Is it possible that after getting the Botox shots, it could cause shingles?

October 31, 2015
Asked By:RSMember10054 in Antioch, CA

A year ago I went in to have Botox shots due to migraines, three days later I had shingles on my back and waist. Four months later I went back in and got them again a few days later I had shingles again so I told my doctor he said I had gentile herpes. So I was tested and it was shingles, has anyone else had this same side effect?

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