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Risk of Being Unable to Swallow After Botox in the Neck?

stacey01
I read that some people that got injected with Botox in their neck couldn't swallow and had to be fed by a tube for months because the injector injected it incorrectly. If I go to a board certified plastic surgeon for Botox of the platysma muscle, what are the statistics or how high is the risk of that happening?

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