Angry-looking and Swollen After Botox

Hi Tin,

Return to your injecting physician and voice your concerns.  There may be an area that can be touched up to change your expression from sad to glad.  Swelling is not common after Botox injections.  Good luck and be well.

Dr. P

The corragator muscle is interwoven with the frontalis muscle.  The corragator muscle creates the vertical glabellar creases and this muscle is a depressor of the inner aspect of the brow so this muscle will cause an elevation of the medial brow.  If the injection is performed too high or if the  Botox spreads superiorly then the frontalis muscle can be effected and this causes the brow to drop. Conversely if the central brow is injected and no botox is used laterally then you get a metaphisto or devil's brow.