Sophie Villensky felt it the moment her forehead went still.
“I got Botox for the first time a couple months ago and immediately texted my psychic because it felt weird and off,” the Minneapolitan, 28, told The Post.
“Instead of being able to focus energy in on that spot, I felt a whole lot of nothing … almost the opposite feeling I get after a good reiki or acupuncture session,” she said.
The manifestation advocate couldn’t move her forehead — “which is the point,” she joked — but she swears something else felt frozen, too.
“It was like there was a block when I tried to energetically connect with that area of my body.”
She’s not the only one reporting the strange spiritual side effect, a phenomenon currently sweeping social media — one that’s sparking a beauty-meets-mysticism debate over whether or not forehead Botox can mess with the so-called “third eye,” the theoretical energy center tied to intuition and awareness.
In 2026, Botox isn’t just cosmetic — it’s apparently cosmic.
And even boldfacers like Kourtney Kardashian are weighing in on the topic, pouring gasoline on the conversation during a recent episode of “The Kardashians,” where the reality star, 46, revealed she hasn’t touched wrinkle-relaxing injections in four years so that she can “keep my third eye open.”
“I’ll never get it again,” she told sister Kim, who casually admitted she’d gotten Botox just two nights earlier.
Is it forehead freeze … or spiritual frown?
Some spiritually minded women insist something feels off — even if dermatologists say it’s all in their heads.
‘Botox f–ks up your third eye’
Kourtney Kardashian’s claim that Botox can “throw off” her intuition isn’t exactly out of left field — plenty of women online say they’ve felt the same cosmic disconnect long before her confession blew up.
“Botox f—ks up your third eye,” one person flatly declared, adding that “freezing” the forehead means that you’re seeking “outside validation” and haven’t done your “inner work.”
She shared that she’d never take spiritual advice from someone who has had Botox since that means they would have “ego issues.”
Other believers didn’t mince words either.
“I don’t know who needs to hear this, but stop injecting Botox into your 3rd eye,” one warned, claiming the shots can leave you “constantly overthinking, doubting yourself” and stuck with a “lack of clarity in your life.” Another suggested that fillers are “literally freezing your third eye” and “blocking your connection to your intuition and your sixth sense.”
The Botox avoidance trend — part beauty anxiety, part spiritual awakening, part new-age neurosis — has cosmetic experts and so-called energy healers debating over whether the experience is biological, emotional, symbolic, something even deeper, or just plain bunk.
‘Seat of the soul’
As energy-healing practitioner Seena Stoane told The Post, Botox does not block chakras, which she says function on a “subtle, non-physical” level — though it may change how energy or sensation feels in the treated area.
Spiritual coach Lisann Valentin called the third eye “the seat of the soul — where your intuition lives,” and said whether Botox feels disruptive often comes down to belief.
“The intention is what matters most around anything you introduce into your vessel,” she said. “There’s no right or wrong.”
‘Closed for business’
After getting Botox, Villensky said it now “feels like the eye is closed for business — or there but sleeping.”
She isn’t calling Botox the “enemy of enlightenment,” she said — but the experience made her think twice about what tweaks she allows.
“If a Botox treatment is going to ruin my relationship with my higher self, I probably have some other stuff to figure out intuitively that I should work on before worrying about wrinkles,” she joked. “It’s nuanced.”
However, intuitive healer and Botox user Rachel Ruth Tate shut down the third-eye panic.
“Botox doesn’t block your third eye, and hair color doesn’t block your crown chakra,” Tate declared, referencing the supposed energy center at the top of the head. “Do whatever makes you feel most empowered and at one.”
Dermatologist breaks it down
Dermatologists say there’s nothing mystical about what Botox does — or doesn’t — do. The wrinkle relaxer works by temporarily freezing tiny muscles in the forehead, not the brain or nervous system.
“Botox is localized, and it doesn’t reach the brain,” board-certified dermatologist Dr. David Johnson told The Post. “It doesn’t interfere with thinking, intuition or emotions.”
Some patients do report feeling “off” after injections — but doctors say that sensation has a down-to-earth explanation. When facial muscles stop moving, the brain gets slightly different feedback from the face, which can feel unfamiliar at first.
The potential dangers associated with the use of Botox include “temporary weakness, asymmetry, headaches, or eyelid drooping when the injections are not administered properly,” said Johnson, which are “purely medical risks and not spiritual risks.”
“The third eye is considered spiritual, but it’s not a body part,” Johnson added. “Scientifically, there’s nothing to block.”
