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Is It Possible to Use Restylane Only for Frown Lines? Not Botox?
asked 1 year ago by Angharad in Oslo, 12
Latest answer by Kris M. Reddy, MD, FACS
Question viewed 722 times
Tags: age 25-34, botox alternatives, frown lines
I've had the misfortune of having a permanent frown line between my eyebrows - when frowning AND relaxing - since the age of 22. Seven years later I finally decided to try botox, and had an injection four days ago. While I enjoy seeing my smooth brow, the injection has not completely erased the frown line, and I don't like my stiff, funny expression when I try to raise my eyebrows and only the edges are elevated. When the botox has worn off, can I get an effect from restylane only?
12 answers to Is It Possible to Use Restylane Only for Frown Lines? Not Botox?
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Only for Frown Lines?
While restylane can be injected by itself for frown lines, botox is the treatment of first choice for frown lines. Restylane is sometimes used in combination for deeper lines. This treatment should only be done by an experienced and expert injector due to the risks.
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Yes, Restylane only for a glabellar line works, BUT..reconsider the Botox pattern.
Sounds like you did have some significant Botox placement in your forehead area, but if you had it placed JUST for the vertical frown line between your brows, it should not affect the raising of the eyebrows at all (causing that outer winging), IF done properly.
Fillers like Restylane and Juvederm for sure can be done alone, and there is no problem with that, except that the effect is not as long lasting since you re-crease the area multiple times a day and push the filler away. I...
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Can I use just Restylane or Juvederm for frown lines?
Hi Ang. While it is possible to use just Restylane or Juvederm for this area, we do not inject fillers until after we have injected Botox. In many cases the frown lines resolve and no fillers are needed. In other cases, we do need the filler, but much less so than before the Botox. We would suggest trying the Botox first.
See the pictures for the deep frown line at the link below.
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Botox vs. Juvederm or Restylane for forehead lines
Fillers do not work as well as botox for feadhead lines because as the muscle continues to move the skin continues to crease when Juvederm or Restylane are used but botox makes the skin muscles relax.
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Restylane for the Medial Brow Frown Lines
Restylane or Juvederm can work in this area.....but I caution you to have someone who understands the anatomy well.
The supra-orbital vein, artery and nerve are near the injection site. Make sure that you have someone who understands this anatomy well.
it is important to remember that the mechanism of how Bo-tox works is by relaxing the muscles at the muscle nerve junction. If a frown line has been present for many years it may take a number of injections over time t
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Cynthia Boxrud, MD
Santa Monica Oculoplastic Surgeon
Santa Monica Oculoplastic Surgeon
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Is It Possible to Use Restylane Only for Frown Lines? Not Botox?
Sure but the muscle action can still cause the eleven's. Botox paralyzes vs Restylane fills furrows. Discuss in detail with your chosen injector. From MIAMI Dr. Darryl J. Blinski, 305 598 0091
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Frown lines
Usually frown lines are treated best with either botox or dysport. Fillers can help in some regions but an exam would be necessary to assess this.
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Botox vs. Restylane for Frown Lines
When is comes to frown lines, Botox works better for most people. It is possible to reduce the frown lines without dramatically affecting the ability to raise the eyebrows. Eyebrow motion is affected with reduction of the transverse forehead wrinkles because both depend on the motion of the frontalis muscle. The frown lines are caused by a different muscle and with careful use, you should be able to relieve your frown lines and maintain eyebrow elevation.
I most often use Restylane...
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Joseph Mele, MD
Walnut Creek Plastic Surgeon
Walnut Creek Plastic Surgeon
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Botox is first line treatment for frown lines
Because the cause of the furrow between the eyebrows is a hyperactive muscle, treatments that relax it (Botox or Dysport) are the most effective. An experienced and careful injector can adjust the techique so you won't have the funny expression (you don't need to have a "patented" procedure for this.) There are some patients who have had the furrow for so long that it becomes etched into the skin, in which case the addition of a filler is helpful, but fillers typically...
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Filling the glabellar lines in a high risk procedure.
Dear Angharad
Not all BOTOX procedures freeze the forehead. Take a look at my website and read about my patented Microdroplet BOTOX method.
Can hyaluronic acid fillers like Restylane be used to fill the glabellar lines? The answer is yes but this is an advance technique. The reason for this is this area is also one where injection with Restylane as resulted in skin necrosis from damage to the blood vessels in this area. This type of circulatory...
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Restylane for frown lines
Ideally, Botox is treatment of choice for frown lines above the eyebrows. There are risks with Restylane used in this area so only an experienced physician should do this. I prefer that you have Botox but maybe with some adjustment in technique since you should be able to get a very pleasing result.
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Restylane and Botox combination often best for frown lines
Restylane may sometimes be used alone to erase glabellar frown lines, but Botox is still the king in this area. You seem to be experiencing what many patients do... improvement, but not total resolution, with Botox to the glabellar area. While dynamic lines (lines in motion) are relaxed well with Botox, static lines (lines at rest) often need an additional filler above and beyond the Botox treatment.
I find that Restylane alone works okay, Botox alone works better, and the...
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Chad L. Prather, MD
Baton Rouge Dermatologist
Baton Rouge Dermatologist
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