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what is the youngest age that they do botox on for muscle/balance issues?

I am not sure about the youngest but my daughter had a botox injection just before her 3rd birthday.

I would like to know "How many parents out there have used botox?" My daughter's therapist were recommending botox @ the age of 5 months. I said no because I haven't found any case studies that used botox for BPIs.

We havent used botox yet, but we are about too. Megans tricepts are very strong and her bicept wont flex. We are hoping that after botox, the tricept will be weak enough to allow the bicept to start working. With use of Estim, of course. We almost did this when she was younger, but I was afraid. Now, I am still afraid, but I believe it will help. I've heard of many other children that have used botox. And I believe it to be safe. I do worry about taking any amount of strenghth away from her bpi arm, and how she will deal with it. AGH!

I think a few specialists are starting to see the value more and more in botoxing very young children. I have seen a few with AMAZING results from botoxing the tricep to encourage the bicep. They had it done at a very young age, like around 5-8 months. After seeing these children and having heard the recently, changing opinion of one of our doctors as well, I would have seriously considered this option. Of course, as with anything, we need to research, get different opinions and go with your gut. Good luck.

We were told by neurosurgeon that Gabrielle should get botox. Last week we took her to see the Othopedic surgeon who would be doing the botox and he said she should not get it! We go back in three months.

We did botox on Juliana and it was GREAT! She was 2 1/2.

If you have questions about it, you can email me.

claudia