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I Have a Deep Horizontal Wrinkle on Both Sides of my Chin. Can Botox Help?

asked 1 year ago by Butz in Asheville, NC
Latest answer by Francis R. Palmer, III, MD
Question viewed 733 times
Tags: age 65-74, chin, wrinkles, deep, horizontal

I am 65 and have no other wrinkles that bother me. My skin is fairly smooth otherwise and I am frequently taken for my mid 40s.

12 answers to I Have a Deep Horizontal Wrinkle on Both Sides of my Chin. Can Botox Help?

Horizontal Wrinkle on Sides of Chin?

Hi Butz. Based on your short desreiption only, you would most likely be a good candidate for a dermal filler such as Radiesse, Perlane, Juvederm or Restylane. We would use the location of the line, it's depth and the proximity to the jowls to determine which filler to use, but often in the chin, we prefer Perlane or Radiesse.

Harold J. Kaplan, MD
Los Angeles Facial Plastic Surgeon

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Sure, you can have some Botox injected very superficially to that area and see how much the wrinkle is reduced. You may want to start out with half an area of Botox split between both sides.

Francis R. Palmer, III, MD
Beverly Hills Facial Plastic Surgeon

Treating horizontal chin lines

I believe that your horizontal wrinkle lines might respond well to an injection of a filling material such as Juvederm or your own body fat. Juvederm is quick and easy and is not a surgical procedure. Fat grafting is an injection procedure, but more of a surgical one, meaning more possibility of bruising and a slightly longer recuperation period. Thus, for your first experience, I would recommend trying out a filler like Juvederm and go from there.

Deason Dunagan, MD
Huntsville Plastic Surgeon

Botox for deep wrinkles on the chin

Generally deep folds on the chin are usually best treated with fillers such as Juvederm, Resylane or Perlane. Botox is for wrinkles cause by movement of facial muscles.

Dina D. Strachan, MD
New York Dermatologist

Botox usually is not good for deep horizontal lines of the chin

Fillers are usually much better than botox injections for deeply set lines or creases that run horizontally on the chin. Botox is used for dimpling in the chin or to lift the corners of a mouth that have started to droop by injecting the depressor anguli oris at the jawbone behind the line of the chin, but this is not expected to help most horizontal lines. Of course, your situation needs to be identified by an examination before someone could comment on your treatment.

Ronald Shelton, MD
Manhattan Dermatologist

Botox for Deep Horizontal Wrinkles of the Chin

Minute amounts of Botox may improve deep horizontal wrinkles of the chin, but Botox is best for thr treatment of lines of animation. These depressions are usually present without facial movement and therefore are more effectively improved with Radiesse ( filler) injections to change chin contour.

Richard W. Fleming, MD
Beverly Hills Facial Plastic Surgeon

Horizontal Chin Lines Might Be Better Treated With Filler

Horizontal lines in the chin area are often deeply etched, and the skin tends to be thick. I have had good success treating these lines with Radiesse, concomitantly subcizing the tethering of the deep dermis with the needle. Radiesse gives better support of the dermis here than does Restylane or Juvederm. Botox, often with a filler, works well for the vertical marionette lines from the corners of the mouth, as well as for the dimpling, or "orange peel" look of the chin... more

James Bartels, MD
Manchester Facial Plastic Surgeon

Deep wrinkles in the area about the chin usually need a combination of Botox and fillers.

These deep wrinkles in men are typically deeply "etched" and do best with "combi" treatment. We typically will inject the area with a very small amount of Botox and then wait two weeks to see what effect if any we get. We then come back and inject either Radiesse or silicone because it takes a denser filler than Radiesse or Juvederm to really hold the dermis up. The rational is to quiet the muscle first and then do the fill. This allows the filler to have... more

Nathan Mayl, MD
Fort Lauderdale Plastic Surgeon

Chin Wrinkles and Botox

Yes Botox could help. I usually inject Botox on the lateral sides of the chin (just few units to avoid a depression of the corners of the mouth) first, then about 1 week later I may inject some fillers like Juvederm if need be.

Henri P. Gaboriau, MD
Seattle Facial Plastic Surgeon

Horizontal wrinkles of the chin may be treated with botox or fillers

Horizontal wrinkles of the chin may be treated with botox or fillers. Since it sounds like they are in an unuaual location they are probably due to muscle contraction and then botox would be a better treatment.

Edward Lack, MD
Chicago Dermatologist

Treatment for Deep Wrinkles on the Chin

Facial fillers such as Radiesse, Restylane, or Juvederm are usually much more effective treatments than Botox for deep wrinkles on the chin. see video

Mitchell Schwartz, MD
South Burlington Dermatologic Surgeon

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Botox does not help for deep static wrinkles

Botox acts by relaxing muscles of facial expression. If the wrinkle treated is smoothed away when the face is relaxed, Botox may be helpful. If it is present when the face is relaxed, Botox will not help smooth it away. The wrinkles and folds on the lower face are normally caused by volume loss both in the area and in the upper face. If the soft tissue, fat and bone of the areas above the wrinkle thin out, the skin that was normally smooth and firm over those areas,... more