After botox, I have a tugging sensation on top of my head. Why is this, and will it go away?

Hello, Thank you for your question. Botulinum toxin does not function by damaging nerves. It works by blocking the release of acetylcholine from your nerves to your muscle through the inhibition of a protein called SNAP-25, which thus inhibits muscle contraction. This is what gives a "relaxing"...

Botox and steroids work differently in the body and do not interfere with each other or cause a bad reaction.  Discuss with your provider, but a week after a steroid injection in your foot for heel pain, you should be able to have Botox into your face without any issues.

It is rare to have pain after BOTOX.  Sometimes patients have headaches after botox injections, other times a sensory nerve may have been touched by the injection needle and this is not irritated and causing pain.  Anti-inflammatory medication should help.

The injector may have hit a nerve when injecting the Botox. This happens on occasion and has no lasting effects. This could possibly happen again or it may not. Hope this helps. 

Hi CF.  It's difficult to say without a before and after picture, but one possibility is that if part of the muscle was relaxed and part was not, you may be noticing the part that was not relaxed.  Injection technique is important when treating this area, so consider a second opinion if you d...

Thank you for your question Yogacool. 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 ...