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Does rubbing upward on one's forehead immediately after Botox cause any potential problems? My nurse just did this?

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I just received 25 units of botox on my forehead. 15 for my glabellar lines and 10 on the upper forehead. Immediately after the forehead injection the nurse that did my injection began rubbing my forehead upward about 10 times. I said "I thought you're not supposed to rub the area for a few days" and she said that is true for a downward fashion. What about the botox being pushed upward towards anything else... and can it go to your brain? I'm worried about her pushing it around at all!

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