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Skewed smile after Botox injections in smile muscles for essential tremor (photos)

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skewed_smile88Apr 3, 2022

I'm an essential tremor patient in my 40s, and as medication (propranolol, rivotril, xanax) are only giving limited relief for the shaking (specifically in my smiling muscles) - the neurologist r we t their botox department for just 4 units Botox in my minor and major smiling muscles in total. We're now months later and the negative side-effects are still there: a skewed smile on one side of my face. Does Botox have a typical timeline, what's my perspective here?

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