Bobbi Althoff is giving fans an update on her smile after a botched Botox session left her face paralyzed.
“It’s been two weeks since I did my botched Botox. And let me show you guys the updated smile,” Althoff, 28, said in an Instagram Stories video on Monday, November 17. “The doctor refunded the … I think it was, like, $1,600, and he said that he did nothing wrong, but he refunded it anyway.”
Showing the camera her small smile, Althoff added, “That’s as big as it can be. … It makes me so mad. I wanted to take family pictures this winter, I can’t smile, and it sucks so bad. It, like, makes me so angry, because I just, there’s nothing I can do about it.”
The podcaster’s update came days after she revealed her facial paralysis in a November 9 TikTok video.
“Morning, guys, apparently I do not learn from my mistakes, because I like to repeat them, just to make sure that it was a mistake the first time. But if you’re wondering, ‘Bobbi, why can’t your face move?’ Well, let me tell you why,” Althoff began.
Althoff revealed that she first received “20 units of Botox” in her chin in November 2023, which made her unable to smile for several weeks. Though she initially vowed never to get the injections again, she recently changed her mind when she began experiencing “bad jaw problems.”
Althoff said she decided to see a TMJ specialist, who recommended that she get Botox in her jaw for pain relief.
“I was like, ‘Yeah, but I’ve had a bad experience with Botox. I don’t know, I’m a little bit scared to do Botox,’” she continued. “And he’s like, ‘No, this will really help.’ And when you combine it with a bunch of other stuff that he had me do …”
Althoff said she was alarmed when the doctor recommended that they do “100 units” of Botox.
“He’s like, ‘We’re gonna do 100 units,’ has me sign a waiver. And when he said 100 units, I was like, ‘That feels like a lot. I’ve had a really bad experience, and I was like, ‘That won’t change my face at all?’” she recalled.
Althoff added that the doctor reassured her that she wouldn’t “notice” a physical difference.
Althoff ultimately accepted the treatment and received 25 units of Botox in each of her temples, which caused her eyes to “look like they’re frozen.” Meanwhile, the remaining units in her chin made her unable to smile.
“Something’s wrong. I don’t know what it is, but something’s not moving right. I can’t tell you what it is,” the mom of two said, adding that she woke up two days in a row with migraines and has a lisp when speaking.
Althoff said she contacted her dentist about her struggles with eating and talking after the procedure, who told her that the Botox could take three months to wear off.
“I can feel all this tension just right in here. It just hurts,” Althoff concluded, gesturing to her cheekbones. “I’m afraid of what it’s gonna change in my face, but I can’t do anything. So for the next three months, I’m just gonna f***ing look stupid.”
In the caption, Althoff added, “#botchedbotox Actually so angry. My face is paralyzed, I can’t move it, and I could cry.”
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