Even though most people intend to inject Botox to remove wrinkles, they may still not understand what Botox is. In this section, we explain what it is.
Botox is a medicine made from a toxin originating from the bacterium Clostridium botulinum. The same toxin causes a life-threatening type of food poisoning called botulism.
Botox is recommended for treating health problems, such as temporarily removing facial wrinkles and improving your appearance, in small doses.
Botox’s function is to relax the muscles responsible for wrinkles temporarily. For example, when you raise your eyebrows, horizontal lines appear on your forehead, which is annoying and adversely affects your self-confidence.
After treatment with Botox, your lines will disappear significantly when you raise your eyebrow.
Suppose Botox is injected into a muscle other than a specific muscle. In that case, you may experience side effects such as drooping eyebrows or drooping eyelids, and you need to find out how to fix drooping eyelids after Botox.
It is advisable to take measures to prevent dropping eyelids before looking for ways to fix drooping eyelids after Botox.
First and foremost, be cautious when choosing a doctor for treatment. Eyelid drooping is only possible if you have a qualified and expert doctor in this field.
You are less likely to experience side effects of treatment when you have a skilled doctor.
Another thing to consider is being honest with your doctor and telling them about the medications you have taken for the last 4 months, including:
- Muscle relaxants
- Sleep aids
- Allergy medicine
- Blood thinners
Although the doctor should ask you about your medications, they may need to remember and mention them.
If you recently had facial surgery or have a history of Bell’s palsy, you will likely have droopy eyelids after a Botox injection.
Some factors, such as age, and exposure to the sun, can affect the response to treatment.
Do not rub or massage the injection area to avoid side effects. In this way, the medication will not spread outside the targeted area.
When you get Botox treatment and have droopy eyelids, you are uncertain how to fix the droopy eyelids afterward.
You need not worry; this side effect lasts only a short period and gets better after three or four weeks.
Given that small doses of Botox get into your muscle to raise your eyebrow, your Botox will come off after a few months.
You can try self-treatment at home to get better faster.
Let’s see how to fix drooping eyelids after Botox:
1. Eye drops: To tighten your eye muscles, your doctor may prescribe an apraclonidine (or Iopidine) 0.5% solution.
Drop two to three drops in the affected eye twice a day. You may need to undergo this treatment until your droopy eyelids get fixed.
1. Muscle massage: For several minutes a day, massage your eyelids with the back of an electric toothbrush.
Note: Please be careful not to massage the area where you got the injection until at least 24 hours have passed.
1. Botox injection: The third option for correction that surprises many patients involves adding more botulinum toxin to a patient’s injection, even if botulinum toxin injections cause eyelid ptosis.
Muscles opposing each other are found in most moving structures in the body, including the eyelids.
There are two primary components of the eyelid retractor – the tarsal muscle and the levator palpebrae muscles -and they are oppositely positioned by the protractors – the palpebral orbicularis oculi.
By injecting 1-3 units of Botox® into the upper eyelid, orbicularis oculi, anterior to the tarsal muscle, you can lift a drooping eyelid by a millimeter.