botox nightmare

I just did botox for the first time and have experienced a horrible side effect called ptosis (eye lid drooping) in one of my eyes. It is so bad that I have one eye almost completely closed and cannot properly see out of it. I feel and look like a monster. My doctor says this has never happened to any of his patients and advices the only thing I can do is wait. I've been waiting and trying to stay positive but it seems my problem is progressively getting worse hour by hour. I just don't know what to do anymore.

When I recieved Botox a year ago I was told that there was a 1% chance of the side effect ptosis. Sure enough, it happened to me! Within 24 hours I noticed my eyelid looked as if were "heavy." Within 3 days, my eye was FULLY closed! It was almost impossible to even open my eye. The side of my face and my ear felt as if it was being tugged on. When I went back to the doctor he prescribed eyedrops (which did not help) and said I should be better in 2 weeks. Well, nope not for me. Every morning i would wake up and look in the mirror and hope to see a slight possitive change. It took 2 months to fully recover!!!! I had many events to attend looking like a monster, its was very humbling. I am still not sure if I was given to much or if the injection was injected in the wrong area. I am a small framed woman so mabe the dose was to much...who knows. I do know one thing - I speak freely about the effects Botox had on me and would NEVER do it again! I hope this helps someone out there. You aren't the only one...please speak up...share your story!

This is a known risk of BOTOX. There is no mystery about it. If the drug gets into the "wrong" place (even in the most skilled hands) it will cause the eyelid muscles to be too weak. This is what's so sad about cosmetic surgery - people are so focused on what they look like - they don't consider the risks. A REAL risk of blepharoplasty is blindness. YES I SAID BLINDNESS. It's uncommon - but if it happens to you - it's doesn't matter how uncommon it is. And it can happen with the best of surgeons. And if if it does happen to you, and it was done by a reputable surgeon, the final answer you're going to get is "if you can't stand the heat (i.e. take the risk), then stay out of the kitchen"

so think twice when you put the priority of your appearance/vanity in front of you health!