Sunken, Heavy Eyes and Uneven Eyebrow Arch After Botox in Glabella

An uneveness in the heights of the eyebrows or asymmetry often can be adjusted readily by injecting a tiny unit in the muscle that is causing that elevation. After you receive the appearance from these adjustments, your provider will hopefully know how to treat your unique anatomy the next treatment when it's due, which is usually three to four months.

Botox done well in the right candidate gives beautiful results. There are risks to injection, however, and it sounds like you experienced several. If Botox is injected too low or too close to the eye, it can give the brow or upper lid a droopy appearance. The eyebrow arch can be altered by the technique of injection also. It can purposely be lifted, or inadvertantly be lifted and uneven depending on how the Botox was injected. It's not simply a matter of injecting the Botox the same way on both sides, because often patients are not symmetric from side to side. The injector really needs to analyze your face individually and tailor the injection to your anatomy. The uneven appearance can be corrected with more Botox, and the heaviness you describe will go away on it's own with time. I recommend going to an experienced injector qualified to perform the procedure. Good luck!

Dear Audreymay

You did not indicate if your injector was a doctor or not.  Even if they are a doctor, it sounds like you need to find another injector.  This service is not a commodity: one treatment is not just like another.  Some injectors never develop a finesse for how to perform treatment.  As well meaning as your injector may be, you have had to adverse treatment effects in two treatments.  It is likely that your issues will improve over the next 6 weeks. Please wait at least that long before getting additional service.