Smile Deformed After Botox

I feel so bad for you as I know what a bad botox result can feel like. I am waiting out one myself. Yours maybe was a combination of the jaw and crows feet botox? My smile is wrecked from botox in the crows feet. My face won't lift properly because my cheeks have dropped (cheek ptosis). Read the following review and posts for more info about cheek ptosis - Beth F 'Think long and hard before botox - it ruined my face' and Chloerose 'Jabba the Hut puffy eyes after botox in the glabella region' Also did you have botox in the bunny lines area (either side of the nose)? This too can affect smiling. Have a look at Tami F's review. If you go the Botox section on this site and sort by 'Most Discussed' these reviews all come up first. Good luck and let us know what you find out and how you are doing. Cheers.

I continue to get results for up to 2 weeks after a treatment. I am hoping you are contacting your provider this morning so you can show him the results. Wish you had told the Dr that you want only him to do the injections. It is possible that a few well placed units could counter the odd pulling. Please let us know what you find out.

Hi Lapcas. It's possible that either the TMJ or crow's feet injections affected the muscles that pull upward on the corners of the mouth when you smile. Botox does have the ability to travel and it is common for it to be able to migrate a full 3 cm (more than 1") from the injection point. It seems as if the Botox from one of the injection points has migrated enough so as to affect the muscles that you use to smile. Unfortunately, there is no way to easily "reverse" the Botox, like there is with Restylane, Juvederm and Perlane. If you'd like an opinion about possible corrective measures involving more Botox, we would be happy to take a look and let you know if we think that's possible. You can visit our website at www.celibre.com or give us a call at 800-958-8604.

Ah, I feel your pain. I too am waiting for the botox to dissolve. I had it injected into my "bunny" area (love that name) and on my chin area just below my mouth. Now I talk with a lisp and have a crooked smile. I'm absolutely disgusted. When I went back to the Dr. (although his nurse did the procedure, not even sure what qualifications she has, other than being his wife), he said I would just have to wait it out, TWO months. Thing is I've had it on the crows feet and them pesky frown lines before and it worked great, no problems at all. It was also a different Dr. who did it. Now I don't know whether I can ever trust having this procedure done again. Certainly NEVER around the mouth/nose area anyway. I'm counting down the days till I can smile properly again.

I went and saw my doctor. He apologized profusely, credited all of my money back, and promised to talk to the nurse who had done it. I've been a patient of his for a long time. He did say that there was nothing that could be done and he didn't feel comfortable putting more botox in to try and correct it in someway. Luckily, I have a very expressive face and I generally metabolize botox fairly quickly. He thought that given the frequent muscle activity in that area of my face, I should see a notable improvement in about a month. Let's hope so!