What solutions are available if you get a bad Botox injection?

Hi @Persistent703691. I recommend seeking treatments from expert injectors who have the skill and experience to precisely inject fillers into treatment areas and avoid risks and complications. I would recommend a conservative dose and a follow up can be scheduled two weeks later for additional units.

Best of luck,

Dr. Nima

For unique cases where a variety of modalities could be used to treat the condition, I would suggest an in person or virtual consultation to develop a custom and effective treatment plan. It is difficult to precisely define the best option without collecting the same information. I suggest reaching out to an expert for a consultation with surgical and non-surgical methods to get a comprehensive option. Best, Dr. Emer.

So there's something to keep in mind when getting botox injection and that is that, every procedure has its risk, and usually I state them in the consent form, and affeting muscules that we didn't wanted to affect COULD POSSIBLY happen, but the incidence is low, but still possible. So I would recommend lowering the units at the moment you have them injectaed and ask for a follow up visit two weeks after, in that manner you can control the risk of paralizing other muscular groups on our faces. And another I would correct an already droopy lid with more botox, beacuse it will increase the relaxation in muscules already relaxed

Botox stops the nerves stimulating the muscle. It paralyses the muscle. The nerve endings then have to grow back so it can take several weeks for recovery from unwanted effects. If you get an unwanted effect from Botox you have to wait for the effect to wear off by nerve ending regrowth. There can be some compensation from the functioning muscle so you may find that the droop reverses sooner.I advise you to consult a suitably trained, qualified and experienced practitioner. There are people giving Botox with little understanding of how it works. Equally, qualified and experienced doctors can have complciations like a drooping eyelid. It is generally wise to start with a low dose and build up if the effect is insufficient.Good luck and best wishes.

To keep your risk of a droopy eyelid low be sure to have treatment with an experienced injector. Discuss your concerns and consider conservative dosing if you are not comfortable. A touch up treatment can be scheduled two weeks later until you find a dose and treatment regimen that works for you.