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A Small Amount of Botox Dripped in my Eye During an Injection, Is My Eye Going To Be Okay?

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barbbarbannApr 22, 2012

I have been experiencing very dry and itiching eyes since this has happened. My eye just feels different since trhis occured. I have been receiving medical Botox for many years, due to 7th nerve damage. I have never experienced this problem before. Once in a while I do have dry eyes for a couple weeks after the injection, but never like this.

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