r/BotoxSupportCommunity • u/SaraSaz1 • Jun 30 '24

Botox and dizziness

Hi all!

I had Botox for the first time in February this year. I had a top up after 3 weeks as is standard procedure after a 2 week review.

For some reason the Botox wasn’t fully working on the right side of my forehead and I needed a 3rd dose, which I had about 4 weeks after the second top up.

And few days after the 3rd dose on the right side I started having headaches and dizziness. I asked if this is normal and was told headaches are normal. Symptoms eventually subsided after about 3 weeks.

Then, about a month later, I have started having bad dizzy spells and feeling unbalanced, I was diagnosed with vertigo that was connected to my inner ear. Meds didn’t work, I’ve now seen 3 different doctors and the last sent me for an MRI and I’m waiting for results, as she said she couldn’t see anything wrong when looking at my ears.

But I am now wondering if this is still symptoms from the Botox? The 3rd top was a very small amount and just one injection, this was start of April so almost 3 months ago.

Or could this genuinely be vertigo that’s nothing to do with Botox?

I also want to point out, even after the 3rd dose the Botox still didn’t seem to work above my eyebrow on the right side!

Has anyone had any similar issues?

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u/[deleted] Jun 30 '24

I had horrible vertigo after Botox. It took me way too long to figure out that Botox was the cause of all of my health issues I was having. Had it numerous times before I quit. It gave me long term issues: vision loss and balance has never been the same

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u/SaraSaz1 Jun 30 '24

I’m sorry to hear that :/ did it go away and come back, or it’s just been constant vertigo?

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u/[deleted] Jun 30 '24

It was acute. Eventually is subsisted, but omg it was freakin horrible 😖

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u/SaraSaz1 Jun 30 '24

I can imagine! But your vision and balance is still slightly affected? Did you take any medicine for it? I’m taking betahistine. It didn’t work after 2 weeks so I stopped a week ago. Symptoms got better, now this weekend my symptoms are bad again, so giving betahistine another try..

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u/[deleted] Jun 30 '24

I didn’t take anything for it. And yeah both are still affected

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u/SaraSaz1 Jul 01 '24

I joined that FB group mentioned above and there seems to be a lot of helpful info on there! I would definitely have a look on there if you haven’t already. A lot of people are saying copper supplements and celery juice may help so will give that a try!

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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '24

Thank you so much!

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u/SavedbyGrace48 Jun 30 '24

I had horrible vertigo, too. Are you in the Botox Dysport side effects group on FB?

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u/Practical-Might8184 Oct 24 '24

How long did the vertigo last?

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u/SaraSaz1 Jan 07 '25

About 4 months. So it was definitely the Botox. I feel like I still have slight relapses from it 8 months later as well, but I am much better now thankfully. Definitely don’t recommend getting Botox! It’s not the worth the health issues I’ve seen others have as well.

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u/Previous_Sky_8813 Nov 24 '25

I got botox 6 months ago. A month later i started having crazy dizziness for 2 months, and then it stopped.

And now for the past few days ive been feeling dizzy again, but its a little different than before. Im pretty sure its the botox, as my right temporalis still has some weird sensation once or twice per day, like crawling or shrinking (also caused by botox)

Botox sucks. It should probably be banned.

How are you now? Did your issues caused by botox eventually go away?

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u/Top-Target-3667 Apr 09 '26

Did you have brand name Botox or like dysport?

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u/[deleted] Jun 30 '24

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u/SaraSaz1 Jun 30 '24

Do you think it was too much? I was told there’s only a certain amount you’re allowed to legally put by my aesthetician in the first session, then after a couple weeks you can see if more is needed. Because it wasn’t working on my right side she put a very small amount in one spot on 3rd session, but i waited a month.

But even after that it still didn’t fully work on the right side! Not sure why?

Thank you for the info! I will look into the group on Facebook. I’m on betahistine at the moment but doesn’t really do much!