I recently had my first injections of botox. I am a 49-year-old woman and wanted to soften the "eleven" lines between my brows and wanted a natural looking medial brow lift. I told my practitioner I did not care at all about the horizontal lines on my forehead. 4 days post injection and I am noticing asymmetry and a slight droop to my left brow. I also notice that when I raise my eyebrows, the center of my brows don't lift up at all. What caused this, and since it is only day 4, will it get worse?
Answer: Mr. Spock Look After Botox Easily Rectified With A Few Microdroplets of Properly Placed Botox The quizzical, lateral eyebrow elevated look of the Star Trek character Mr. Spock typically results when the downwardly pulling, central depressor muscles in the glabella area have been treated to the point of leaving the motion of the elevated forehead muscles unopposed. A microdroplet or two of additional Botox placed around the height of the Mr. Spock arch can usually take care of this problem quite nicely. As a rule, experienced injectors no longer attempt to "freeze" muscles to the point of creating an abnormally wrinke-less porcelainized look. Instead, the aim is reduce the overactivity of the muscles of facial expression that accompanies aging to a point more reminiscent of their level of activity in youth. As to the slight droop to the left brow, this might have resulted from some diffusion of the Botox from the glabella to the brow itself, which may explain the brow ptosis you are describing. This will fortunately wear off likely in about one to two months. Going forward, you would do well to seek treatment by a board certified aesthetic physician and make sure to ask to see his/her before and after photos before agreeing to proceed. Best of luck.
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Answer: Mr. Spock Look After Botox Easily Rectified With A Few Microdroplets of Properly Placed Botox The quizzical, lateral eyebrow elevated look of the Star Trek character Mr. Spock typically results when the downwardly pulling, central depressor muscles in the glabella area have been treated to the point of leaving the motion of the elevated forehead muscles unopposed. A microdroplet or two of additional Botox placed around the height of the Mr. Spock arch can usually take care of this problem quite nicely. As a rule, experienced injectors no longer attempt to "freeze" muscles to the point of creating an abnormally wrinke-less porcelainized look. Instead, the aim is reduce the overactivity of the muscles of facial expression that accompanies aging to a point more reminiscent of their level of activity in youth. As to the slight droop to the left brow, this might have resulted from some diffusion of the Botox from the glabella to the brow itself, which may explain the brow ptosis you are describing. This will fortunately wear off likely in about one to two months. Going forward, you would do well to seek treatment by a board certified aesthetic physician and make sure to ask to see his/her before and after photos before agreeing to proceed. Best of luck.
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January 23, 2017
Answer: Botox Thank you for your question and pictures. Full effect of Botox can take 8-10 days. Also, I don't know how many units and where exactly they were injected, so it is hard to correctly answer your question. My advice, is however, to allow full onset of the Botox (at least 10 days), and then if you still have concerns, go to see your PS for any touch ups that are necessary. Before that is to soon to judge the final result and certainly no further Botox should be injected until the full affect can be appreciated.
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January 23, 2017
Answer: Botox Thank you for your question and pictures. Full effect of Botox can take 8-10 days. Also, I don't know how many units and where exactly they were injected, so it is hard to correctly answer your question. My advice, is however, to allow full onset of the Botox (at least 10 days), and then if you still have concerns, go to see your PS for any touch ups that are necessary. Before that is to soon to judge the final result and certainly no further Botox should be injected until the full affect can be appreciated.
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January 23, 2017
Answer: Dr. Spock look after Botox treatment for the "11's" (glabella)-soften with Venus Legacy It is too soon to tell what your final results will be. It can take 1-2 weeks for final results with Botox. If you're unhappy with your final results, you can have a touch up of Botox or soften results with Venus Legacy treatments. Best, Dr. Emer
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January 23, 2017
Answer: Dr. Spock look after Botox treatment for the "11's" (glabella)-soften with Venus Legacy It is too soon to tell what your final results will be. It can take 1-2 weeks for final results with Botox. If you're unhappy with your final results, you can have a touch up of Botox or soften results with Venus Legacy treatments. Best, Dr. Emer
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January 23, 2017
Answer: Frontalis- easy correction Hello- this is a common issue I see when Frontalis (the muscle that creates the horizontal forehead lines) is treated incorrectly. There is an easy fix by just relaxing the outer section of the frontalis to correct the peaked "Spock" eyebrow look.
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January 23, 2017
Answer: Frontalis- easy correction Hello- this is a common issue I see when Frontalis (the muscle that creates the horizontal forehead lines) is treated incorrectly. There is an easy fix by just relaxing the outer section of the frontalis to correct the peaked "Spock" eyebrow look.
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January 23, 2017
Answer: Spock Botox From your photos it is clear that Botox has affected your frontalis muscle, the muscle that raises the brow. This can happen if the muscle was injected directly or if the Botox intended for your frowner muscles (the ones between your eyes that produce "11s") spread unto the frontalis. I think the latter may have occurred in your case. To avoid this, the frowner muscle injections need to be placed no higher than the upper edge of the brow centrally. Any higher and they will affect the frontals. You get the Spock brows because the only area of the frontalis still active is the on the sides above the brow. When you raise your brows, it pulls up only on the outside of the brow. The only thing to do now othrr than waiting if out is to have a tiny amount of Botox injected in the peaks to weaken the lateral frontalis. However, this will probably make your brow nearly immobile, which might be worse. The good news is that this will wear off. This may not get any worse, but you will have to wait and see.
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January 23, 2017
Answer: Spock Botox From your photos it is clear that Botox has affected your frontalis muscle, the muscle that raises the brow. This can happen if the muscle was injected directly or if the Botox intended for your frowner muscles (the ones between your eyes that produce "11s") spread unto the frontalis. I think the latter may have occurred in your case. To avoid this, the frowner muscle injections need to be placed no higher than the upper edge of the brow centrally. Any higher and they will affect the frontals. You get the Spock brows because the only area of the frontalis still active is the on the sides above the brow. When you raise your brows, it pulls up only on the outside of the brow. The only thing to do now othrr than waiting if out is to have a tiny amount of Botox injected in the peaks to weaken the lateral frontalis. However, this will probably make your brow nearly immobile, which might be worse. The good news is that this will wear off. This may not get any worse, but you will have to wait and see.
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