Botox: Stories

BOTOX NIGHTMARES:
THe Botox overdose injected between my eyes by a board certified surgeon has left my forehead bulging laterally above my eyebrows, with both forehead and eyebrows totally immobile...no facial expression or movement at all. My inner eyebrows are drawn down and together in an angry expression, with the outer eyebrows arching upward and out-- like wings-- making my eyes appear smaller. The freakish result has changed my entire appearance for the worse. Most dr. offices + reviews make you think using Botox is harmless and always results in a youthful improvement-- which is patently FALSE. This poison can have negative results--- be very careful. Since you sign away all your rights, if the injection turns out poorly, YOU pay the price, - in money and in the 3 months you'll have to endure before the stuff wears off. (Did I mention the headaches?) Nice for the dr, but not so nice for the patients. The dr. did not seem at all concerned about it when I returned to see him, but wanted to add more Botox to "correct" the problems!! NOT! . I'll NEVER use Botox again, but will explore creams, serums, facials to diminish forehead lines.

Wow!! Finally, I found someone who had the same thing. None of my friends who have been using botox for years could understand what I was talking about. I had botox on the forehead. I developed those muscle spasms about a month after I got the injections. And they were quite bad; every time I touched by forehead more than just very lightly, I would get these. And often it actually involved one of eyebrows suddenly go up - totally crazy look. I had to massage it lightly for a 10-15 seconds,and then it would go. I was planning to, but never found time to actually go back and check with the doctors on what could have caused it. Guess, just an effect of botox on some people. Other than this, I totally loved the result - I looked great! But now I'm not sure whether it's safe to repeat it. And I don't quite trust the people in the doctors office - after all, you sign for having no complaints if so many things go wrong... it appears to be safe for them to recomment anything to you!! If anybody had repeated Botox after having such symptoms, please let me know!

I am experiencing the exact same thing. I just had the botox done about a week ago by my neurologist to treat migraines.

I had the exact same thing happen when I tried Botox. It does go away when the Botox wears off but, like you, the doctor had no explanation. I am in the medical field so I understand how Botox works but I don't understand how it created spasms and apparently neither do the doctors who are injecting it. Your experience is the only one similar to mine that I have been able to find online.