Botox caused droopy "Captain Spock" eyes , how can they be fixed?

Any additional Botulinum Toxin (Dysport or Botox) to correct the "spock" like look will likely drop the brows further and may make your eyelids feel heavier.

Your doctor is correct -- more Botox targeting your lateral (outer) brow area will improve the "Spock" look.Good luck.

Simple. Two more injections over the lateral brow will relax this look, and bring your normal appearance back.

Hi Julie Gorham,

As the other plastic surgeons and dermatologists have already stated, more Botox generally helps to correct the excessively arched eyebrows, or "Spock" appearance. A little Botox is placed on the active areas at the sides of the eyebrows. Most patients return about 2 weeks from the initial injection for touch-ups as needed.

Dr. Chaboki

If one or two units of Botox is injected an inch or more over the outer two thirds of the eyebrow, it should help minimize the contraction of the previously untreated frontalis muscle that is compensating for the inability of the middle forehead to lift. Your inner eyebrows seem to be low and if no injections were done in the glabella, the region between the eyebrows, then treating the glabella can help lift the middle forehead and eyebrows. Don't do anything else more aggressive so close to your wedding. Congratulations, by the way!

Your doc is right.  You need to get a little more botox injected on the lateral forehead areas to relieve the "Spock" look and you should be fine for your wedding.  Sincerely,

David Hansen,MD

If you return to your injector, they should be able to touch up the brow arch by adding a few units to even out the lateral brow. Best of luck!

forehead and this will quickly and efficiently rest he muscles and return your eyes to a more normal position and in doing so eliminate the Dr. Spock look...often results when you opted for treatment just in the glabella and without any treatment to the forehead
 

Regarding: "It has been a 5 days since botox and I look like Captin Spock. I have very expressive eyes and over the last couple days when I talk my outer brow will raise up while my inner brow does not move. It looks horrible. In addition my eyes are droopy and I feel a heaviness between the bridge of my nose. I called the Dr and she thinks I need more botox. I am terrified that this will make the droopy eyes even worse. Help. I am getting Married in 2 weeks. I can't look like this."

I am truly sorry for your predicament.

Unfortunately, you are another victim of "Bad Botox". In treating faces with Botox it is EXTREMELY important to customize the treatment to the patient instead of the other way around. Unfortunately, due to the economics of Botox, where MUCH more profit can be made by using stables of injectors "supervised" by a doctor instead of individualized injections to each patient by the Plastic surgeon himself, we see a lot of "template injections"; Everyone is injected the SAME way.

In your case, not only were the Procerus and Corrugator muscles paralyzed on the bridge of the nose BUT muscles ABOVE the inner brow arch were taken out giving you a collapsed bridge or "dog leg" appearance.  But you are NOT alone. It appears Michelle Obama and a host of Hollywood's best, including Nicole Kidman, sport this unfortunate look.

Your short term options are:
1. Wait for the Botox to wear out while sporting the over-arched Mr. Spock look.

2. Flatten the side arch by by weakening the lifting (Frontalis) muscles. Be aware that that may give you a somewhat flat, less than animated brow.

Neither option is great. As hard as this may be, please, use this as a learning experience and pick your Botox injector much more carefully next time.

To learn EVERYTHING you need to Know about Botox and Bad Botox, please refer to the link below.

Dr. Peter Aldea

Help is a revisit with the injector to have 5 to 10 units of BOTOX placed 1 cm above the lateral brow to allevioate the "Spock" look. Remember many patients like this look. Otherwise in 2 to 3 months the Botox wears off. Your choice.