I Leave for NV on Wednesday I Will Be 800ft Up. Okay to Get a Little Botox 5 Days Before?

Botox injections to the face are very reliable and easy. The most common side effect is bruising which can be lessened with proper technique and topical ice applied before and for 48 hours after injection. Flying after injections in a pressure controlled cabin should not pose a problem. I always ask my patients to apply ice to the Botox injection sites every 4 to 6 hours for 5 to 10 minutes. That is really the only down-side to travel shortly after Botox is the inability to ice! I hope this helps. Dr. Trussler 

Hi Belledajour,

Air travel or flying is OK after Botox or Dypsort treatment for facial wrinkles. The high altitude should not affect your results either. Enjoy your trip! 

Dr. Chaboki

 

there is no reason that you can't fly the day after botox or dysport injections. There is always a chance you may bruise when there is any type of injection so keep that in mind when determining your social plans after your treatment. It is best not to fly the day of Botox just in case there can be any altitude pressure changes that might make the medicine diffuse to surrounding areas. This has never been proven, nor has bending over been proven to be a problem in the first four hours after botox injections, but physicians still recommend that to their patients.

I see no problems with flying after receiving Botox injections, especially 5 days out.  There is not apparent problems with high or low altitudes as well.

Dear Patient,

Yes, there is not problem. Be sure to tell your physician so he or she is aware of your situation.

Regards,

While I feel confident that you will do perfectly fine 5 days after Botox injections traveling to high altitudes, I do not believe anyone has studied the effects of Botox at high altitudes or low pressure situations.  I recommend that my patients do not do any strenuous activity for 24 hours after Botox.  Thus I feel that normal activity can be resumed after this period.

You should be ok to travel and fly after having Botox injections.  In fact, you'll definitely look lifted up after the treatment! Enjoy your holidays!

The procedure is minimally invasive, with only occasional small vessel rupture or bruising at the site of injection. There are no established contraindications to flying immediately after Botox or Dysport injections.

It should be perfectly fine to fly afte having Botox treatment. The altitude change should not be a problem.

Unlike surgical procedures lasting longer than an hour Botox poses NO risk for blood clot formation or movement and there are no reported risk associated for Botox treatment and flying.