I was injected with 20U of Btxa in my forehead and 12U of Btxa in my frown lines 7 days ago. First time being injected. Relaxed, my medial eyebrows are lower than they were in my before relaxed photo. My lateral eyebrows appear to be at the same height as pre botox relaxed. I have a heavy brow feeling. A little spock brow when contracting forehead, but not much. Can heavy brow be corrected with adding more Botox to my frown line area, or is the problem heavy brow since it is lower at rest.
March 12, 2017
Answer: Forehead and Frown Botox Injection of Botox or other neuromodulators is a delicate procedure which can rarely results in serious problems but can have adverse effects related to the weakening of some muscles and compensatory hyperactivity of the untreated opposing muscles. The goal is generally to weaken the pull-down muscles to let the lifting muscles work unapposed. When too much weakening of the forhead muscles occurs, the brows and areea between the eyebrows often looks heavy, and the outer part of the eyebrows arch because the outer forehead muscles are not weakened, giving the 'spock' look.Returning to your injector will allow them to assess and perhaps make some additional injections to soften the side effects you noted, but it will not allow the muscles that are weakened to return faster. Fortunately, the effect of the Botox does wear off, so over time this will resolve. I would share your concerns with the injector who did your treatment. If he/she is an experienced injector, they may have a temporizing solution to help you now while waiting for the botox injected to wear off.
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March 12, 2017
Answer: Forehead and Frown Botox Injection of Botox or other neuromodulators is a delicate procedure which can rarely results in serious problems but can have adverse effects related to the weakening of some muscles and compensatory hyperactivity of the untreated opposing muscles. The goal is generally to weaken the pull-down muscles to let the lifting muscles work unapposed. When too much weakening of the forhead muscles occurs, the brows and areea between the eyebrows often looks heavy, and the outer part of the eyebrows arch because the outer forehead muscles are not weakened, giving the 'spock' look.Returning to your injector will allow them to assess and perhaps make some additional injections to soften the side effects you noted, but it will not allow the muscles that are weakened to return faster. Fortunately, the effect of the Botox does wear off, so over time this will resolve. I would share your concerns with the injector who did your treatment. If he/she is an experienced injector, they may have a temporizing solution to help you now while waiting for the botox injected to wear off.
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March 12, 2017
Answer: I was injected with 20U of Botox in my forehead lines and 12U in my frown lines. HELP please! Thank you for sharing your question and I am sorry that your current results have not been what you anticipated. Initially some patients will have this heavy brow feeling as their Botox sets in but this can correct itself as the Botox fully sets in over 2 weeks. If your appearance does not change in the interim, see your injector for an evaluation. The amount of Botox placed into your forehead may have been too great, resulting in dropping of your brow. Hope this helps.
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March 12, 2017
Answer: I was injected with 20U of Botox in my forehead lines and 12U in my frown lines. HELP please! Thank you for sharing your question and I am sorry that your current results have not been what you anticipated. Initially some patients will have this heavy brow feeling as their Botox sets in but this can correct itself as the Botox fully sets in over 2 weeks. If your appearance does not change in the interim, see your injector for an evaluation. The amount of Botox placed into your forehead may have been too great, resulting in dropping of your brow. Hope this helps.
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