I am a 34 yrs old and had botox for the first time this week. I am at day 6. 31 unit total were injected in my forehead horizontal lines, glabelle and nose. Than at day 3 I woke up with this weird deformation in the forehead. On the right side there is this big vertical fold. I The doctor's assistant told me not to worry, it was just something that Can happen and that it Will quickly go away Is this supposed to happen? Will it go away? I feel awful I wanted to love Botox :-(
May 18, 2018
Answer: New line after Botox This is not that unusual. when the muscles causing the frown and the forehead lines are weakened other muscles try to take over. this is called recruitment like what happens after a stroke. It is temporary and should straighten out in about a week but if it does not then the area next to the new line can be injected
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May 18, 2018
Answer: New line after Botox This is not that unusual. when the muscles causing the frown and the forehead lines are weakened other muscles try to take over. this is called recruitment like what happens after a stroke. It is temporary and should straighten out in about a week but if it does not then the area next to the new line can be injected
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August 12, 2016
Answer: Furrow after Botox Dear Karen737800:You are experiencing recruitment due to overactive musculature trying to compensate for relaxation of the surrounding muscles. This may smooth over within a week, but if not, your injector can examine you and determine which muscles exactly are involved and inject a tiny amount of #Botox to relax them. This is more likely to happen with the first treatment and with your next treatment a pattern can be chosen to avoid this from happening again.All the best, Dr. Clark
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August 12, 2016
Answer: Furrow after Botox Dear Karen737800:You are experiencing recruitment due to overactive musculature trying to compensate for relaxation of the surrounding muscles. This may smooth over within a week, but if not, your injector can examine you and determine which muscles exactly are involved and inject a tiny amount of #Botox to relax them. This is more likely to happen with the first treatment and with your next treatment a pattern can be chosen to avoid this from happening again.All the best, Dr. Clark
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