Eyelid droop often happens when the person giving the treatment doesn't have proper training and enough experience. They can inject Botox into the wrong area or use a dose that's too high, which leads to muscle weakness and droop. You could have trouble fully opening your eyes or vision problems.
Eyelids may droop after a Botox procedure if the provider administers too much Botox or injects it in the wrong location. In rare cases, the neurotoxin spreads to the wrong muscle causing eyelid drooping when the patient doesn't follow the provider's aftercare instructions, such as lying down or bending over.
According to Dr Gavin Chan, one of the most important things practitioners can do is to, “inject the lateral tail of the corrugator which is the muscle which causes the bunching (6.35) of the frown. Superficially injecting the lateral tail of the frown (corrugator) muscle can help avoid ptosis”.
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 neurotoxin's effects will gradually wear off, and the eyebrow muscles will regain their strength.
Most of us are familiar with the benefits of BOTOX for smoothing forehead lines and wrinkles, but you may be surprised to learn that BOTOX can also help to lift drooping brows and correct hooded eyes in some patients.
It is true that Botox and Dysport can contribute to the development of eye bags. Certain patients who are more susceptible to fluid accumulation may experience these issues. This includes individuals with sinusitis, allergies, or oculi muscle disorder.
The most common complication of treatment of the glabellar complex is ptosis of the upper portion of the eyelid. Ptosis can occur from 2 to 10 days after injection, at the same time as the esthetic effect is beginning to appear. It can persist for up to 2 to 4 weeks.
What can I do about Drooping Eyebrows after Botox? Since Botox is a temporary treatment, this problem will usually go away on its own over time without any treatment necessary. However, this will take about four weeks and most patients do not want to wait that long.
This means that if you inject the upper eyelid, the orbicularis oculi muscle, anterior to the tarsal muscle, with 1-3 units of Botox®, it can lift a drooping eyelid by a millimetre or so.
Heaviness in your eyebrows after Botox can be fixed in a couple of ways. If you didn't receive Botox in your frown lines or crow's feet or you received a low dose in these areas, more Botox can be placed here. This will relax the muscles that pull down on your eyebrows and make them look and feel less heavy.
If you only have slight hooding, or if you aren't ready to commit to surgery, you may want to start with a BOTOX brow lift. Injections of BOTOX in the brow and forehead relax the muscles pulling them downward. This allows the brows to naturally lift upward, making the tissues above the eyes a bit tauter.
You see droopy eyelids when Botox unintentionally affects a different muscle. This usually happens when treating your frown lines, but it can also happen when treating horizontal forehead wrinkles, especially if you have a narrow forehead.
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.
Swelling after a Botox treatment isn't unheard of, though you should keep in mind that it should only last for about 24 to 48 hours after your treatment. Any longer may mean that something has gone wrong with your Botox injection or you've had an allergic reaction to something with your Botox treatment.
It can be corrected by placing a small amount of Botox into the elevators in the outer forehead. Your surgeon should be able to explain what can be done to avoid the “Spock Brow” and the corrective measures used if it does occur.
How common is ptosis after Botox? Lid ptosis and brow ptosis are rare side effects of the Botox procedure with only about 2% of patients experiencing them. The droopiness usually occurs a few days to a week after having the Botulinum toxin treatment and in most cases disappear on its own after about a month.
What is ptosis? Ptosis occurs when the upper eyelid of one or both eyes droops over your eye. The droop may be barely noticeable or the eyelid can sag to such an extent that it covers your pupil (the black dot at the centre of your eye that lets light in).
There is a likelihood that Botox or Botulinum toxin injections will change your eyelids if you have your mid and upper forehead treated. This is because toxin reduces muscle movement in this area (the Frontalis muscle), by blocking nerve pathways from causing muscle contractions, relaxing the muscles.
After the Botox is injected, the eyes can become very irritated and dry, and can go quite bloodshot and red. This irritation can then increase into blurred vision and the inability to see correctly.
The good thing is that Botox® doesn't last.
If it occurred immediately after the injections, then it is likely due to swelling or hematoma which will resolve over a few days to a few weeks. If it did not occur for 3 to 7 days after the injections, then it is due to muscle relaxation.
What causes hooded eyes? Hooded eyes or droopy eyelids happen when excess skin folds down from the brow bone to the lash line, which makes the eyes look smaller and gives you a tired or aged appearance. Hooded eyes can appear due to a genetic predisposition or due to natural ageing changing our face.