Where Exactly is Botox Injected in Order to Create a Browlift?

Thank you for your question. Shaping the brows is one my favorite parts of using Botox. It requires a very detailed understanding of the underlying anatomy as well as assessing each individual while they are animating their brows. By carefully placing Botox in the muscles that depress the brow, you can cause the brow to rest and relax in a lifted position. There are limits to how much you can lift, and for some surgery is better option. Incorrect assessment or placement can also lead to the reverse effect, so overall technique is critical. You can also shape the brow different. For example, you can raise the tail of the brow vs creating a raised arched brow vs creating a raised horizontal brow. It depends on the individual's desired brow aesthetic goals. I would consider this a very advanced technique so I would query your injector on their experience in this area.
As far as how many units may be needed, this also depends on which part of the brow you want to correct. For the inner brows, you may consider ~20 units (same as the frown line treatment). For the middle or outer brow, I generally use up to 5 units on each side.
You may also want to consider adding fillers to shape and raise the brow. Combining the two products can work synergistically together.

Thanks for your question.
 You can lift the tail of the eyebrow  by injection of Botox in the group of muscles that lower the eyebrow. When that muscle is temporary deactivated, it allows the eyebrow to lift and rest in a more youthful better position. It is one of my favorite part of Botx/Dysport treatment. 
Hope this was helpful.

Properly speaking, mere injection of Botox cannot give a patient a "brow lift".  A brow lift is a surgical procedure that transects the key ligaments that tether the soft tissues of the brow to the underlying bony architecture of the skull, then physically elevates the soft tissues of the brow to the ideal aesthetic level, then fixates the soft tissues of the brow in this new ideal position, so that the internal scar tissue formed by the healing of these tissues can maintain them in their proper position.  In our clinic, we perform brow lifts endoscopically, and fixate the elevated tissues with a bioabsorbable device called an endotine.Injection of Botox cannot do any of the things described above. The most that injection of Botox can achieve is a moderate, and temporary, elevation or reshaping of portions of the brow. It achieves this by weakening the vectors of pull of the muscles into which it is injected.  So, for instance, if one injects Botox into the segment of the orbicularis oculi muscle that exerts a downward pull on a portion of the brow, one can achieve a mild elevation or relaxation of that segment of the brow.  Alternatively, if one weakens the medial portions of the frontalis muscles with Botox, while leaving the lateral portions of the frontalis muscles untouched, one can generate a differential in the strength and direction of the upward traction of these broad muscles on the brow, and create different degrees of arching of the brow, or elevation of the tail of the brow.  It will generally take an entire week before the maximal effect of these Botox injections can be observed, and the aesthetic effect can last between three and six months, although generally closer to the shorter range of this spectrum.  While the effect of Botox utilized in this manner can be aesthetically useful, it in no way can compare to the power, artistic flexibility, and longevity of an endoscopic brow lift in elevating and shaping the brow. 

Botox can be used in many different ways to manipulate the brow position. In most patients, a slightly higher brow position is desirable in order to create a more youthful appearance. The muscles around the brows work in different ways to affect the position of the brow.
The frontalis muscle is the large sheet of muscle in the forehead that elevates the brow and creates the horizontal forehead lines that occur when you raise your brows. The corrugator and procerus muscles are located in the glabella area between the eyebrows and work to create frown lines, "11" lines, and bring the brows down and toward the middle. Finally, the orbicularis oculi muscles are circular muscles around the eyes that help to close and squint the eyes. They also tend to constrict when you smile, and when they contract, they cause the crow's feet lines and tend to bring the brow down (particularly the lateral or outer portion of the brow).
By relaxing the muscles that bring the brow down (those in the glabella area and crow's feet areas) with Botox, the brow position can be elevated slightly. Keep in mind that the results are generally subtle and not as dramatic as a surgical brow lift, but can make for a very nice improvement in many patients.
All the best,

This is all about balance. There are muscles that depress the brow (corrugators, orbicularis and procerus) and there are muscles that lift the brow (frontalis). You can google images of all of these.
Please watch the video. I try to explain and show why and where we inject.
So we use botox to paralyze the muscles that depress the brow and this then allows the brow elevators to compensate and give a slight elevation. 
Hope this helps.
Best of luck,
DrC

We can lift the brows by weakening the muscles that pull down on the brow.There are five depressors of the eyebrow:1) procerus (muscle the pulls down on the brows, creating a horizontal crease at the top of the nose2) R and L corrugator (muscles that pull the brows inward and downward, creating the 11 lines)3) R and L obicularis oculi (muscle that encircles the eye, allowing it to close tightly)To lift the medial part of the brow, inject the glabella, procerus, and corrugators (also know as the glabella).  To lift the lateral aspect of the brow, inject the ocibularis oculi.  This can be done above the brow or below it, since the muscle stretches encircles the eye and often extends above the brow.

The position of your brow is determined by two groups of muscles Muscles that lift the eyebrow and muscles that lower the eyebrow. In order to get a brow lift, Botox must be injected into the muscles that lower the eyebrow. These muscles are located in the area of the crow’s feet. Injecting into these muscles weaken the muscles that lower the eyebrow, thus allowing the muscles that pull the brow up to work better. The net effect is a subtle lift of the eyebrow. There are different techniques to accomplish this effect. One such technique is to inject in the outermost tail of the eyebrow. There are many variations of this technique. Consult with a Board Certified Plastic Surgeon to discuss which technique is best for you.

That is correct, Botox is injected in the crows foot area to lift the tail of the brow. It is injected more superficially than other areas and should be done by an expert injector. Botox is a muscle paralyzing substance that is injected into or near facial muscles by a doctor or nurse injector to weaken or prevent it from working for a period of months.It may seem counter-intuitive that paralyzing facial muscles can lift your brow, but this is exactly how Botox works. Our faces have muscles that pull in opposing directions, so in the case of the brow the idea is to paralyze the muscles that pull downward while leaving the ones that lift the brow untouched.

There are two zones that normally pull down on the forehead. If we prevent this contraction, than the opposing muscle groups of the forehead help lift up the eyebrows and forehead skin. One area is the upper outer Crows feet area in the tail of the eyebrow and the other is the glabella, between the eyebrows.

The outer portions of the eye muscles (crow's feet area) pull down the brow when forcibly contracted or squeezed. By injecting them with Botulinum toxin, it can weaken or limit this effect creatin the appearance of a brow lift.