Why Have I Gotten Ptosis TWICE from Botox? Is It Me?

It is possible to get ptosis after a Botox treatment, but you are correct in that this does not normally occur after treatment to the crow's feet.  In order to get a droop, the Botox needs to be placed above the upper eyelid.  I don't know for sure, but the only logical explanation would be that your issue was due to the placement of the Botox.  I would not say that you are a poor candidate, but perhaps your injectors need to be extra careful in not placing any Botox too high on you.  

I do not think you are a poor Botox candidate.  Unfortunately you experienced a rare, but known, side-effect of Botox -- eyelid droop.  This can happen if the Botox was injected too close to your eyelid-elevating muscle, the levator palpebra superioris. In such a scenario, the Botox will diffuse inadvertently onto the levator muscle and cause an eyelid droop.  This is less likely with injecting the crow's feet area but more due to injections being placed to low in the brow directly above the eyelid area. I'm glad your eyelid responded to the eyedrops.  Be sure your prescribing physician discusses all the potential side-effects of the drops, such as "adrenaline-like" symptoms like anxiety or heart pounding; you may also experience eye irritation, eye dryness, and eye pain, amongst other symptoms. If these symptoms occur, you will likely need to take some lubricating eye drops, lower the dose, switch the eye-drops, or stop the drops altogether...In the future, I would encourage you to seek the services of a single experienced physician injector, and maintain that relationship so that he/she better knows your face anatomy and how you respond to the Botox. In general, I think the key when it comes to injecting Botox lies in truly understanding the anatomy of the injected area, and more importantly the variability in the anatomy between patients -- for brows, the forehead, and anywhere else you plan on receiving a Botox injection. This includes having a firm understanding of the origin, insertion, and action of each muscle that will be injected, the thickness of each muscle targeted, and the patient variability therein. As an aesthetic-trained plastic surgeon, I am intrinsically biased since I operate in the area for browlifts and facelifts, and have a unique perspective to the muscle anatomy since I commonly dissect under the skin and see the actual muscles themselves. For me, this helps guide where to inject and where not to. However, with that said, I know many Dermatologists who know the anatomy well despite not operating in that area, and get great results.Good luck.

Hi db.  It would be unusual and highly unlikely to have eyelid ptosis after injecting the crow's feet.  Unless the procedure was done very poorly twice in a row, it would be very hard to see how ptosis could occur.  

With that said, there is some value to visiting the same injector.  Once they get to know your facial anatomy and how you respond, it becomes much easier to determine the right amount and placement.  Good luck.