Regardless of lifestyle and behavior, every person is not immune from the appearance of facial wrinkles. Sooner or later, they still appear. As a rule, they can be found on the face of a person who has crossed the thirty-year mark. To a greater extent, women pay attention to their manifestations, but even among men there are often cases when the presence of wrinkles begins to burden later life.
In order to get rid of or at least hide their manifestation, people turn to cosmetologists for the necessary procedures. Most experts recommend Botox injections. But they are not always ready to talk about the possible side effects of these procedures.
A characteristic sign of the consequences of the Botox injection procedure can be considered a condition when the patient begins to have a headache. In order to get rid of headaches, you need to understand the cause of their occurrence.
Muscle tone is impaired due to overexertion
When Botox injections are made into the eyebrows or forehead, the head muscles relax. The task of muscle tissue is to keep the eye open. As the muscles relax, the eyelids begin to close.
In order for everything to return to its previous state, the muscles that did not undergo the procedure will have to be strained. Painful sensations occur from muscle overstrain. It will take at least 10 days for the headache to stop bothering you.
Muscle tension in the forehead as one of the causes of headaches after Botox
Localization of injections
The following areas are most often treated with Botox injections:
- area around the eyes;
- lips;
- forehead.
It is in the above areas that facial wrinkles are most pronounced.
Botox injections into the area around the eyes are carried out to eliminate “crow’s feet”, which appear due to hyperactivity of the orbicularis muscles (blinking, squinting, etc.). Injections are made into points located at a distance of 1 cm from the outer edge of the eye.
Remember, expression lines do not appear due to changes in the fibers of the skin, as occurs during aging, but due to muscle mobility.
Lip Botox is used if the patient:
- habit of constantly pursing your lips;
- facial wrinkles in the nasolabial area;
- irregular lip contour;
- drooping corners of the lips.
Botox injections are not made into the lips themselves, but into the area of the paralabial muscles around the mouth. Such injections not only smooth out facial wrinkles, but also give a clearer outline to the contours of the lips.
Botoxing your lips can also help make them look fuller. Many people mistakenly believe that lip augmentation with Botox is achieved only by injecting botulinum toxin. There is no doubt that some lip enlargement with Botox becomes possible due to the fact that the muscles around the lips relax, their increased tone is relieved and the lips stop compressing into a thin line. However, Botox itself does not make them fuller until drugs called fillers, which are made from hyaluronic acid, are injected along with it.
Improper implementation of the procedure can cause such unpleasant consequences as numbness of the lips, as well as impaired articulation.
Botox in the forehead is increasingly gaining popularity not only among women, but also among men. Botox is injected into the forehead to smooth out transverse wrinkles, as well as wrinkles between the eyebrows, which appear due to the frequent habit of raising the eyebrows and frowning. Therefore, if a patient is given an injection in the forehead to smooth out the frown lines between the eyebrows, the patient must also frown so that the specialist can correctly determine the Botox injection points.
When Botox is done on the forehead to eliminate transverse wrinkles, the patient must raise his eyebrows and the cosmetologist will determine the areas of greatest muscle tension where the injection will be injected. As a rule, Botox in the forehead should not be injected lower than 2 cm from the eyebrows. Otherwise, the consequences of such a procedure can be very disastrous - drooping of the upper eyelid.
Individual intolerance
Injections of this drug affect each person differently. If you notice that your health is suddenly deteriorating for no apparent reason, for example, your blood pressure is rising and the pain in your head is only increasing, then you are probably intolerant to Botox.
Symptoms of individual intolerance will not disappear on their own
You should call an ambulance and agree to hospitalization without hesitation. You will have to undergo medication treatment in the hospital.
Causes of headaches
The first cause of pain is intolerance to the components of the drug. Despite the recognized safety of Botox, its injections are contraindicated for many. It is prohibited when:
- pregnancy, lactation;
- under 18 years of age;
- skin diseases at injection sites;
- blood diseases;
- acute form of infectious, chronic diseases;
- reduced immune system;
- oncology;
- diseases of the liver, kidneys, gastrointestinal tract, nervous, endocrine systems;
- allergies to the drug.
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When should you not worry?
If the needle enters a vessel, then Botox interacts with the capillaries: inflammation of the nerve fibers causes a headache, which quickly passes. You may also get a headache from the interaction of ethanol (alcohol) with the administered drug. When exposed to bright sunlight, a migraine can also begin, since you have to squint and thereby strain the muscles involved in the procedure.
All of the above symptoms will disappear after 3-4 days
Pros and cons of the method
Using botulinum toxin to smooth out wrinkles has its advantages and disadvantages. The advantages of using the drug include:
- high efficiency of the procedure;
- minimal pain during the botulinum toxin injection procedure;
- long-lasting effect – at least 4-6 months;
- less likely to have complications and side effects compared to surgical correction;
- the possibility of use for preventive purposes, even before the appearance of deep wrinkles;
- short rehabilitation period.
Botulinum therapy also has a number of disadvantages. These include:
- the risk of going to an inexperienced doctor who will incorrectly calculate the dosage of the medicine and cause paralysis of the facial muscles;
- side effects - headaches, swelling under the eyes;
- ineffectiveness of Botox in correcting nasolabial folds;
- different duration of the effect – the possibility of rapid restoration of innervation due to the individual characteristics of the patient’s body.
Side effects after Botox injections occur in almost all patients, but in most cases they go away quickly. Therefore, the advantages of using the drug significantly outweigh the disadvantages
It is only important to choose a good specialist who will perform the procedures. With an experienced doctor, the likelihood of complications is significantly reduced
Deviation from the norm
If the pain does not go away within 4 days and only becomes more unbearable, you should urgently seek help. This condition is especially dangerous when other symptoms are added to the pain: fever, nausea or vomiting. All these flu-like symptoms may indicate mistakes by the cosmetologist when performing injections. For example, if the amount of the administered drug was exceeded or the injection site was incorrectly calculated. Perhaps the person could not undergo this procedure due to some illness. He either kept silent about it or was not warned by the cosmetologist about contraindications and possible consequences. If you do not consult a doctor immediately, there may be unpleasant consequences: metabolic and circulatory disorders, hypotension (severe drop in blood pressure), kidney problems.
Headache after Botox: deviations from the norm
It is necessary to follow the recommendations for several days after the procedure. In this case, anti-aging injections will not negatively affect your health, but will return your skin to its former beauty and fresh appearance. But if the side effect cannot be avoided and your head hurts severely, consult a doctor immediately!
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What to do if this happens
Treatment options for ptosis depend on what exactly caused the ptosis. You should start the fight against facial asymmetry with a consultation with a cosmetologist - the doctor can determine which method of fight is best suited.
You should prepare for the fact that the treatment will be long, and you will have to put up with unsightly changes for some time.
Can it go away on its own?
Mild ptosis goes away on its own in 2-3 weeks. This is possible if ptosis is caused by improper distribution of the drug.
Controlling facial expressions, wearing sunglasses, washing with tonic solutions and sleeping on your back or the opposite side will help speed up this process so that blood does not flow to the damaged eyelid.
Ptosis correction
If additional manipulations are required, the choice of each of them depends on individual characteristics:
- Injecting an additional dose of Botox to relieve the tone of the antagonist muscles. The tone of all muscles acting on the eyelid is leveled, the eyelid returns to its normal position;
- Taking medications that correct muscle tone (raise the edge of the eyelid by 1-2mm, allow you to cope with mild ptosis, improve the appearance with moderate ptosis, but are ineffective with complete ptosis);
- Eye drops with vitamin complexes and mesotherapy cocktails enhance the effectiveness of other medications and accelerate recovery processes in the eye;
- Microcurrents and myostimulation restore muscle tone;
- Massage, including self-massage.
The doctor prescribes these procedures primarily to speed up the restoration of eyelid muscle tone.
Camouflage methods
During periods when ptosis still persists, camouflage should be considered.
You can do this with makeup that distracts attention from the shape of the eyelid and visually equalizes the size of the eyes.
If you cannot cope with ptosis, you can resort to a radical measure - injecting Botox into the other eye so that the second eyelid droops symmetrically. At the same time, the face takes on a tired and sleepy expression, but after 6-7 months the Botox effect will end and the appearance will return to its normal state.
Surgery
Surgical treatment is used only if the patient suffers from a severe form of ptosis, which practically does not occur after Botox.
There is no need for surgery; injections and masking methods do the job.
Auxiliary procedures
To increase the effectiveness of treatment, thermal procedures are used - heating improves the ability of the drug to be distributed throughout the muscle tissue, and this allows the toxin to be shifted to where it should be.
It is also useful to combine warming with massage - the eyelids are massaged with careful movements from the inner edge to the outer and temples. Another massage option is gentle finger pressure - they increase blood flow in the eyelids, stimulate muscle activity, and restore their tone.
How to avoid negative feelings
To check how sensitive your body is to botulinum toxin, just ask a cosmetologist to conduct a skin test. A small cut is made on the wrist and several units of Botox are injected. The wound is observed within an hour. When redness and swelling appear, it becomes clear that the patient is allergic to the drug. An alternative technique is being selected.
The key to good health after “beauty injections” is to follow the cosmetologist’s recommendations. It is important to remember the rules of preparation and rehabilitation.
On the day of the injection, it is forbidden to touch the injection sites, take a horizontal position, or apply makeup. For two weeks before and after the procedure, the following are limited:
- sports, physical activity;
- drinking alcohol;
- visiting a solarium, tanning in the sun;
- treatment with antibiotics, analgesics, muscle relaxants.
