Medical history is vitally important for any medical treatment. This includes non-surgical cosmetic treatments such as botulinum toxin (Botox, Azzalure, Bocouture) injections, dermal fillers (Restylane, Juvederm, Belotero, Radiesse), thread lifts (Silhouette Soft, PDO) and many other treatments which are currently being treated as beauty treatments, but they are not.
A history of previous side effects such as double vision, heavy brows, droopy lids after Botox will inform your aesthetic physician about how you will respond to a treatment. Detailed assessment and record of your muscle activity during expression (frown, eyelid opening and closure, smile, brow raise) will inform how to personalise your botox treatment to give you a safe and sustainable outcome.
Any previous surgical treatment to your facial muscles, such as blepharoplasty (eyelid surgery), facelifts, non-surgical treatments like thread lifts, may impact the results of muscle relaxing treatment with botox. Tell your Doctor or Nurse about all your medical conditions, including if you have: plans to have surgery; had surgery on your face; weakness of forehead muscles, such as trouble raising your eyebrows; drooping eyelids; any other abnormal facial change; are pregnant or plan to become pregnant (It is not known if Botox® can harm your unborn baby); are breast-feeding or plan to breastfeed (It is not known if Botox® passes into breast milk).
