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How Much Can Botox Lower a Brow?

asked 1 year ago by 1229anon in Los Angeles
Latest answer by Brian Maloney, MD
Question viewed 842 times
Tags: eyebrows, lower

By how many millimeters can Botox lower eyebrows? I'd like to lower my eyebrows by as much as a centimeter. If not, would an endoscopic reverse browlift give me these results (without changing the size of my forehead)?

18 answers to How Much Can Botox Lower a Brow?

How Much can Botox Lower my Brow?

Hi anon. Botox is unlikely to be able to lower your brow 1 cm. Usually a couple mm's is the extent of the movement. If you do have a lot of excess skin on the forehead, it my be possible to drop your brow further, but in doing so, it may create extremely heavy eyelids for you. This trade-off is one you should discuss with your injector before moving forward. Good luck.

Harold J. Kaplan, MD
Los Angeles Facial Plastic Surgeon

www.celibre.com

Lowering eyebrows with Botox

It is doubtful that your eyebrows can be lowered a full cm. with Botox but it does depend on how lax your forehead is. You may want your eyebrows lowered, but if your upper eyelids have begun to develop extra folds of skin, then once your eyebrows are lowered from Botox injections then your eyelids will fall down too and this may obstruct your upper field of vision, and it will not be aesthetically pleasing from the frontal view. See an experienced board-certified dermatologist, plastic... more

Ronald Shelton, MD
Manhattan Dermatologist

Brow lowering

It is unusual to lower the brows. The best way to do it is Botox (not surgery). How much Botox will lower the brows depends on many factors. Another reason your brows may be high is perhaps there are compensating for droopy eyelids. I recommend an evaluation with an oculoplastic surgeon. Dr Taban

Mehryar (Ray) Taban, MD, FACS
Los Angeles Oculoplastic Surgeon

How low can you go- with Botox

Botulinum toxin injections are a great way to corerect brow assymetries. Unfortunately in the rare patient they may experience drooping of the brow following forehead injections for the horizontal lines. For the patient who has a high brow, from previous surgery or are born with a high brow, botulinum toxin can be used to help lower the brow. The amount of lowering is directly related to the skin tone and muscle activity. Patients who can expect the greatest amount of lowering tend to be... more

Brian Maloney, MD
Atlanta Facial Plastic Surgeon

Botulinum toxin and brow lowering.

Botulinum toxin does not necessarily lower the brow as much as it relaxes the brow and alllows it to come to a rested position.

Otto Joseph Placik, MD
Chicago Plastic Surgeon

Botox for lowering the eyebrow

Botox is typically used to raise the eyebrows or provide a "chemical brow lift." However, if the forehead muscles are (over)-treated, this can actually lower the eyebrows since this muscle pulls up on the eyebrows. This is often an unwanted side effect from someone who had too much Botox in their forehead. However, this side effect could be used in your case with effect. I urge you to choose your injector carefully. Best of luck. more

Timothy G. Rodgers, MD
Dallas Dermatologist

Lowering brow with Botox

Botox can certainly lower the brow that it is overactive. It will not lower a brow that is not being lifted by muscle action. As for how many millimeters it an lower, that is very difficult to predict.

Steven Wallach, MD
Manhattan Plastic Surgeon

Lowering the brow with Botox.

Botox can be used to lower the brow by an experienced injector, however, the amount will depend on your particular anatomy and the reason for your elevated brow. Several millimeters would be reasonable, a centimeter, would be a stretch.

Paul Vitenas, Jr., MD
Houston Plastic Surgeon

Can Botox make eyebrows lower intentionally? Yes! But CAVEAT EMPTOR.

Botox used artfully can achieve many results that one person may love, and another may hate. This is why seeing an experienced, board-certified dermatologist or plastic surgeon who not only has the eye for the art, but the detailed facial anatomy training, is so valuable. Depending on the look you are going for, Botox can definitely lower or flatten the brow line, but be careful. With this also comes the INABILITY to lift them when you want to! This is a key point to be aware of,... more

Jessica J. Krant, MD, MPH
Manhattan Dermatologic Surgeon

www.ArtofDermatology.com

How Much Can Botox Lower a Brow?

Since Botox is a muscle paralyzer, the more you paralyze the muscles that lift the eyebrows, the more the eyebrows will fall. There is a limit depending on your anatomy. My advise would be to see a competent physician who does this and have him first ascertain why your eyebrows are so high. If Botox is indicated, then it is a reasonable treatment, but the exact affect cannot be guarantied ahead of time. The good and bad news is that the Botox effect lasts... more

Sam Goldberger, MD
Beverly Hills Oculoplastic Surgeon

Botox - can it lower your brow

It's almost impossible to answer this question without seeing you or examining you. A lot depends on how much skin laxity you have in your eyebrows. The position of your brows when you completely relax your forehead muscles is likely to be the effect of BOTOX. However, your question is a bit puzzling. Did you have a brow lift and want to reverse it because you feel that your brows are too high. This is a totally different problem. Dr. Cat... more

Catherine Huang-Begovic, MD
Beverly Hills Facial Plastic Surgeon

How Effective is Botox in LOWERING Eye Brows?

Botox is extremely effective in lowering and flattening eyebrows. Although the brows are partially tethered in their location above the eyes by a ligamentous attachment to the bone, their position, high or low is dictated mostly by how much extra skin and looseness exist above the brows allowing them to move and how much the forehead muscle which lifts the brows and creates furrows, the Frontalis, can and is pulling. Have a picture taken sitting, face forward, eyes closed and forehead... more

Peter A. Aldea, MD
Memphis Plastic Surgeon

Want Nicole Kidman's Sexy Eyebrows... Botox Can Lower Your Eyebrows

Hi LA, Botox can lower the eyebrows significantly, think the beautiful Nicole Kidman. Choose your injecting physician carefully. Good luck and be well...Merry Christmas. Dr. P Encino, Calif

Michael A. Persky, MD
Los Angeles Facial Plastic Surgeon

Lowering the brow with Botox

An easy way to find out how much your brows can be lowered with Botox is to take a photo of your face with your eyes closed, forehead relaxed, in a sitting position.

Peter T. Truong, MD
Fresno Oculoplastic Surgeon

www.facialsurgerydr.com

Botox may not get the job done

However, the place to start is with a personal consultation. What you are requesting is unusual but not unheard of. Over aggressive forehead lifts can create a very unnatural look to the face. Because these over correction are typically from coronal lifts, the forehead is left short of tissue to simply relax to a more natural position. For this reason, it is sometimes necessary to use a tissue expander at the time of endoscopic forehead surgery to lower the position... more

Kenneth D. Steinsapir, MD
Los Angeles Oculoplastic Surgeon

Options to lower the Brows

If you want lowering of the brows by as much as 1cm, Botox may not give you the desired result. Wheather Botox can lower the brows depends on the contribution of your forehead muscles on brow position. Only an examination can determine this. Brow-lowering foreheadplasty ("reverse browlift") is usually performed in patients who experienced too much elevation after a browlift. It is an effective procedure that does not raise the hairline but rather lower it. more

Frank P. Fechner, MD
Worcester Facial Plastic Surgeon

Can Botox Raise or Lower my Eyebrows?

Botulinum Toxin (Botox is a trade name) is a muscle weakener that can be used to weaken the muscles that raise the eyebrows (thereby lowering them) or it can be used to weaken the muscles that lower the eyebrows (thereby raising them). The effects are reasonable,reliable, safe, and effective, and last about 3 months. The injector needs to have detailed knowledge of the anatomy of the facial muscles.

Claudio DeLorenzi, MD
Toronto Plastic Surgeon

Botox works by weakening muscles

Botox works by weakening muscles. The muscle that lifts your eyebrows is called the frontalis. It is the muscle that also causes horizontal lines in your forehead. When you raise your eyebrows, the frontalis muscle is doing the work. Botox injections given to the frontalis muscle can temporally weaken or temporarily totally paralyze the frontalis muscle depending on the dose and location of the injections. If you totally paralyze the frontalis muscle... more