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Its best you contact your medical provider to further evaluate the area, you were probably treated with a filler, Botox isn’t usually used to treat the marionette lines
From the photos it looks like you had a facial filler that was injected into that area. I do not inject Botox in that area and it is generally not done. Fillers are generally used to treat the nasolabial area. I would immediately return to your physician for evaluation. Please let me know what happens.
Botox is generally not used for the marionette lines. Are you sure that you didn't have a filler (e.g. Juvederm)? But it is very unusual to have such profound swelling 10 days after a procedure. If would see your dermatologist and consider that something else might be going on (e.g. Melkerson-Rosenthal Syndrome). Good luck.
When administered by an experienced surgeon, your smile should not be affected by masseter reduction with Botox. If your smile has been altered, then it's possible a muscle besides the masseter muscle has been inadvertently injected as treating the masseter alone will not have this effect....
Sometimes when Botox (or any other injectable product) is used on the face, it is possible that a sensory nerve can be hit during the injection. This does normally cause a electrical type sensation that travels along the course of the nerve. When this occurs on the forehead, the...
For patients with minimal wrinkles or who are looking for preventative treatment from Botox, I use smaller doses. For the area in between the brows (glabellar frown lines), I use 15-20 units. For the forehead, I use 8-10. When wrinkles begin to develop in the mid-late 30's, the doses can...
Thank you for your question.I know of no interaction between these two medications. To be sure, call your doctor who injected Botox for you. I hope this helps.
Interesting fact about Botox. In nature it exists as a 900 kDa protein, but only the core neurotoxin, weighing 150 kDa is active. The rest of the weight is accessory proteins, which protect the core neurotoxin from being inactivated by such things as stomach acids and proteolytic...
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