Botox is a great facial injection and can "open up" the eyes and make you look more refreshed. However, if Botox is injected too low in your forehead it can make the eyes appear smaller and cause lid "heaviness". The results will last about three months and get much better over time and will not be permanent.
Answer: Botox and puffiness
Botox can be injected into the forehead to treat the wrinkles but the risk in an inexperienced injector is lowering the eyes and creating puffiness and the shape that you describe. Please do not add additional Botox to the area.
Yes, Botox can give an illusion of bigger looking eyes by treating the 11 lines (between the brows) as well as the crows feet (around your eyes) and leaving the forehead alone or treating it very conservatively. This allows for the brows to be pulled up making the eyes appear wider and more open.
Answer: Botox
There is a possibility that the difference in your eye size is due to Botox. Occasionally Botox can prevent the eye brow from rising the same as the other side. This can lead to the heavy and full feeling in the left side. It will return to normal within three months of the injection.
Most of the time, this condition will get better after 3 or 4 weeks, or once the neurotoxin wears off. (The effects wear off in about 3-4 months or longer.) In the meantime, at-home treatments could help your eye to get back to normal faster: Muscle massage.
Brows or eyelids that feel heavy after a Botox injection, having trouble to fully open the eyes, and droopy eyelids or brows — these are all signs of ptosis. Ptosis is when the eyelids or brows droop because of congenital muscle disorders, injury or trauma, age, and nerve and connection problems around the eyes.
In most cases, droopy eyelid occurs between one and three weeks after treatment, and patients typically experience this adverse effect for just a few weeks. According to Dr. Holman, “It's important to remember that, like Botox treatments, a drooping eyelid is usually temporary. The effect will wear off after a while.
However, BOTOX results are day by day, as it takes a few days to settle into place. Some patients may see the impact of their treatment as early as 3 – 4 days, but most people begin to see results in about 10 – 14 days.
It creates less distinction between the cheek and the tear trough, which causes the eye to get smaller from above, says Doris Day, MD, a board certified dermatologist in NYC. Too much filler makes the eyes appear small and squinty and, conversely, the cheeks look disproportionately big.
The most common cause of "small" or "droopy" eyes after Botox is overtreatment of the forehead or not diagnosing droopy eyelids before the treatment. The good news is that the Botox is completely reversible, the bad news is it will take 2-4 months.
Yes, Botox can cause droopy eyelids if it is injected in the wrong place or if too much is used. Because Botox is a muscle relaxing toxin, if it is injected into the muscles that hold the eyelids or eyebrows up, then this can cause the muscles that pull the eyelids down to be more emphasised.
Heavy brows and the feeling of drooping.
This feeling and look comes from treatment of the forehead muscles called the frontalis. These muscles move the brows up and in certain cases after Botox treatment, the relaxed muscle then makes the brows drop.
When someone is receiving too much treatment with anti-wrinkle injections, the skin can become extremely smooth and the light bounces off in a uniform way. So, the skin appears shiny, which is why it can look 'frozen'.
For horizontal forehead lines, practitioners can inject up to 15–30 units of Botox. For “11” lines between the eyes (or glabellar lines), up to 40 units are indicated, with higher doses needed in male patients .
Consistently high-stress levels can cause the body to break down Botox more quickly while speeding the aging process. Taking part in meditation, yoga, and other stress-relieving activities can help you maximize the life span of your Botox while reducing any stress-related aging.
Answer: Will Massage Make Botox Go Away Quicker? I'm very sorry you are experiencing unfavorable reactions to your Botox treatment. The unfortunate news is massaging will not change the longevity of the Botox; however the good news is the effects should soften soon.
Too much Botox in the forehead muscles can cause the eyebrows to droop, making the upper eyelids look very heavy and hooded. The face may look angry or sad all the time. Too much Botox around the eyes can dramatically affect facial expression. The face is simply frozen.
Although ptosis may persist for the whole duration of effect of treatment with botulinum toxin type A, it will usually settle more quickly and eyelid ptosis will often settle within 3 to 4 weeks and brow ptosis within six weeks.
The heavy sensation will completely go away once your Botox wears off in 3 months. But it usually becomes less noticeable after a week or two. If this has happened to you, be sure to let your doctor know this happened next time you get Botox, so he or she can adjust your treatment to prevent this problem in the future.
Botox can be injected into the outer end of the eyebrow to elevate the eyebrow slightly. By elevating the eyebrow slightly, Botox lifts the upper eyelid and reveals a small amount of eyelid skin. Botox is a short-term solution for treating hooded eyelids.
The next option for correction, which surprises many patients, is that you can treat an eyelid ptosis, even one caused by botulinum toxin injections, with MORE botulinum toxin! The eyelid, like most moving structures in the body has muscles which oppose each other.
The simple answer to this question is no Botox cannot be reversed. There is no known 'antidote' to Botox although this does not necessarily mean there is nothing that can be done if you experience certain unwanted results.
What makes Botox look unnatural? While Botox is generally considered safe and can look natural on most people when done correctly, there are a few ways it can go wrong: It can be injected in the wrong muscle, injected unevenly, or over-injected.
“If you do too much Botox on your forehead for many, many years, the muscles will get weaker and flatter,” cautions Wexler, adding that the skin can also appear thinner and looser. Moreover, as your muscles become weaker, they can start to recruit surrounding muscles when you make facial expressions.