Day 5 After Botox....absolutely No Difference in Glabella!

I read your concern, and you should notice at least some improvement in your appearance. and weakening of your frown muscles by now. The full effect of your Botox will be seen in another 5 days. If it's not working, you should visit your physician for evaluation.

Normally, Botox can take 3-7 days to start seeing results. It can take up to 2 weeks. Assuming you had 16 units injected at your glabella, that sounds conservative, but the amount injected can vary from patient to patient depending on how strong your muscle movement is. Usually 20 units are injected into the glabella region with no problems. The good news is that you can get a touch up and have more units injected if you do not see results by 2 weeks.

BoTox, and all forms of Botulinum Toxin A, work by blocking the reuptake of acetylcholine at the neuromuscular junction. By doing so, it inhibits transmission of signals from one neuron to the next at whichever junction it is working on (e.g., neuro junction, sweat gland junction, etc.) The duration of BoTox is typically 3-4 months on average. It can take up to 7 days for it to take effect. If after that time, I would return to see your injector.  Thank you for the question! Hope this helps!

Hang in there...some people take up to 7-10 days to show the effect, after Botox injections.  If you haven't seen any effect by two weeks post injection, then return to see your injecting physician.

 

All the best,

You may want to contact your physican's office to notifyt them. Some have a policy of waitng 2 weeks but you might as well schedule an appointment  

Hi Teaneck.  Although you should see results after 5 days, we do not bring our first time patients back for a checkup until 14 days.  

In addition to waiting a bit longer, it sounds like you may not have enough product.  Usually at least 20 units (not cc's) are used in the glabella.  

Finally, for deep creases, it may be required to use a dermal filler like Restylane.  If you have this sort of crease in your forehead it should have been discussed with you before treatment.  Call your injector back for a checkup and discuss all these issues with him/her.  Good luck.