Can Botox Be Damaged by Massage?

When we inject Botox into the tissue it has an area of diffusion from the injected site of about 2cm during the first few hours after injection. Hence, we instruct our patients not to massage the area where injections have been placed. After five days you should have nothing to worry about as all the Botox has been taken up in the nerve endings and is no longer available to spread.

No, I think you will be fine...I have my patients who receive Botox, exercise the muscles I treat (the glabellar or "11" lines, the forehead, the crow's feet,etc.) fairly aggressively for the first 2 hours after the treatment. It is this initial couple of hours that the neurotoxin is incorporated into the nerve and moving the muscle maximizes the absorbance. I think 5 days after your injection, the dye has been cast.

Good luck!

Dr. C

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