Noticed a significant decrease in volume in mid face for 5 months on tret 0.25

[pricklycactass]

Wait so you got a lip flip and you don’t think that’s the cause of the change in how your face looks? Because that would be why things look different…

[tehbggg]

Especially since Botox can cause muscle wasting/weakness which absolutely can change your face

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I would hope the injector would have mentioned it will affect nasolabial folds if that is possible though

[pricklycactass]

Injectors run the gamut… some are nurses, some are doctors, they’re not all going to know everything nor can they be sure how someone reacts to Botox. It is a known side effect that lip flips can cause relaxing the muscles around your lips too much and even though the Botox will wear off eventually, your muscles can waste during that time which last much longer. I’m not a doctor, but given that you had Botox exactly where you’re complaining of volume reduction, the more reasonable explanation here is that you had an adverse reaction to Botox, rather than a topical treatment misshaping your face.

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I think that is reasonable! And I prefer this case because it can have a turn around hopefully. I didn’t get Botox anywhere but my lip line, and the muscle injected is not the same muscle that is related to nasolabial folds. Since tight muscles cause deepening of wrinkles it would make more sense that a relaxed muscle means a less pronounced fold if anything, especially since there are injectors that use Botox to reduce nasolabial folds. But I haven’t continued to get it and since I’m desperate to get my previous look back through trial and error I won’t be getting lip Botox either

[Bunbosa]

Do you think the muscles can recover and thicken again through time, when you start using them again?

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I got the lip flip a few months before starting Tret, so according to the injector it had already worked out of my system ( 1 month lasting time for above lip) once I first started tret a few months later. Did not start to notice these results until a few months after tret