I had Botox last Thursday and have been left with a horrific bruise on my nose where I was injected for bunny lines and a small bruise near my eye where I was injected for my crows feet. I am absolutely livid with the injector as well as with myself - she bruised me around my eyes last time I went (one of which has left a small permanent red mark) but I still stupidly went back. I put this down to bad luck (although I have never bruised from either Botox or fillers before) and simply asked not to be injected around the crows feet this time. She agreed not to inject me there but changed her mind and did it anyway.
After she had injected me in the nose she said she thought I was going to mark. She gave the area a vigorous rub - which I think did more damage. A huge brown bruise has come up. It looks like someone has given me a whack.
I have been googling bruises from Botox and it seems they can take many weeks to fade. Sometimes you can get permanent staining on the skin (called hemosiderin staining) which may or may not be successfully treated with laser. I know its early days yet but this bruise is not fading at all. Hopefully it will in time but I'm pretty confident it will leave some sort of mark. I do have broken veins in my nose and she must of nicked one (or several). The veins should have been fairly obvious though so presumably she could have avoided them.
I suspect she was using a larger gauge needle as the injections hurt more than normal and left more visible puncture marks in the skin and made more of a "crunch" when they went in.
The injector is a nurse with a long-standing practice and glowing reviews on her website.
Has anyone else had a similar experience? Did the bruises fade?
I can't hide the mark with makeup and have events organised this week so I will have to tell people the truth.