TX

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Botox

Dear Aprice, a headache can occur after a botox injection but this has been show to be from the needle injury and not the Botox. The protein does not travel far and does not cause symptoms elsewhere. As long as it was Botox that was injected you should be fine. If your spams persist then return to your MD or if they worsen go the the ER. With Warm Regards, Trevor M Born MD

Not related to Botox

First, yes in the glabellar region I usually do 5 sites on injection including one in the center at the top of the nose. This knocks out the procerus muscle. As far as the muscle spasms and headache I can say with about 100% accuracy it's not related to the Botox. The Botox toxin stays very localized once injected. Think about it, if it went through your body your heart would stop. So I more suspect there are other issues. As someone who does a lot of different workouts I am familiar... more

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berykute 21 Jan 2013

I talked to Allergan, botox headaches are a known side effect and complication!

Theresaann 19 Jan 2013

These doctors are hilarious. They keep saying, "extremely rare!" "Never heard of that!" "Impossible!" but then there are hundreds of testimonies of negative side effects. And this is one website in the entire world. If this is a small representation of people who get botox, you drs. might want to get a reality check or come out of denial.

Sheri8906 11 Oct 2012

I have tried botox several times with different doctors. I gtr a 2-3 week headache very time! Allergan said there is a smallpercentage of people that do get a headache.

dr Jo 30 Jul 2012

The persistant headache could be a side effect from Botox. A small percentage get this headache and eye pain. It usually resolves after 1 month . Dr Joni Feldman m.d.

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