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Can you get Botox 1 week after the flu shot?

October 3, 2018
Asked By:tmartinez2018 in Sacramento, CA

I read somewhere online to wait to get Botox for a couple of weeks after the flu shot. Something about the body is developing antibodies from the flu shot and botox can cancel the vaccine and or not as effective. Can anyone confirm?

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