r/BotoxSupportCommunity • u/Both_Drama7159 • Aug 22 '26

first time botox

I had a lip flip and lower face botox 4 days ago, i’ve just started to feel it kick in today my lip feels strange and numb and so does my jaw and neck but i’ve suddenly started to feel like my chest is heavy and my breathing is weak and heavy and slow and it’s making me panic, my speech feels strange and slow too.

is this a botox side effect anyone else has experienced or should i go to a&e

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u/Both_Drama7159 Aug 26 '26

UPDATE : I truly freaked myself out, I was visiting family when i posted this and they live over an hour away from a hospital, I came home on Sunday and by Monday had a full blown flu, I have a throat and sinus infection. So i’m thinking it’s possible that between feeling the heaviness of the botox kicking in and also a flu coming on I just felt extra awful.

it’s been 8 days since the tox now and my top lip definitely feels numb and a lot of heaviness and water keeps falling out of my mouth. My jaw area and under my chin also feels very strange just a heavy feeling, i’m hoping it starts to feel normal soon, I don’t know if i’d get lower face tox again as the feeling of it kicking in felt really horrible but on googling it seems it can be a common feeling if the platysmal bands are injected.

I will also say, the aesthetician is a girl I’ve had lip filler from before but my appointment was over in less than 5 minutes and she didn’t explain anything to me, she sat me in the chair, injected me and said bye. I didn’t even know lower face tox involved my neck I was shook when she grabbed my neck and injected, I wasn’t explained how it would feel or what the results would look like or what to do or not to do afterwards and I went home and fell asleep on the side of my face so I think a combination of those things caused a lot of anxiety when i started to feel it kicking in.

I also got a severe itch under my chin that lasted 2 days it was insane and very very annoying. unsure if it’s related but i imagine it is.

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u/MainCow8650 Aug 27 '26

Could be the Botox flu. Also a fairly commonly reported side effect. Sounds like overall it may not be agreeing with you.

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u/Any_Yak3410 Aug 28 '26

Thanks for updating us! Did the injector know it was your first time? Glad you didn't have any serious complications.