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Drooping brow after Botox - 3 weeks or 3 months to recover? (Photo)

Virgo1984Sep 28, 2016
I had 18 units injected into the forehead 6 days ago and my brows have lowered, particularly the left one which has given the area extra 'folds' in the lid. I can still see the full iris. I read a few answers on here where people wrote it takes only 2-3 weeks to improve and others wrote 3-4 months. I'm curious as to the correct answer?

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