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Reviewer: 35-44 Female on Treatment for 6 months to less than 1 year (Patient)
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Had this done with Dr. Kaplan of South Shore Medical Aesthetics in Wantagh, NY. He explained everything and there was no pressure. Did not hurt with injections and no problems afterwards.
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Reviewer: 45-54
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First time 20 units for “11’s”. The day after the injections, I had a sudden onset of extreme nausea. During the following month (3-6 weeks after injections), I experienced dizziness, occasional vertigo, headaches and nausea. Week 6, my left arm went completely numb for several hours, and my headaches started to feel really unusual, like a pressure behind my eyes. Week 7, my headaches got worse
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Reviewer: 65-74 on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)
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Had this done with Dr. Kaplan of South Shore Medical Aesthetics in Wantagh, NY. He explained everything and there was no pressure. Did not hurt with injections and no problems afterwards.
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Reviewer: ganne, 45-54 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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Worked on the lines between my eyes but has caused extreme anxiety that I have never had before. I had to search on forums to find that alot of other people have it too. I thought I was having a heart attack.
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Reviewer: tlphillips60, 45-54 Female on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)
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My wrinkles went away with a relaxed look, but within a few days my right eyelid began to droop and I have asymmetrical eyes now. 10 days after injections began with eye irritation. 2 weeks after injections unable to wear my contacts and a constant eye infection has in-sued. 2 rounds of steroid eye drops. It has now been 6 weeks with no relief in site. Drs. will not confirm all of this is from
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