Finally broke down and had Botox. Two weeks later little pimples ALL over my forehead. Even my husband said what's up. Never had an acne issue as a teenager or an adult. I know you have said in past there is no correlation, but I think you are wrong. More people are getting this side effect. Using tea tree oil on site and seems to be diminishing but Botox is now going away, it's only been six weeks. Any ideas on what other products I can use or cause of this? Loved results! Thanks!
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I'm so sorry to hear of your recent health concerns. In my opinion, the Botox is unrelated and you just happened to have the injections near the time the problems occurred coincidentally. There is no physiologic way that the product could reach the optic nerves and discs. The pathology of these...
The development of your symptoms may be coincidental wtih the prior botox. It doesn't appear that the Botox in the forehead would cause Bells Palsy-like symptoms in the cheek and neck. See a neurologist.
The information provided in Dr. Shelton's...
Did you have enough units of botox? Were the injection sites appropriate for your anatomy? Did you define crows feet as the lines that extend underneath the lower eyelid or keeping them as the lines to the side of the eyes?
These are important questions to be answered when resolving your...
