Will Taking an Antibiotic, Like Doxycycline for Acne Interfere with the Efficacy of Botox?
December 17, 2011
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I take 100mg of doxycycline a day for acne. I have had some botox done one recently for cosmetic reasons and wonder if taking the antibiotic might reduce the efficacy of botox? I'm now 2 days post-injections and the normal paraylsis of the muscles has started to set in.
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The standard advice in my practice is no strenuous exercise, bending over, facial massages, hot sauna, hot yoga etc for 24 hours after a botox treatment
First reason is to prevent excessive diffusion of the botox to unintended areas, which could cause complications such as eyelid drooping
Second...
If your lines are there but your muscles are not moving at all, then the Botox was successful in relaxing the muscles and you should not need more units. If you are patient and await time to have the skin folds diminish now that the skin is no longer creasing repetitively, and you repeat...
Although anything is plausible, it's not likely that cold weather is causing frequent changes in your ability to contract muscles that were previously treated with Botox. A more likely explanation may be that you are actively using these muscles more so when cold and uncomfortable. If this i...