“Botox Injections Under the Eyes and I Feel Horrible”

All the information you need is under the following reviews: Chloerose "Jabba the Hutt puffy eyes after botox for glabella region" and Tami in Fl "Botox made my smile crooked" and Beth F "Think long and hard before botox - it ruined my face". Did your doctor do a SNAP test on your lower eyelid before injecting botox under your lower lashes? Botox directly under the lower eye lashes is known to result in festoon formation if the muscle tone is already poor or you are already prone to puffiness. It happened to me. Your doctor should have known this and certainly would have known this if a simple SNAP test had been performed. It is not swelling you are seeing under your eyes. It is pseudo-fat herniation. The muscle directly under the eye is like a hammock hung from one corner of the eye to the other. Your doctor has paralysed yours which means it is now too weak to hold the fat pad back and it has bulged forward creating puffy eye bags. Apparently this will all reverse itself as the botox wears off and the muscle tightens up again. However, I am 14 weeks past botox and I still have the puffiness under my eyes, which is much more obvious when I am smiling or my face is animated. There has been improvement in the last few weeks but botox can take around 6-8 months to fully wear off. Please read the reviews and posts I suggested and keep writing. It will make you feel better. Please also keep us updated on your progress and improvement. Best wishes for a speedy recovery. Cheers

There are too many Doctors that don't know what they are doing with Botox...I have witnessed it SEVERAL times.

Thanks for the response(s). My condition has drastically improved since I last wrote. The bags and swelling is gone and I am back to normal.. but 3 weeks of somewhat blurry vision, not being able to focus in the morning or to move my eyes properly - I will not ever again get a shot under and that close to my eye. Ever. My Dr. is an expert at so very much - but this is a subjective area for injection is my thought and I would highly recommend no one doing it there. Thanks for the empathy and concern. Greatly appreciated.

Hi Jessie. In some cases, we inject in the lower crow's feet area. This is a very touchy injection technique because if the injection point is too low, it can cause the issue you are experiencing. Unfortunately, there is no simple "reversal" of the problem and you may be stuck waiting for the effects to wear off.

I also had botox injected under my eyes last Tuesday and by Saturday I had bags and wrinkles under my eyes that I didn't have before. I know I have to wait until it wears off but if I squint or blink my eyes often will that help in wearing it off faster. I am so depressed about how I look - instead of making me look better I actually look 10 years older. People also have commented on how tired I look or am I sick which I never had before the botox. Would constant movement of the area help to wear it off?