I recently had botox for frown lines and forehead wrinkles for the first time. My brow has dropped so much that my eyes are hooded and no longer round. I went back to the dermatologist to discuss possibly sticking to the corrugator and procerus next time as I'd prefer forehead wrinkles and pretty eyes. She told me that my brow will drop just from the corrugator injections, even if she avoids the frontalis. I cannot find evidence of this online. Could it be the corrugator holding up my brow?
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October 8, 2014
Answer: Typically an injection in the corrugator muscles will not cause the brow to drop.
Botox does not travel from the site where it is injected into the systemic circulation in any significant amount. Furthermore, its effects on muscle may last for 3 months, but the Botox molecules themselves are primarily taken up within 90 minutes by nerve endings and metabolized, and any...
This is not typical, and your prior good responses make me think that you need to be re-evaluated. Give the touch up a total of 2 weeks prior to further therapy. You might want to consider Xeomin or Dysport for future treatments because developing an immunity to Botox has been...
Logistics aside, one cannot practice medicine in a state without a license (that includes Botox injections). If you do, why not have Allergan ship the Botox to your office in that state rather than pre-mixing and carrying it on?
