Will I Get Better Results From Adding Botox 2 Weeks After Initial Injection?

There has been no clinical evidence that adding botox a couple of weeks later stimulates antibody production when the number of units is low such as in cosmetic facial treatment. It is better to add then to initially place too much.

Generally, a two week followup after your treatment is a good idea to assess your results. At that time, a touchup can be performed and will be effective. Once you see your results wearing off, you can have the treatment again. This is generally in about 4 months or so.

My real opinion is that an expert BOTOX injector should be able to tell you in advance with great precision how much BOTOX you need.  This avoids this appointment after the fact.  However, there is no reason you can't add additional BOTOX after the fact to make up for an inadequate dose of BOTOX from the initial treatment.

Hi Catherine.  In some cases, a Botox touchup a couple weeks after injection is an excellent idea.  Especially with first time patients, we like to take a little more conservative approach and injecting a bit too little is better than injecting too much.

With these first time patients, we always have them come back after 2 weeks to gauge the results and at that time if more is needed, we add it then.  This gives us a more complete picture of how they respond to their injections and hopefully helps us do a better job.  There is no issue with antibodies!

If at that point more Botox is needed to achieve the clinical result you wish, more can be added.  I would not add more Botox before those two weeks as the end result may not be seen and you may get an over-correction.

The risk of developing antibodies to small doses of Botox required for cosmetic procedures are very small to begin with and will not be changed much by injecting a few more units two weeks after the initial injection.