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Botox Caused One of my Eyelids to Droop

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Well, it was pretty neat for about 24 hrs. as the...

singingdebMay 17, 2009
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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!!!!!

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Replies (19)

Helen in SoFla
May 26, 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!
devastated
October 8, 2009
how is your droop now? How long did it take to get better? what, if anything did you do to make it heal sooner?
singingdeb
November 25, 2010
Hi Helen,
I had it done about 9 yrs. ago. It took a good 3 months to get back to 100%. It was a total nightmare and I tell everyone now who is thinking about getting it done what I went through. It's better to get the word out than to have them suffer. I know that I will NEVER EVER get it done again. Hang in there! It does get better.
singingdeb
November 25, 2010
The eyelid is completely ok now. But it took 3mons to get better.
fillgirl1361
May 26, 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.

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sad in tacoma
June 3, 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.
Helen in SoFla
June 3, 2009
Hang in there! It has been 4 weeks and my lid is finally lifting where I can hide it with makeup. You have to be patient as everyone has a different time frame...your eyelid will start lifting a little everyday, even though you don't notice any change! My lid dropped 5 days after the Botox injections. I believe it happened from the Doctor injecting over my brow...! Where did you have the injections? and how many units? Stay positive!!!
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sad in tacoma
June 4, 2009
was your eye totally closed or just droopy? did you use drops or just wait for an imporovement? i am not certain the amount of units total, but i had my forhead (where i learned from research was hwere the botox 'migrated' from) and inbetween my brows. i had th ebotx injected on a thursday, felt a change within three days, and by Tuesday morning i was in my docs office crying...with one oncompletely closed. no change at all. i asked for a stronger eye drop, from .5% to 1%. thanks. so hard to be positive. i am so disturbed.
dd in houston
June 6, 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?
jackie m
June 15, 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.
Helen in SoFla
June 15, 2009
Jackie, I believe part of the reason your eyelid drooped is because you did lay down....I was told not to for 6 hours. Of course your Doctor did not take any responsibility which is still amazing to me! How many units did you get and where? My lid is almost back to normal as it took 6 weeks...Stay positive and wear tinted glasses so you are not asked a hundred questions by everyone you meet! Demand answers from your Doctor who injected you. Take care!
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