Eight days ago, I had 1 vial of Botox injections. My eyelids have become increasingly swollen. I also have high, puffy cheekbones that makes the situation worse. I can barely open my eyes. Can I put a cold compress on my eyes or do something else to reduce the swelling?
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Cannot be sure without seeing you, of course. But almost all of our Botox patients in New York get significant improvement with 25 units after 12 days.
Dear Lid Dispair
You are obviously having a serious problem after a BOTOX treatment. It does sound like the treatment has caused ptosis of the left upper eyelid. This causes a compensatory effort to lift the eyelids. The left one under acts but this effort cause retraction in the right upper...
I concur with the excellent explanation for this problem given by Dr. Hess.
If the physician injects too medially, beyond a long dropped from the lateral canthus ( the outer eyeball), there can be an affect of the smile on that one side. However, this does not seem to be what happened in...