Will Botox results in my face be ruined by a deep tissue massage in my neck and throat 4 days after?

April 22, 2019
Asked By:adali82 in New York, NY

Have descrupture in my neck on 3 places, often stiff neck, sternocleidomastoideus, pressure in head. worried I've ruined it cause after I had a sitting massage, squeezed, massaged my neck, throat, sternomasteiodeus hard and on triggerpoints, I sudden felt a tingling in my face, and like something moved from glabellar and over brow down on the side of the eye and down to the cheek, as if it was either relaxing OR botox migrating? Im 4 days post botox. what do you think that was? Very worried

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April 23, 2019

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April 23, 2019

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