“Botox caused one of my eyelids to droop”
Botox: NOT worth it
Pain: Uncomfortable
Well, it was pretty neat for about 24 hrs. as the lines between my eyes were smoothed out. The 2nd day when I got up, my eyelid felt a little funny. I was having breakfast with my daughter and she noticed it looked a little strange. I didn't think much about it then. By that evening when I went out with my husband, my eye lid was drooping even more. Each day getting droopier. But the 4th day, it wouldn't open anymore - I had no control over it.
I was devastated and called the doctor who claimed he didn't know why. I was prescribed a medicine that is used for patients with glaucoma. (One of the side effects is that the eye's open wide) Well, it didn't work for me. I had to go to work every day but couldn't hold my eye open. So I devised a plan to tape my eye open with flesh colored tape like you would get in a doctor's office. I did this every morning for about 3 months. It was awful!
I lied to people about what happened to my eye. I was too embarrased to tell them I had Botox injections. But now I tell my story whenever I hear that someone is thinking about getting it. Can you say NIGHTMARE!!!!!
May 16, 2009Comments and replies (14)
16 posts
26 May 2009
Hi Deb, I am suffering with the same horrible droopy eyelid...I too have lied to people telling them I have a Stye. The drops are not working at all. I really give you credit for that great idea with the flesh colored tape even though I know how much you dreaded it! It has been 24 days.....I do not even see a slight difference which I am praying for everyday. My positive attitude is weakening and I am still hiding from the public as much as possible. I am tired of all my dark glasses and want to just throw them out already!! It will be hard for me to ever trust a "Botox" Doctor again.....This nightmare eyelid problem seems to be growing too rapidly with many of us.... I cannot believe it has taken you 3 months! Please tell me it is back to normal now...Thanks!
3 posts
26 May 2009
I am sorry you had such a bad experince with your botox.First of all if the Doctor you went to told you he is not sure why this happened you need to find a new Doctor.Second of all what happend is that he eitner used to much Botox in your forehead or near your eyebrow that caused the muscle to relaxe to much and that will cause the droopy eyelid.It will ware off but it could take 3 months.
10 posts
2 Jun 2009
the exact thing happened to me! within three days of my injections, my right eye looked and felt goofy, and it over the next 48 hours it completely closed and it has been 13 days now. i did it as a suprise for my husband returning from iraq. he has no idea about the bad results. we have a honeymoon to go on. this will make for a horrible home coming. i have had to broadcast that i had a bad botax experience. please, some out there tell me how long this will last? the dops dont work for me either.
2 posts
6 Jun 2009
how did you use the tape to hold your lid up? do the effects to the lid or brow wear off quicker than then effects to the forehead?
2 posts
15 Jun 2009
been using botox for two years now. and finally also ended up with a left droopy eyelid. went to see opthalmologist who prescribed a steroid/anti biotic drop.but did not help. I can only think that this happened because i took the botox injection late in the afternoon and about an hour later went to sleep. is it possible that one of the reasons for the droopy eyelid could be because I did not stay up for about another 3 to 5 hours after the botox injuection. and how long before the droopiness and impaired vision disappears. my doctor who gave the botox injection says that the droopiness cannot be because of botox. which makes me wondor what she really knows about botox after reading all the stuff on your wonderful website which is rather comforting.
7 posts
30 Jun 2009
I am sorry to say but you are probably going to have a droopy eyelid for three months. Once the skin and muscle is relaxed it will stay that way if you used Botox. The Doctor either injected too much or injected to close to your eye. I wouldn't blame it on myself, I would tend to think that you Doctor made a mistake and just doesn't want to admit it. The only answer is to wear sunglasses to hide it for three months until the effect goes away. I am sorry to hear about your trauma to your eye but the good news is time will heal it. Sincerely, tamm0449
2 posts
3 Aug 2009
thanks for the sound advice. I have noticed a slight improvement and lift in the eyelid. My gut feeling tells me it is not going to wear off and that yes I would probably have to wait it out until the botox wears off. although the doctor is not admitting 'guilt' she informed me that I should visit her so that she can see what she can do for me. I have last confidence in her. thanks for the wonderful website. I really do feel now that 'i am not alone' you are there for me. thank you.
11 posts
3 Sep 2009
am still having droopy eye problems (4months) and was also told by doc he had no idea. this is appalling. i wear sunglasses all the time. I am so angry that the side effects were not disclosed by doctor. I can not believe how many stories sound like mine.it is great to have this support. only those that have experienced this kind of discomfort can fully understand.
3 posts
7 Oct 2009
I have had the same horrible experience. My left eyelid looked a little droopy on the third day. Now I am into week two and I think it has gone from bad to worse. It is particularly bad in the afternoons. I read somewhere that this gets better in 2-3 weeks. But from looking at posts, it looks like this is not going away any time soon. OMG! I have a vacation planned as well as a family reunion soon. Ladies, please give me some tips on what I can do to make this better. I got some Alfagan drops. It cost an arm and a leg but did not do a darn thing for me. I want to get the iopidine drops, but dont want to waste another 200 dollars for nothing! HELP!!!
1 post
21 Nov 2009
I went to get a botox injection, the between my eye brown... within 48 hours my eye lid started to drop.. I feel so weird .