Hi, it has been a month since I had botox. However, my eyelid is still drooping and I can't raise my eyebrows! I have been using Alphagan since day 3 after botox and I only had 7 units at 0.4%. Is it normal? What can I do to move my eyebrow and raise my eyelid??
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January 26, 2015
Answer: What to do about drooping eyelids after Botox, and how to raise my brow...
I find this question a bit puzzling. I am all for patients being informed and knowledgeable, but it seems odd that a patient would be asking for specific dosing and injection site information. If this question is coming from a physician looking for technique instruction, then there are...
Hi LA90403. It's unlikely that the pain you are experiencing has anything to do with Botox in the bone. Some patients do feel tenderness around the injection sites, but it is not normal to have these sites "really hurt" as in your description. Botox is injected into the muscle no tthe bo...
The relaxation effect of Botox on muscles is related to the Botox being a competitive inhibitor in the junction between the nerve and muscle so the signal between the two does not cross the junction. In other words, the nerve can't tell the muscle to contract because the Botox pretends to be...