48 hours ago I had 8-12 (not sure) units of Botox in upper forehead. Had about 15 units in 11 line & lower forehead a month prior. Looked great. Lots of movement still. Thought waiting to do upper would be a good idea. But now my forehead feels heavy & my eyelids are a bit swollen already. Worried since it's only 48 hours post. Is that a conservative amount for upper forehead? I have eye swelling issues, generally (dry eye syndrome). Does that make a difference? My doc is incredibly experienced.
Answer: Botox for Forehead I would find 8-12 units to forehead to be about average, and for the 11's 15 units would seem to be a just a bit low in my experience as most of my patients need a minimum of about 8 units for the 11s alone and most getting around 16-20 units or more depending on many issues (e.g., strength of their brow frowing muscles and skin thickness). Some patients are exquisitely sensitive to botox in their brow areas and can unfortunately experience brow ptosis from even small amounts. This has happened to me personally from a very experienced injector. Further, botox placed too low around the brows can sometimes lead to blepharoptosis (drooping of the eyelid margin). Most patients at 48 hours still have quite a bit of movement as it can take 2-3 weeks to get to maximal effect. I never try to completely immobilize the forehead as I don't think it looks normal and carries high risk for causing brow ptosis. I hope this is helpful. Each patient is unique and different and "cookie-cutter" approaches to botox use is fraught with potential under or over treatment issues.
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Answer: Botox for Forehead I would find 8-12 units to forehead to be about average, and for the 11's 15 units would seem to be a just a bit low in my experience as most of my patients need a minimum of about 8 units for the 11s alone and most getting around 16-20 units or more depending on many issues (e.g., strength of their brow frowing muscles and skin thickness). Some patients are exquisitely sensitive to botox in their brow areas and can unfortunately experience brow ptosis from even small amounts. This has happened to me personally from a very experienced injector. Further, botox placed too low around the brows can sometimes lead to blepharoptosis (drooping of the eyelid margin). Most patients at 48 hours still have quite a bit of movement as it can take 2-3 weeks to get to maximal effect. I never try to completely immobilize the forehead as I don't think it looks normal and carries high risk for causing brow ptosis. I hope this is helpful. Each patient is unique and different and "cookie-cutter" approaches to botox use is fraught with potential under or over treatment issues.
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June 27, 2014
Answer: Botox for forehead This is an average amount of Botox for the forehead region. The heaviness may be from injections too close too eybrow or diffusion of product towards the Brow.
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June 27, 2014
Answer: Botox for forehead This is an average amount of Botox for the forehead region. The heaviness may be from injections too close too eybrow or diffusion of product towards the Brow.
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