I inadvertantly pressed the center of my forehead after nearly 5 1/2 weeks since botox injection. My face froze into a frown, even felt it down my nose. I pressed it out, or attempted to, and it seemed to get better, but now the "11" is back completely. I received 25 units and it was my first time.
September 18, 2014
Answer: Botox after 5 weeks
Pressing your forehead five and a half weeks after your Botox injections would not alter its effect. You should return to your physician for assessment. It is possible that you require Botox in additional areas.
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September 18, 2014
Answer: Botox after 5 weeks
Pressing your forehead five and a half weeks after your Botox injections would not alter its effect. You should return to your physician for assessment. It is possible that you require Botox in additional areas.
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September 18, 2014
Answer: Botox is unlikely to be the cause of muscle spasm.
This sounds like an unusual situation that should be directly evaluated in person by a board-certified dermatologist or plastic surgeon. Botox works as a muscle relaxant and does not cause muscle spasm. If PROPERLY given, and effective, it starts to work to weaken muscle action in a few days, and has achieved its maximal effect by 2 to 3 weeks. After that, it should last 2.5 to 3 months. But the effect is an inability to tighten muscles to create the frown lines. If your lines are still there, it may be that the muscles are weaker, but the lines were deep enough to begin with that the full softening effect can only be achieved with perpetual use of the neuromodulator to let the lines soften by themselves over time.
If you pressed a muscle or nerve hard, and it spasmed tight which you felt down your nose, this may be a result of the direct trauma rather than the Botox. In any effect, do not get more Botox or any neuromodulator, or any injection of filler, until this has been thoroughly investigated in the office, preferably by the physician that originally gave the Botox.
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September 18, 2014
Answer: Botox is unlikely to be the cause of muscle spasm.
This sounds like an unusual situation that should be directly evaluated in person by a board-certified dermatologist or plastic surgeon. Botox works as a muscle relaxant and does not cause muscle spasm. If PROPERLY given, and effective, it starts to work to weaken muscle action in a few days, and has achieved its maximal effect by 2 to 3 weeks. After that, it should last 2.5 to 3 months. But the effect is an inability to tighten muscles to create the frown lines. If your lines are still there, it may be that the muscles are weaker, but the lines were deep enough to begin with that the full softening effect can only be achieved with perpetual use of the neuromodulator to let the lines soften by themselves over time.
If you pressed a muscle or nerve hard, and it spasmed tight which you felt down your nose, this may be a result of the direct trauma rather than the Botox. In any effect, do not get more Botox or any neuromodulator, or any injection of filler, until this has been thoroughly investigated in the office, preferably by the physician that originally gave the Botox.
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