I know the botox does and it is something that has to be repeated every 12 weeks or so. I have had it done once but only in the forehead area which since I chose to have a cosmetic doctor do it my insurance wouldn't cover it. However the insurance wanted me to have it done in my neck also and I was terrified of that because i have some pretty bad neck issues. I have heard that brow lift does help and is more permanent. I have such severe migraines that I would be willing to self finance
July 14, 2015
Answer: Does a brow lift help with migraines? It may. There was a good study done a few years ago that suggested it could help in refractory migraine cases. Nonetheless, without other corroborating studies, it's hard to make this claim with any degree of certainty. Best of luck.
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July 14, 2015
Answer: Does a brow lift help with migraines? It may. There was a good study done a few years ago that suggested it could help in refractory migraine cases. Nonetheless, without other corroborating studies, it's hard to make this claim with any degree of certainty. Best of luck.
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Answer: Brow lift and it's effect on improving migraines The answer to this is kind of controversial. A brow lift itself does not really have an effect. What has been suggested to improve people with a migraine "trigger" in the central brow areas is dividing the corregator muscle (a maneuver not always done in a brow lift actually) which can pinch or impinge on one of the sensory nerves in the area. Treating the central brow with Botox has been suggested as a good proxy for patients who might see improvement with division of that muscle and freeing up the associated nerve. As has been mentioned, there are also several other trigger points in the temple and neck which have also been suggested to be associated with this phenomena.Many neurologists who treat migraines are somewhat skeptical that this is actually a common phenomena, but it clearly can help some people with anatomical variants where these small nerves are entrapped and irritated. Confusing the issue is the phenomena that Botox can suppress pain stimuli, and the effect of the relief you got from injections was really due to that affect on the nerve rather then paralyzing the muscle group. That could explain the failure of the surgery in some patients that improved with botox prior.
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Answer: Brow lift and it's effect on improving migraines The answer to this is kind of controversial. A brow lift itself does not really have an effect. What has been suggested to improve people with a migraine "trigger" in the central brow areas is dividing the corregator muscle (a maneuver not always done in a brow lift actually) which can pinch or impinge on one of the sensory nerves in the area. Treating the central brow with Botox has been suggested as a good proxy for patients who might see improvement with division of that muscle and freeing up the associated nerve. As has been mentioned, there are also several other trigger points in the temple and neck which have also been suggested to be associated with this phenomena.Many neurologists who treat migraines are somewhat skeptical that this is actually a common phenomena, but it clearly can help some people with anatomical variants where these small nerves are entrapped and irritated. Confusing the issue is the phenomena that Botox can suppress pain stimuli, and the effect of the relief you got from injections was really due to that affect on the nerve rather then paralyzing the muscle group. That could explain the failure of the surgery in some patients that improved with botox prior.
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