Can Botox Help Eye Twitches and Would Insurance Cover It?

November 3, 2010

My right eye twitches and closes hard sometimes during the day. When I sleep the muscles are always tense. I rub it during the day to make it stop. It's starting to give me wrinkles. Is there a medical term for this twitch? Would Botox help this at all? Would insurance pay for some of it? How could I prove it's for uncontrollable twitching and not just the wrinkles? One doctor told me he thinks my twitching is mental and not muscle spasms. Does that matter? It happens in my sleep.

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November 4, 2010

Answer: Eyelid twitching and Botox

November 4, 2010

Answer: Eyelid twitching and Botox

March 18, 2016

Answer: Essential blepharospasm

March 18, 2016

Answer: Essential blepharospasm

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