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?
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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