Botox in Forehead Not Working As Well As Other Areas

It can take up to 2 weeks for results to appear. If by two weeks you still aren't satisfied with your forehead results, please return to your injector. Perhaps not enough was administered. It is common for the dosage to be on the conservative side when patients are getting Botox for the first time.

Each patient is different.  Usually results start to be seen at 4 days.  Sometimes it takes 10 to 14 days before results are seen.  If after this time you don't see results, best to contact your injector.  Let them know your thoughts.

If this is your first time, it can take a little longer for the product to work. Give it up to two weeks, and then if you feel you could benefit from more product, revisit your provider for additional treatment.

This occurs for several reasons: 1) I advise patients that it may take up to two weeks to see a more pronounced result 2) Excessive injection of botulinum toxin into the forehead can lower the brows 3) it may take up to 2-3 months for estaiblished forehead wrinkles to soften after the muscles are relaxed.

Your forehead may require more units but it's prudent to wait two weeks to see the effect before the treatment is revised.

Hi,

Speak with your injecting physician.  The dosage was likely lower in your forehead to keep your eyebrows from dropping and hitting your lower eyelashes.

Dr. P

Since this is your first time with Botox, the dose your injector used is basically an educated guess. Knowing your response to the injections, it may be adjusted next time. There are a few other things to keep in mind though. It may take longer than 5 days to see the full effect, especially in the forehead because it is a large muscle. The other thing is that it doesn't always make sense to go for a complete relaxation of the forehead, because it may cause the eyebrows to drop and it would leave you with a frozen look that isn't necessarily desirable.

I would recommend waiting 2 weeks to see full effect before following up with your doctor for further treatment.  In a new patient with multiple areas being treated, it is best to be conservative in dosing as too much Botox in your forehead can drop your brows.  Botox works best by relaxing muscles that cause a line or to weaken muscles that pull down so that muscles that elevate your brow dominate.  There is a fine line between softening the lines in your forehead vs too heavy of a treatment causing heavy brows.  A little touch up may be all you need to perfect those results you want.

The results of Botox vary greatly depending on a variety of factors. You may not have had as much product as needed to fully relax these muscles injected, you may not have had as many individual injections on the forehead to reach all the areas of the muscle fibers, or you may have strong, active forehead muscles that need more product to fully paralyze them. If you're still concerned, speak with your physician about using more product/injection sites. 

Most physicians inject conservative amounts of Botox into the forehead since too much Botox can cause the eyebrows to droop.  Wait for 10 days to see the full effect of your treatment and if you still have too much forehead movement, return to your injector for assessment.