Inner Eye Swelling with Botox

This effect is the Botox doing its job.  It is just that the job that the physician gave the BOTOX is not the right one!  Some doctors think that BOTOX is used for paralyzing muscles.  While this is the effect of BOTOX, the proper role of BOTOX is modifying facial expression by judicial use of the agent in the proper muscle groups.  This avoids the frozen look that causes brow heaviness.  That is precisely what you are describing.  Your best option now is to let this treatment wear off and find yourself a new BOTOX injector.

you may be having a lot of forehead drop with what might have been a sagging forehead to begin with and now the botox has prevented you from trying to maintain its elevation. If the glabella, which is in between the eyebrows, and pulls down on the forehead, didn't have enough units of Botox, then injecting more may help lift the area.  On the other hand, it may be that the converse is occurring. There might be a lot of lifting of the glabella and it is pushing into the higher mid forehead and that area may need more botox. You should see the doctor who treated you and knows exactly where the botox was injected.

Hi Pebb,

Sorry to hear about your bad experience with your recent Botox injections.  At this point, there is not much to do other than wait for the Botox effect to wear off.  Discuss your dissatisfaction with your injecting physician so that the injection pattern and dosage can be charted to be avoided in the future.  Also make sure that there is no infection.  Some injectors attempt to fill the horizontal lines of the upper nose with hyaluronic acid filler which can result in swelling between the eyes.  Make sure that you were not injected with a filler in that area.  It is most important to choose your injecting physician most carefully. Good luck and be well.

Dr. P