How Soon Can I Exercise After Receiving Botox Injections? And What Might Happen if I Were to Exercise the Same Day?

There is no scientific evidence to suggest that early activity such as exercise, alcohol, or laying down early will have any impact on your botox treatment. We advise patients to avoid early manipulation of the area, such as a facial or clarisonic treatment, to prevent potential migration of botox toxin. However, no studies support this as well.

I recommend that my patient avoid exercising and doing strenuous activities for 24 hours after botox/dysport injections.Increasing the blood flow to the area can "wash out" or flush that area and cause decreased effectiveness of the injections. This time is needed to cause the botox to be picked up by the tissues in that specific area.Hope this helps.Best,Dr Sajjadian

There is no literature to support advising patients not to exercise for a specific duration after receiving Botox injections.  The theoretical risk of the Botox "migrating" to a muscle you don't want it to affect is a small possibility, which is why I advise all of my patients to not exercise and to stay in an upright position for about 4-6 hours following injection.  Post-injection instructions will vary from physician to physician. I also
advise all patients to avoid massage, at home microdermabrasion, use of
the clairsonic, and
direct stimulation to the injected areas for a couple days after
injections. I feel only "core" injectors should perform cosmetic
injectables (facial
plastic surgeons, plastic surgeons, dermatologists, or occuloplastic
surgeons). This is because we all have a keen understanding of facial
anatomy and the effects of injecting Botox/ Xeomin/ Dysport and fillers
in different
regions of the face. Be sure you are seeing one of us, and I wish you
well!

Avoid working out or performing vigorous physical activity for the rest of the day of your treatment. Your rate of recovery may be compromised if you exercise the same day, making swelling, bruising and discomfort last longer.

About 2-3 hours after Botox injection is an appropriate amount of time to wait before exercising.

I inform my patients to wait 24 hours before any type of exercise or skin treatments to create a better outcome.

Thank you for your question BoopRN. I understand your concern. Botox is a purified protein used to address wrinkles associated with facial expression. When injected into the skin Botox will relax the muscles and smoothen out the overlying wrinkles. The most common areas of treatment are in the upper face. These include the horizontal lines seen on the upper forehead when one raises the brows, the vertical lines seen between the brows when one frowns (frown lines), and the crow's feet seen around the eyes when one smiles.
After a Botox treatment, I recommend that my patients avoid heat exposure, alcohol consumption, and strenuous exercise for 24 hours and not lie down flat for four hours. This is because all of these activities may possibly lead to the movement of the product and consequent side effects such as droopy eyelids as described above. Although there have been no definitive studies shown that these actually occur and some physicians do not provide such aftercare instructions, in the absence of data I err on the side of caution and recommend that my patients avoid such activities.
Please consult with a doctor for specific recommendations. Good luck!

There are no studies that suggest certain activities could affect Botox injected areas. That being said, I still suggest refraining from any vigorous activities on the day of your injections.

I will often tell patients that while it is suggested to wait 4-6 hours before doing exercise, I tell them to wait until the next day.

I normally tell my patients to wait a full 24 hours before doing an intensive workout, you want the area to settle to fully see your result from your treatment.