Trouble swallowing three weeks after cosmetic botox of crows feet, frown line, forehead. Any suggestions?

Before anyone associates the Botox with dysphagia, I would suggest having another course of Botox treatment and see if your swallowing difficulty recurs if not, then it was just coincidental and you should be able to resume Botox regimen. If there is an association, hold off and have a comprehensive neurologic assessment.

Hi Frostychick,Botox has been used for over a decade. It only works on the intended area and the dissipation is only local to the area that is injected. Most probably there was no correlation between your Botox injection and the difficulty swallowing, they were just coincidental in time. You need to have a workup on other neurological conditions that could cause difficulty in swallowing(MS, Myasthenia Gravis, etc). Until that is done, most probably you will not be able to find a plastic surgeon that will inject you with Botox due to that history of swallowing problems.Hope this helps,Dr. Gus Diaz