Botox: Stories
Write a ReviewBotox - Paralyzed Half my Smile - San Francisco, CA
- crazyinsf
- posted 1 year ago
- updated 1 year ago
- Not Worth It
- Cost: $600
- San Francisco, ca
I have been getting botox for years from a PS but...
- 3 Oct 2011
I have been getting botox for years from a PS but moved to a new area and went to a new doc. This new doc came highly recommended and I have seen her for 2 years without a glitch.
This last time, however she got a little happy with the injections and I wound up losing my smile. Since I had gotten Juvaderm in my frown lines also, I was hoping that it was just the swelling that was causing my face to react, however as time went by and my crows feet disappeared, my smile went with it.
I know from experience that this will take 4-5 months to go away and am dealing with that now. How sad for me to have to turn my face if I want to smile and not sneer at people.
I am embarrassed and so very sad that I chose to do this. I am taking solace in writing this (though it is painful to fully accept that this is my face for the next 4 months) and am hoping that someone will think twice about botox before they have this happen also.
I am looking forward to having my smile back - wrinkles and all.
I just had to add here that when I contacted the...
- 4 Oct 2011
She then emailed me saying she could inject MORE botox in different areas to try to even out the smile.
NO thanks.
I got yet another email from the doc insisting...
- 6 Oct 2011
I also notice now that my cheek hangs down on the paralyzed side if I am bent over or leaning to that side -- very floppy! It's hard to speak properly if there are a lot of "F" sounds to pronounce as my cheek puffs out and fills with air.
Lastly I cannot chew foods effectively. While she was trying to convince me that I needed the masseter muscles to be injected (I had come in only for my crow's feet) I was told that the masseter muscle assisted a little on the hardest foods, but that I wouldn't really notice. HA! Even ground beef is too much for me! One would think that I would lose weight, but instead I just attempt to chew it despite the pain, and then end up swallowing.
Probably TMI here, but I just want others to know of the true side effects and possible outcomes of a bad botox job.
Horrible experience and I'm only 3 weeks out now.
My Doctor: name not provided
My rating:
I had been seeing this doctor for 2 years before this happened and she was very good before this accident, but one slip up and she's out the door. It IS my face after all.
I had botox by my dentist to treat my grinding/clenching problem. While I was there, I had juvederm in the lower half of my "laugh lines"....mouth to chin. The left side looks similar to yours with a solid crease that is so ugly on the left side. It feels like the botox because there is a weakness when I smile. Lesson learned for me...wear the mouth guard and age gracefully. My smile was the one thing that made me look pretty young and now it looks like crap. I'm dreading heading back to the dentist for a follow up. I know how this works...they won't accept responsibility. Meanwhile, I guess I just have to wait it out.
regards, lisa
Before I moved I was getting injections from a plastic surgeon - I always had fabulous results with him!!
Just out of curiosity, could my smile paralysis come from injecting the masseters? That's what this doc says it's from, but I read that it is usually from chasing the crows feet down the face too far.
I have been getting injections for crows feet, "11" lines etc and have always had great results. This time I believed the receptionist and doctor when they told me that I could slim my face and get rid of my night time habit of grinding my teeth if it was injected into the masseter muscle. Many people have great results with it so I tried it.
I'll stick to the eyes from now on.
I appreciate being able to put it all out there in this community and want you all to know that you are helping me get through this!! Thank you!!!
thanks, Shelly
Thanks! I had treatment for crow's feet around my eyes and also had the masseter muscles injected in my jaw to try to stop my grinding/jaw clenching.
Can anyone offer me any hope at all that this will resolve itself? Should I get an attorney and sue?
But I so so so feel for you, your smile looks exactly the same as mine a bit over three months ago when the same thing happened to me. I just wasn´t brave enough to post pictures and my own review here.
I got used to covering my smile when laughing (didn´t smile very much anyway), and turned my face away. Let´s hope months will go fast, just hang in there!
Hi Afyre,
Oh my I'm so sorry. Hopefully that four months will go by extremely fast. I know posting the review and pictures was probably tough, but it is so useful and helpful for the community. We'd love to hear how everything is in four months.
Thank you and enjoy your week,
-Britt