Do any of you know of someone that you would recommend to assess if I would be a good candidate for botox masseter reduction and possible fillers in the cheek bone area? I live in the bay area, CA (in Milpitas, about about 40 minutes from san francisco) Thank you, Janine
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Answer: Using Botox to reduce the size of the masseter muscles
I have used Botox beneath the eye with mixed results. Some people like it, most find it to be an uncomfortable waste of time and money. Pinch blepharoplasty, an abbreviated type of lower eyelid surgery (local only, no anesthesia recovery) is often the answer. It's long...
Numbness is not common to either botox or gabapentin, so you if you have sudden onset of numbness, that needs to be looked at as soon as possible by your regular doctor or a neurologist.
There is no interaction between gabapentin and botox.
Lowering of the brow (brow ptosis) is...
Hi Angela. Well, you learn something new every day. We have never had a need for a 200 unit vial of Botox, but now understand that it does exist.
We typically treat Hyperhidrosis at 50 units per underarm so we would never have had a need for the larger vial. We are wondering if you have yo...