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Botox
Facial Exercise or Scowling for Working Botox into Muscles?
In our practice in Dublin, California we discourage massage, exercise, or any other technique to move the botox from where we've injected it.
Clinical Context
Botox doesn't need help moving into muscle. After injection, it gradually binds to nearby nerve endings over several hours, a process driven by the medication itself, not by muscle movement. Massaging or exercising the area can actually push the product into unintended muscles, which is why we advise against it. How deep, how much, and how diluted the injection is matters far more than anything you do afterward.
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