{"id":217,"date":"2014-06-01T22:28:11","date_gmt":"2014-06-01T22:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.injectionartistry.com\/botoxblog\/?p=217"},"modified":"2014-06-22T21:37:01","modified_gmt":"2014-06-22T21:37:01","slug":"after-botox-i-have-a-headache","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.injectionartistry.com\/botoxblog\/after-botox-i-have-a-headache\/","title":{"rendered":"After Botox, I have a headache"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Headache after Botox<\/h2>\n<p>About once a month, I&#8217;ll hear someone tell me about this experience. \u00a0I myself get this problem when I have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.injectionartistry.com\">Botox, Dysport, or Xeomin<\/a> injected for my wrinkles lines on my face. \u00a0I also have heard of this phenomenon after facial rejuvenation acupuncture. \u00a0I think with acupuncture this may be related to the qi which is brought to the face and scalp for facial rejuvenation acupuncture. \u00a0And I have also heard of this problem after mole removal from the facial area &#8211; a procedure I also do often. \u00a0Thus I&#8217;m not always sure that the cause of the headache after Botox is entirely caused by the Botox. \u00a0It may be from the placement of needles or the stress of having the procedure. \u00a0Regardless, the headache after Botox should resolve with the use of routine headache medications, such as advil, aleve, and tylenol.<\/p>\n<h3>What happens if the after-Botox headache lasts longer than a few days?<\/h3>\n<p>It may be possible that a nerve was irritated by the proximity of the needle used to inject Botox. \u00a0This also should resolve with time.<\/p>\n<p>Most of my patients who get headaches after Botox still feel that the procedure is entirely worth repeating every 3-4 months.<\/p>\n<h4>Disclaimer<\/h4>\n<p>The information here is for informational purposes and should not be considered medical advice. \u00a0We would recommend that you see your doctor in person. \u00a0If you want to see me in person: \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.injectionartistry.com\/botoxblog\/botox-in-modesto-consider-having-it-done-by-calvin-lee-md\/\">More information about my Modesto based Botox practice<\/a>. \u00a0And here&#8217;s a link to other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.injectionartistry.com\/botoxblog\/what-to-do-in-case-of-dermal-filler-emergency\/\">emergencies and complications due to cosmetic injections<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Modesto Botox by Calvin Lee, Surgeon\" href=\"https:\/\/www.injectionartistry.com\">Our Botox Home Page: \u00a0Modesto Botox<\/a>. \u00a0Thank you for visiting!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Headache after Botox About once a month, I&#8217;ll hear someone tell me about this experience. \u00a0I myself get this problem when I have Botox, Dysport, or Xeomin injected for my wrinkles lines on my face. \u00a0I also have heard of this phenomenon after facial rejuvenation acupuncture. \u00a0I think with acupuncture this may be related to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.injectionartistry.com\/botoxblog\/after-botox-i-have-a-headache\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">After Botox, I have a headache<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.injectionartistry.com\/botoxblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.injectionartistry.com\/botoxblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.injectionartistry.com\/botoxblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.injectionartistry.com\/botoxblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.injectionartistry.com\/botoxblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=217"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.injectionartistry.com\/botoxblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":245,"href":"https:\/\/www.injectionartistry.com\/botoxblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217\/revisions\/245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.injectionartistry.com\/botoxblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.injectionartistry.com\/botoxblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.injectionartistry.com\/botoxblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}