Doctor Rubbed Botox Area to Massage It In?

Botox is an art.  If you are not getting the results you desire, I recommend another provider with more experience.

Proper technique is essential to obtain the best possible result. If you are not satisfied with your result, I would recommend seeking out another physician to perform your treatment. A board certified dermatologist, plastic surgeon, or facial plastic surgeon are all great choices. I hope this helps, and I wish you the best of luck!

It's hard to answer this question without first knowing how many units you were treated with and specific placement, etc. I would follow up with your provider to be better educated and understand expectations.

Physicians or injectors may have different techniques for how they inject Botox.  Some of the different techniques may have no effect on how well the Botox works and some may have an effect.  The depth of the injection could possibly affect the Botox result.  I do like to massage an area after it's injected to help prevent having a lumpy look to the treated area.  This is done not to move the Botox to another area but to just help reduce the localized swelling from the fluid injected.  I have never found that this type of massage negatively affects the result and have actually found that it helps.

We all have our favorite method for injecting Botox. I personally do not massage in that area between the eyes because I don't want it to spread. You want a very experienced Dermatologist or Plastic Surgeon to  do your injections. You also want to be sure the Botox or Dysport is very fresh. It is possible the product  has been saved for several days or your injector is not as experienced as you need. Getting fresh Botox in the correct area and your treatment should work.

you may want to do a little more research for your next treating physician. Be picky on who does your treatments for you.

Injecting Botox may be a bit like baking a cake. Experienced bakers always turn out yummy predictable cakes, while more novice bakers struggle. Experience matters with Botox injecting, too. It's impossible to give you specific advice without examining you. The best advice, though, is to find a very experienced physician who has injected thousands of foreheads, or better yet, tens of thousands of foreheads. Now that you've have this experience, you're probably armed with some good questions to discuss about the physician's technique before agreeing to the procedure. If the explanations don't make sense, go to another physician.

I am not sure who is injecting you. But all is needed is a proper injection at the proper site and correct units to achieve a great result. make sure you are going to a board certified doctor with experience in injecting Botox, Dysport or Xeomin.

 

Good luck

I prefer to inject the Botox directly into the corrugator muscles and not massage it in.  Others prefer the massage technique.  The most important thing is that you get results that are consistanty good. 

I do not recommend this type of massage over areas that are injected by Botox. The concern is that it could diffuse to areas not injected and give you undesired muscle relaxation.

Lightly massaging botox is performed by many skilled injectors with good results. I do not think  massage is limiting the efficacy of the medication.  Injecting botox deep also should prevent your medication from working, although it hurts more when injected this way. Your injector may be using lower doses to prevent dropping your eyebrows. Forehead lines are difficult to completely erase. Softening the lines while maintaining your eyebrow position is a more reasonable expectation.