What is a "Botox lift" or "Botox Brow Lift"?

While Botox can make the brow droop, it can also cause an elevation of the brow. There are several muscle groups which work to move the brow. There are a set which moves the brows up and a set which moves the brows down. By selectively injecting the muscles which move the brow down, there is unopposed action... more

All parts of our bodies are supplied by muscle groups that work in opposition to each other for complete and proper function. In the arm, for example, we have the biceps muscles to flex the elbow and triceps muscles to extend the elbow. In the forehead as well, there are muscles that elevate the brow and... more

Botox Cosmetic works by paralyzing the targeted muscles. With respect to the brow region, there are muscles that act to "pull down" the brows (the "depressors"), and muscles that "lift up" the brows. With this in mind, specific muscle groups that "pull down" the brows... more

In physiology, we term the actions of muscles to be agonist and antagonist muscles. This refers to the results of the muscle contraction. Certain muscles play "tug-of-war" with areas of the face. Examples include: The corner of the mouth: Muscles lift the corner in a... more

The Botox Brow-Lift  is a technique that good plastic surgeons uses all the time.  The frontalis and obicularis oculi muscles are "antagonistic muscle pairs" for eyebrow position - when one contracts the other relaxes - changing the eyebrow position. The skill part of injecting botox is... more

Botox can be used to achieve a 'chemical brow lift'. There are antagonistic muscles in the face/brow that work in balance to adjust the brow position. If one appropriately injects the opposing muscles in the correct positions, one can achieve a 'brow lift'.   The frontalis muscle can be injected in... more

This allows your muscles that elevate your eyebrows to work with less inhibition. This is how the Botox brow lift works. Botox weakens the muscles between your eyes and around your eyes to allow the frontalis muscle to lift the eyebrows up more. It takes experience to do this but knowing where to put the botox... more

Droopy eyebrows can sometimes be improved by the administration of Botox Cosmetic into antagonistic muscles such as the lateral orbicularis oculi. This produces a slight elevation in eyebrow position.

The lateral orbicularis muscle (muscle around the eyes involved with squinting) is a depressor of the lateral brow.  Paralyzing this portion of the muscle allows the brow elevators to have a greater effect on brow position.

Botox if injected properly can often create a chemical brow lift in most patients. Botox acts by weakening the muscles that cause frowning and scowling. If botox is used to treat the depressor muscles of the forehead that cause scowling or frowning and the other forehead muscles on the side are left alone,... more