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Botox and Restylane Have Taken my Happiness Away!
Hi all!
I'm posting this review as I hope to find an answer or people with similar experiences to help understanding what's going on.
On the second of December I had botox for frown lines, and 1 ml of Restylane in each cheek.
Exactly three days later (same time as botox showing its effect and the filler starting to absorb water), I started experiencing weird headaches. I've always been prone to headache but these ones were strange: included ear congestion, eye pressure, Tightness around forehead, cheekbones hurting, pain in the nose bridge, accompanied by severe migraine like headaches (one sided throbbing pain) every 3 days.
Now it's been more than 5 weeks, and been living with this everyday pain which has made me feel miserable, hopeless and blaming myself for even considering a cosmetic procedure. I've forgotten what life was like before these daily struggles. The pain travels everywhere in my skull, transforms from one kind to another, but never disappears.
I've been to so many doctors, have done CT and MRI, and nothing significant was found.
Considering seeing a neurologist. I'm not sure if it's the filler causing the problem or botox?
Has anyone experienced these symptoms?
I'm worried that it might be permanent.
I'm posting this review as I hope to find an answer or people with similar experiences to help understanding what's going on.
On the second of December I had botox for frown lines, and 1 ml of Restylane in each cheek.
Exactly three days later (same time as botox showing its effect and the filler starting to absorb water), I started experiencing weird headaches. I've always been prone to headache but these ones were strange: included ear congestion, eye pressure, Tightness around forehead, cheekbones hurting, pain in the nose bridge, accompanied by severe migraine like headaches (one sided throbbing pain) every 3 days.
Now it's been more than 5 weeks, and been living with this everyday pain which has made me feel miserable, hopeless and blaming myself for even considering a cosmetic procedure. I've forgotten what life was like before these daily struggles. The pain travels everywhere in my skull, transforms from one kind to another, but never disappears.
I've been to so many doctors, have done CT and MRI, and nothing significant was found.
Considering seeing a neurologist. I'm not sure if it's the filler causing the problem or botox?
Has anyone experienced these symptoms?
I'm worried that it might be permanent.