Will Botox Between the Brows Cause Bunny Lines?

Some patients find that by treating the glabellar region, or “11”, other muscles start to compensate for the diminished movement in that area, for example, the bunny lines region. 

The muscles in the area may be recruited to move the face.  More likely, the lines were always there, but are now more noticeable.  Botox can treat bunny lines when placed properly.  Best to seek out an experienced and well trained injector.   

Bunny lines are natural in some people. But they can also occur after a Botox injection for frown lines. There are different muscles involved in forming frown lines- the corrugator, proceris muscles between the brows. And when some people frown, the nasalis muscles are active.  In most treatment sessions for frown line, the muscles between the brows are targeted. The nasalis muscles then become more visually prominent with the appearance of the bunny lines.

If you are thinking about undergoing a Botox treatment for frown lines, a board certified specialist can let you know if you are likely to have bunny lines or not. 

Some people have bunny lines naturally and botox can help smoothen these out, while some patients only seem to get bunny lines after the glabellar muscles are injected with Botox.  The overcompensation does seem to be a reason and this can happen in the lower eyelid muscles when the crows' feet are injected, as is shown in this photograph too.

This is a terrible treatment:  Classic frozen forehead.  The goal of forehead treatment is not paralysis but brow shaping.  This is best done with the Microdroplet BOTOX method that I developed.  You can study my website for more information on this method (lidlift dot com).