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bad reactions! do not inject this poison in your face! - Newark, NJ
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STOP AND READ THE FORUMS! I've had 3 courses of...
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STOP AND READ THE FORUMS! I've had 3 courses of botox. one dysport over 1.5 years. Initially I was ecstatic and thought I looking younger and wrinkle free. With each dose I started to get weird flu-like symptoms and body aches and I thought I was just sick with a flu or malaise. What I didn't realize is the effects are cumulative and progressive with each dose. Neck stiffness, headaches, facial swelling, change in my facial function, fever, change in my looks that was not for the better. I was literally disabled and like a dish rag with no energy, and it got worse to where I went to my doctor. This is the fourth week I am sick! One eye was drooping to the point I was wondering if I had a stroke! I finally knew no person can get sick with so many ailments from out of nowhere. The clues all added up to BOTOX! I did some research and see thousands of women have had bad side effects some are PERMANENT! I hope what I am going through now will end and I can reclaim my vigor and life function. Yes this sounds dramatic but I am a NURSE and I know the body and physiology and if I ever knew this might happen I would have lived with my wrinkled forehead! There is really no long term evidence this poison ever stops damaging your system! Don't do it even if your doctor acts like its no big deal. You are risking your beauty ad health. I actually look WORSE! My face is disproportioned and swollen at the jaw, it has affected my lymphatics in my face and I look misshapen! I just pray it stops its course and I get my normal face back and more important my strength and ability to function. Remember doctors make hundreds off these injections, you are their guinea pigs! DO NOT DO IT before you research it! I had a board certified plastic surgeon do it and it is not his technique but the BOTOX itself that is poison as far as Im concerned. It is a NEUROTOXIN, please look that up!
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UPDATED FROM blonde54
4 months post
A NEW Bad wasting effect! Hourglass syndrome on my forehead!
A while after I got botox I noticed my temples looked very wrinkled and sunken. I thought I had just aged overnight. It looks like a 70 year olds temples, atrophied skin and veins popping out. I just read about another case on RS where the woman named the syndrome as Hourglass Syndrome, an effect of botox use! I am so sorry I did not know about this syndrome. It has aged my face. Do a search on RS and the link to the research papaer is on it! See my photo below.
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July 20, 2015
Sorry, you're going through this heck! Seems lots of us had the flu like symptoms, aches, and pains. Losing our faces, drooping, more wrinkles, list goes on. I take advantage on good days. It has aged me more than ever. Been honest as can be w/what I have shared. Found this site is good support. Txt/email a few, we support each other a lot.
July 22, 2015
I have been suffering from Botox side effects for 27 months now. I still have so many symptoms. The worst right now is the effect it is having on my brain. I don't feel like myself, I feel detached, anxious, have trouble with memory and concentration. Even though these symptoms are flat out horrible, my facial distortion is the worst. Soon after the injection my facial muscles went flat. Then I started to develop eye bags and most recently I have lost the fat in my face and head . I look so awful and not a bit like myself. It's even worse than it was a few months ago. I am so so depressed. Has anyone heard of anyone having this fat / volume loss in their face from Botox? My face is so thin and hollow now. I really want to get a fat transfer. I'm kind of scared because of the physical symptoms I am having, but I can't live with my face.
I hope everyone else is getting better!!!!!
I hope everyone else is getting better!!!!!
July 30, 2015
I have lost all volume in my face, forehead, bags, and skin is awful. Never broke out before, I do now. My eyelids are heavy and literally hold them up w/my hands. Allergic to cold now and get hives like crazy. Never been allergic to cold before. Lost a lot of hair, eyelashes, and brows. Dry mouth, dry eyes, and my skin is wrinkled very bad. It has put on over 10 years to my face and body. Memory loss, ears ringing, fatigue, and aches and pains that I never had pre this poison. I can show before and after pics through txt or email. There's a few ppl we keep in contact - support each other. August 9,2015 I will be 2 years out.
July 31, 2015
issues of being cold, losing hair, eyelashes, dry skin, hives, fatigue . . this sounds like a thyroid issue to me, as I have been there with all of these.
September 1, 2015
Sadly exactly the same thing happened to me. It's been 13 long, horrible months now. I am thinking about fat transfer or fillers for the hollows but really scared in case it looks even worse ;if that's possible!) I have lost all volume under eyes and on cheeks - just jet with flat and crepey skin. I'm only 37. Devastated.
July 23, 2015
Sorry this happened to you Blonde. PLEASE file an adverse event report with the FDA, people HAVE to report these bad side effects or this will keep happening. HUGE money is being made off of selling this stuff so doctors are not going to support you, and Allergan certainly isn't going to support you, we have to have enough injured people reporting these side effects that the FDA will either WARN people in labeling or BAN the use of Botox for cosmetic purposes.
July 23, 2015
I too am a nurse and had an effect to Botox. Thought I knew it was harmless but I felt sick for days and my eyes droopy looking too. I finally was told by a Dr in Baja that some people don't react or have good results to
July 23, 2015
To Botox and that some people actually have no results at all. They told me not to waste my money and try again thinking that the last injector did it wrong or the Botox was diluted too much. I will just stick to chemical peels and leave bangs to cover those ugly "11's" on my forehead for life. Sorry you had a bad experience. My bad reaction wore off over a few months as the Botox got out of my system. Those were the longest four months of my life it seemed. Still I wanted to try it again until discussing with the doctor what happened and am glad I listened to him to NEVER try any Botox or Dysport again. Take care and God bless.
September 30, 2015
Thats a shame that you had a bad reaction - sounds like your injector "dropped" your brow - which just means injected in the wrong place. I have been doing Botox for 8 years never had a bad reaction but I am very choosy about who injects me and I really only have injections done in the glabella not the forehead or eyebrows.
I think people are starting to become aware that medical esthetics is not all its cracked up to be. I have been a medical esthetician/ laser technician for 4 years and just recently decided to get out of the business because I can no longer sell things to people in good faith knowing that they will spend hundreds to thousands of dollars on treatments that won't work or may actually make them look worse than they did before. The high heat of lasers, the way chemical peels and IPLs make you more photo sensitive, ultherapy facial fat melting, etc its all snake oil and a waste of money. Fillers and Botox do work - but I don't think the public is educated enough about the risks and the short lasting effects. I'm all for anti aging, but aside from injectables I now tell people to save their money for surgery - its still the gold standard, administered by a doctor, procedures which are long lasting and give tangible results.
I think people are starting to become aware that medical esthetics is not all its cracked up to be. I have been a medical esthetician/ laser technician for 4 years and just recently decided to get out of the business because I can no longer sell things to people in good faith knowing that they will spend hundreds to thousands of dollars on treatments that won't work or may actually make them look worse than they did before. The high heat of lasers, the way chemical peels and IPLs make you more photo sensitive, ultherapy facial fat melting, etc its all snake oil and a waste of money. Fillers and Botox do work - but I don't think the public is educated enough about the risks and the short lasting effects. I'm all for anti aging, but aside from injectables I now tell people to save their money for surgery - its still the gold standard, administered by a doctor, procedures which are long lasting and give tangible results.
October 3, 2015
I am looking into becoming a laser technician. Does laser hair removal work? What type of machine did you use? I saw reports about radiofrequency and IPL on the face causing fat atrophy, did you notice this?
October 3, 2015
Medical esthetics is a waste of time as a career. MedSpas are very unprofessional environments, you are offered low wages in comparison with the $ amount on the services you are selling. Generally you are paid a low hourly plus commission - all sounds good until you realize that your commission on a $200 laser treatment is like $10, so unless your client tips you, its not good money (and unlike facial clients, laser clients don't all tip).
As far as the lasers I've done a bit of everything - IPL, RF, LHR, Fraxel, Liposonix, Ulthera, nonablative resurfacing, etc. I've never seen IPL cause fat loss, but RF, Fraxel, nonablative, Ulthera - yes. Laser hair removal does work it was my favorite thing to do - happy clients. The rest of it is a waste of time. IPL works on some, but results don't last. The rest don't work well OR cause more damage than good. Don't waste you money on the education to go into this field - I don't think the prognosis is very good. People are finally starting to see that all the "non invasive" med spa treatments are a waste of money. NOW, if you really like rejuvenation business then go work as a patient coordinator for a plastic surgeon. That's the place to be.
October 5, 2015
I saw that in some states and the state I live in you need a medical director doctor to be on your own as a laser technician. You have to be under their insurance. The laser technician would pay the doctor to have their own business so then you would make more money but you would have to buy the equipment. I saw websites in china that sell the lasers for much cheaper than the major brands in the USA. If you google the type of laser you want and then add for sale it pulls up websites in china. I found dhgate and made-in-china sell IPL, e-light, diode, Nd:Yag long pulse and q-switched lasers. Make sure they take paypal or you could loose your money if you pay with western union. It happened to me trying to get accesories for a laser. The major american brands are super expensive like $60, 000 or more for new lasers but I also saw websites that sell used lasers for less but still expensive and the repairs are costly.
UPDATED FROM blonde54
10 months post
fixing botox effects and wrinkles
As you can see above (images) my hourglass wrinkle pattern on my forehead. I managed to fix my "11" between the eye wrinkles and smooth my forehead with beletero injections! It took those sunken furrows away and the eye scowl! Its good for 6-1 year, at 9 months mine is fading and I'll do more. Better than a neurotoxin like botox or desport!
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September 10, 2016
Doctor writing his own review just adds to the lists of issues I have with Athena
October 30, 2016
Just had it and have zero energy. I'm shaking and weakened to the point I am having difficulty looking after my toddler. My clothes feel like sharp rigid garments scraping my skin off and I can't keep my eyes open. I'm in my 20's and can't believe I've done this to myself. Is there hope to recover?
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Thank you both blonde54 and Amanda925 for sharing your experiences with us. Amanda, I'm glad you are feeling better and blonde54, I hope you start feeling better very soon. I hope you will find comfort here in our community. Keep us posted on how you're doing.