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Can Botox cause Bell’s palsy?

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I had box done to my forehead, outer eyebrows (to lift them up) and upper cheeks 30 day ago. Last night I noticed while brushing my teeth that I couldn’t close my mouth properly, and water was dribbling out from the left side, and I couldn’t blink my left eye, I thought I was having a heart attack and went to emergencies and go prescribed steroids and diagnosed with Bell’s palsy. Just curious is Botox could’ve been the cause of this situation even 30 days later.

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