I have been receiving botox regularly for the past three years. This time, exactly a week after injection to the glabella area, I developed a prominent vein which runs from my left eyebrow up the middle of my forehead to the hairline. This vein is only visible if I smile or pinch the bridge of my nose. My doctor said there is no botox connection. Is there any treatment for this condition?
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February 6, 2011
Answer: Botulinum Toxin (Dysport or Botox) and prominent forehead vein
Botox is a precriptive drug which means that an MD or equivalent with prescriptive authority is responsible. Regulations vary state to sate and in Minnesota an MD must own the clinic and be responsible. For more information Google safeandethicaldoctors.
Botox and Dysport are both safe neuromodulators that can be very useful in slimming overbulked masseter muscles, thus slimming the face nonsurgically. As with any medical procedure, there are always risks, but most of these would be owing to operator error, which is why it is so important to...
If too much of the middle lower forehead is treated without treating the outer eyebrow, the side of the forehead compensates by lifting more than usual. Correction of this is by treating the side of the forehead, not right over the eye as this might lower the eyebrow.