I get Botox 4x per year. An ENT who runs a plastic surgery practice injected me with 20 units 6 days ago. I have a very heavy brow so always ask to have it injected so that the outer portion of my eyebrows spring up. She placed all the Botox in the outer edges of my brow/forehead. None in the 11s. In the photo, the top is how my face looks right now when I am raising my eyebrows. The bottom is how they have looked before after Botox/what I like. What went wrong? Is there a way to fix this?
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Thank you for your question mxndieu. 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 the ...
The point of the Botox injections is to reduce masseter muscle activity and bulk. Chewing gum actually works out the masseter muscle and causes the opposite affect. I would avoid chewing gum to help with the masseter muscle enlargement.
Botox is definitely the least invasive option. Looking at your pictures, there seem to be a skeletal issue underneath. Your chin is deviated to your left and the bite seem to be slanted. Once a complete exam is performed, then may consider all above options as you mentioned or harmonizing th...