5 days after I had botox I noticed that my left eye lid droops and feels heavy. This is quite scary, can this condition be permenant? Could I have receieved permant nerve damage from this procedure? How long before this goes away? It has now been over two weeks, can the drooping get any worse or has it gotten as bad as it can get? Can this problem effect my vision?
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You needn't be concerned about the tightness of the forehead from wearing a pony tail or the direction of the pulling after Botox treatment in the forehead. The doctor will inject the botox to the correct muscle areas and the botox will bind to the correct sites no...
This is likely due to over treatment of the forehead lines. The good news is that you may still get some brow elevation to offset this at about 2 weeks post injection (or you can have it done if you did not get injections at the midpoint of your brows above the pupil). This comes...
Typically platsyma bands benefit from 20 to 60 units of BOTOX. My typically platysma band treatment is in the 20 unit range. Diffusion of BOTOX is not the issue here. Like any BOTOX service, a small percentage of sensitive patients can have a systemic effect from BOTOX...