What Makes Botox Look Unnatural? While Botox is generally considered safe and can look natural on most people when done correctly, there are a few ways it can go wrong: It can be injected in the wrong muscle, injected unevenly, or over-injected.
Getting an experienced professional to do the job, having realistic expectations, and working within your budget are all ways to ensure a natural look from Botox treatments. Let us work together with you to determine your goals with these injections, and we'll give you the results you want.
It can take two to four days before the weakening of the muscle begins and movement is stalled. You can see the maximum results of your treatment anywhere from ten to fourteen days after treatment. The best part is that maximum results can be seen up to three months after your treatment.
It can be injected into the wrong muscle, injected unevenly, or over-injected. The result is an unnatural looking face! The patient tries to express his feelings with his mimics, but an erroneous botox treatment does not allow this.
Bad Botox can happen for a few reasons, from provider inexperience to a provider using an inauthentic product. In the best of cases, Bad Botox makes you look a little strange for a few months. In the worst cases, it can be life-threatening.
A common 'Bad Botox' result is the 'Spock Brow,' where the tail of the brow is unnaturally high and spiked and the medial brow is unnaturally low. And for the crow's-feet area, if Botox is injected in a pattern that lowers cheek elevation, one can get a look of hollow eyes and chipmunk cheeks.”
“If botox is placed too low or too much botox is used in the forehead, you can get flattened or heavy brow sensation.” Additionally, undesirable results from Botox may occur when muscles other the intended target are relaxed.
There are 43 muscles in the human face. They control what we look like when we smile, when we speak, and when we're passively listening to someone. If someone gets too much Botox, or if they get the procedure done at a “day spa,” there's an excellent chance that they will get that unnatural look.
One of the most common reasons that people do not see full results after their Botox treatment is because the dose used was too low. Although many people have fears of Botox treatments, the recommended doses are provided to give natural and full results.
One case that may lead to Botox actually accelerating skin aging is if a patient starts treatment too early and too much. Because facial muscles, collagen production, and skin structure overall weaken with age, consistent freezing of your muscles can make them weaker and thinner.
The facial expressions made while working out could make your muscles contract much faster and cause the Botox to wear off. The area being treated – Results in the forehead and between the eyebrows typically last the longest.
Some people already have the fine, diagonal lines on the sides of their nose from aging, but not many know that Botox® injected nearby for other reasons can occasionally cause them to be more apparent. You can see these “bunny lines” when you squint or crinkle your nose.
Why Does Botox Make Your Forehead Shiny? Light naturally reflects off of smooth surfaces, so the smoother your skin, the more light will bounce. Botox injections smooth the skin, which can cause it to appear shinier, especially if it is overdone.
Long-Term Botox Brightens Skin and Decreases Wrinkles
"Your skin will look much smoother and the appearance of fine lines and deep wrinkles will be greatly diminished."
Botox isn't permanent and follow-ups are recommended to keep that youthful appearance. For best results, we'd like to see you at least every 90 days. The biggest reason to come in every three months is so the creases and lines don't deepen with extended muscle movement.
"If Botox is injected into the forehead to diminish wrinkle and it actually drops the forehead and upper eyelid, it gives an aged, tired appearance," Rowe told "Good Morning America." "In our upper eyelid, there is a muscle that opens it.
A droopy mouth, lopsided smile, or inability to smile occurs when Botox is mistakenly injected into the orbicularis oculi or zygomatic major muscles which are the two muscles primarily responsible for smiling.
Get More Botox Injections
Another option if you are unhappy with the results of your Botox injection includes having more Botox injections in the same area in order to achieve a more desired look.
If too much Botox was used in one area, it's simply a matter of being patient and letting it wear off. That can take about ten to 12 weeks. If the bad Botox injection resulted in an uneven (asymmetrical) look, you can do something to correct it sooner. See a doctor who can inject more Botox into the stronger side.
The downside to Botox, however, is that it cannot be immediately reversed or undone if you get poor results. Botox is a neuromodulator, it is designed to temporarily relax the targeted facial muscle or weaken its pull in order to stop the expression that is causing the wrinkles.
'Spocking' usually occurs 1-2 weeks after anti-wrinkle treatments. It is described as funny-looking eyebrows that are too high towards the outer end, especially when you raise your brows. Often, they are overarched and make it look like something is not quite right.
So in summary, us men don't really notice too much, so you can be rest assured that if you want to keep your botox a secret from your husband, you can do.
At times, results may look slightly uneven at first, because the Botox may “kick in” at different rates. It is important to gently exercise the muscle areas that you have received the Botox treatment in by making facial expressions such as frowning, smiling, gently raising the eyebrows and squinting.
Your facial muscles do not contract, so they don't fold your skin, and you don't develop dynamic wrinkles. When you stop using Botox, your muscles will eventually start working as they did before you used the treatment. However, your muscles or your skin do not make up for lost time by accelerating the aging process.