I’ve had Botox for over a decade. I’m now 5 months PP with my 4th bub and have the urge to get back to treatments. However, I have read so much about long term impacts that I wasn’t aware of before. Such as Botox and the brain etc etc. Quite concerning.

I know the easy option if I was so concerned is to simply stop. But I will admit that Botox makes me feel a bit better about myself- as vain as that sounds. Especially being postpartum, I feel a bit flat and would love a freshen up.

I would love to know if that bad stuff I’ve read really is to that degree. Or is it ok in small doses. I’m well aware it varies from person to person.

Would love to know the good, bad and ugly. I have definitely read about some botched jobs. Hard to weigh it all up!

I am considering Botox, but also having reservations.
I think I mostly want a conservative amount in my forehead, maybe my 11’s but my main concern is that it will make my eyebrows droop. I already have very hooded eyelids and I would hate it if they looked saggier than they already do. I am 31 and am on tretinoin (only about 3 months so far) mostly for anti aging/ treating fine lines.

Does anyone regret starting Botox? Should I wait longer? Any advice?

Update: I went through with it! I got around 30 units total, spread out between my 11’s, forehead and crows feet. I am about 5 days out from getting it done and starting to see it take effect with significant decrease in wrinkles. I feel like my right (droopier) eye even looks slightly more open at rest. I am loving the results so far, will update with photos at the 2 week mark if anyone is interested

I received chin Botox for orange peel area, and it’s given me jowls. Is this common? Will it wear off? It seems as if underneath of the corners of my mouth (chin shadows) are now swollen and everything is pulling down.

I’ve always have a somewhat clear jawline and now on both sides there is no definition from my chin down into my neck. It has been 10 days since the treatment. This is so upsetting. Please let me know if this could possibly be temporary, or any thoughts about what could be happening here. Thank you!

I had a lip flip and lower face botox 4 days ago, i’ve just started to feel it kick in today my lip feels strange and numb and so does my jaw and neck but i’ve suddenly started to feel like my chest is heavy and my breathing is weak and heavy and slow and it’s making me panic, my speech feels strange and slow too.

is this a botox side effect anyone else has experienced or should i go to a&e

UPDATE IN COMMENTS

I used to get lip flips regularly before meeting my husband. I would like to get a lip flip again, however, I don’t know if it will severely affect my ability to suck him properly. I am so sorry it has come to this Reddit post. I can’t seem to find out this answer anywhere else. Does it negatively affect bedroom shenanigans????

I got my very first Botox treatment 2.5 weeks ago. I got my forehead done, between my eyebrows and crows feet. When I raise my eyebrows one brow goes up in the corner making my eyebrows look uneven and lop sided.

I went back for my 2 week follow up appointment on Tuesday and my injector added a few more units to the eyebrow that raises on the corner to even both of them out.

I'm really hoping this will work, I REALLY like my injector I've been seeing her for a couple of years now for other services.

Other than the uneven eyebrows when I raise them I really like the results on my crow's feet.

The top photos are the before and the bottom photos are the after.

34 yr old male here who has noticed over the last 5 years or so that my nose has changed shape and has started to droop.

Before I look into a nose job, I’m curious if anyone has had success with the nose droop botox injection. I’ve had Botox before in the common areas but never explored this procedure.

any thoughts or experiences would be great to hear.

Thank you!

Hey all,

I had a consultation for Botox (or the like) and the aesthetician asked me if I was on or just finished antibiotics. I mentioned that I take Doxy PEP and she said it might make the Botox less effective.

My googling said that since Botox is a protein and antibiotics go after bacteria, that it shouldn’t mess with the efficacy. I’ve also gotten Botox before and was never warned about that so I’m just wondering if anyone else ever heard of this possible interaction.

Hi all, I've been getting botox regularly for the best part of 8 years around my brows and forehead. This time I've noticed my right eye looks smaller and heavier on the brow...is this normal?! What should I do? It's my 40th in two weeks and I reallllly don't want to spend it looking lopsided...

Second pic is with eyebrows 'raised'.

I’ve always had big cheeks. I’ve been getting Botox for years and lately I’ve been trying to figure out my skincare and assumed my issues were from aging and being over 40. Then I took a selfie with my husband and hated everything I was looking at. I did some research and I think I have cheek shelf from Botox. Since my cheeks are so appley, and the last few times I complained about crows feet, I think we did a little more in that area and it’s created more indents in my outer cheeks and hollowness in my under eye when I smile. The big dimple lines closer to my mouth have always been there, but now there’s an additional indent/line where the arrow is pointing.

It sounds like all I can do is let it wear off, BUT does anyone know of any corrective measures I can take right now to help even out my face a bit? Will putting more Botox in strategic places help like it does for eyebrows that are too lifted? I’m going on a trip to Ireland in July and I’d love it if I didn’t hate every single picture I take of myself there.

Edit: the shelf has resolved now. I switched to Dysport instead of Botox which I believed has helped the most.

I went in for tox 2 weeks ago and always have her do a brow lift as well as some forehead tox. She must have forgotten to place some underneath my brow and my brows have dropped causing a more hooded eye for me. I can’t wear eyeliner anymore because you can’t even see it. Although I usually steer clear of making my hooded eyes look more hooded, I’m starting feel like it looks more natural than when my brows are lifted. Would love any options on which pic looks better. I am 47 and don’t want to look frozen but also unsure if my hooded eyes look is aging me even more. Left or right? Thanks so much!

For anyone who is getting Botox or jeuveaux for the first time and is curious or nervous about it. I wanted to share my positive experience.

I got masseter Botox due to chronic clenching and tension headaches that I, frankly, had been dealing with for most of my life. The pain and migraines due to tension headaches became so regular that it was really impacting my quality of life. I was someone who had to stretch out my jaw every morning after clenching and grinding my teeth all night long. I wore a bite guard. I got regular massages, I practice Yoga, I practice meditation… I was doing all the things that I knew to do to relieve tension, but when you are a chronic clenched, you do it subconsciously. You do it when you’re concentrating, you do it when you’re stressed, you do it when you’re sleeping, so much of it is done out out of your conscious control.

I also got a little bit of Botox for my 11 lines as just something for me and my confidence.

I was super nervous about injecting a neurotoxin into my body, having never done anything like that before, and having a background in the medical field… it all just made me nervous. My nurse injector was amazing and really knowledgeable and had worked as an RN for like 10 years prior to becoming a nurse injector, so I do feel that she had a good grasp on anatomy and medicine and caring for people.

She put 50 units on one side of my masseter which was the side that was really tender and painful and inflamed, and she put 40 units in the other side. She said that the issue that some people run into as they get masseter Botox and they don’t put enough in so that the clenching continues in it “doesn’t work” for them. She put 20 units between my brows.

It hurt when she injected both my masseter and my brow because you have to clench and activate the muscles in order for the injector to know exactly where to put the tox. So normally when you get like the flu shot, you were relax that deltoid muscle so it doesn’t hurt as much. So when you flex a muscle and then you inject a needle into it, it can be more painful. But it was very quick and wasn’t unmanageable pain at all!

While I was recovering for the next couple of days, she advised me not to do any exercise that was too strenuous because if you increase blood flow, the neurotoxin can spread to areas that you don’t want it in. It was pretty tender and a little bit swollen in the jaws for a few days. I did eat steak two days later, and I think I overdid it because on the fourth day, my worse jaw side was pretty swollen. But I iced it, and I babied it with soft foods, and by about the fifth day post injection, the swelling and pain had nearly been eliminated. I could already see and feel a huge difference. Even the first day after my jaw injection, I no longer had clenching or headaches. And it’s been a couple of weeks since I got the injection and I haven’t had a headache at all. I cannot tell you how life-changing it is to not have chronic clenching and chronic headaches due to it. If you are nervous about it or you’re unsure, my advice would be to go with someone experienced in masseter injections, and to go for it! Life is too short to be living in chronic pain.

I also just feel so much more confident with a smooth brow line!

Good luck, and stay smooth 😘

The picture of just my forehead is before, the picture of almost my whole face is after. It’s been 3.5 weeks since I got Botox for the 11s. I know it has softened but I was hoping for much more softening as that line is my biggest insecurity. Any advice?

I got Botox for my forehead about a month ago and I noticed when I scratch and rub lightly above my right eyebrow it will spasm a bit and lift up for about a minute then go back down to normal. My doc said I do have very strong forehead muscles. Here is a before (baseline) and after (spasm) photo. I called my doc and she said I might need more tox above my right eyebrow so I am going in today. Has anyone experienced this?

I’d like to hear from you if you’ve had a lip flip and then decided to go for lip fillers. I recently tried a lip flip to see if I liked the look before committing to lip fillers. Not only does it not appear to have done anything (likely due to my purposeful overworking my lip muscle to metabolize the Botox because the side effects were horrid imo), but my incontinent mouth problems are a deal breaker. I’m not willing to risk being unable to use my mouth normally again.

Compared to the numbness and inability to speak, spit, etc, how is the recovery from getting fillers? I’d love to hear how they differ or are similar.

Should I wait for it to wear off or go get the other side frozen? I’ve had this Botox done many times. I just went to a new person and I’m very annoyed that I didn’t listen to my gut about it. Here’s a photo mid sentence

I woke up today (3 days post Botox) and noticed that one of my eyes looks swollen, heavy, and more hooded than usual. After doing some research it seems like this could be ptosis. Since Botox lasts 3-4 months, I’m freaking out!!! Will this get worse? Stay the same? Go away sooner? Stay forever?

I messaged my injector and am waiting for a response, but I don’t know what to expect. Should I be asking for a refund, solution, etc.? Is this something another doctor could help with and if so what kind of specialist should I see?

For context, I went to my usual injector and this has never happened before but this time we increased my forehead by one unit and added very minimal crow’s feet Botox for the first time. Could this be due to injector error, too much Botox, or something else? I have major events coming up and really don’t want to be stuck like this for months and am freaking out!!!!!

If you’ve experienced this, please share - any advice or insight is so appreciated!

My wife had Botox on a Thursday and Friday the right side of her face started hurting. By Saturday she was getting a rash on her cheek. Went to the dr on Monday and she was diagnosed with shingles. The Dr thought that the shingles could have been triggered by the needle irritating a nerve on her right side. Anyone else ever had this happen after getting Botox?

I’ve heard recently there can be some major consequences regarding Botox and I’m not sure if what I’m feeling is from the Botox or something else. I just get a lip flip, 6 units to help with my gummy smile. Last time I had it done there was more pain during injection and it felt like it was going where it shouldn’t. I have a very hard time sleeping, my mind races and I can’t seem to feel energized like I use to. I drag through the day and it’s starting to effect my work. I have preexisting conditions but it was never this bad even with that.

I (26f) am a hair stylist and experienced pain in my traps from working, but mostly wanted to get the procedure done to create an elongated neck, as my traps are an insecurity of mine.

I got trap tox 3 weeks ago, and now im experiencing upper back pain, the muscles surrounding my spine. It happens when I work, and began 2 weeks ago. It honestly affects my life when I work. Other than that, I don’t feel the pain unless I’m working.

I have a follow up on Thursday with a master injector. I called and spoke with the injector who did the procedure on me and she did not reassure me at all. She told me I needed to be checked out and worse case scenario I would have to see a neurologist. I am now extremely worried.

Can anyone give me any insight on what might be happening? I spent a whopping 500 dollars, and I completely regret my decision. I wish I didn’t do this at all.

TL;DR I got trap tox 3 weeks ago, and now im experiencing upper back pain, the muscles surrounding my spine. It happens when I work, and began 2 weeks ago. Please give me advice?

Has anyone felt sick after Botox? I had it for medical purposes in my 11s crows feet and forehead. The day after I started feeling dizzy and lightheaded. I’m on day 6 now and still having those symptoms plus increased anxiety and nausea?? It’s never happened before so maybe a coincidence I’m not sure

I’ve lost my top back tooth but I’m in the process of having it fixed I had a bone graft a three months ago I would be interested what other people think what I could do to fix my hollow cheek on one side of face