What Areas of my Face Can I Get Botox Injected? Doctor Answers, Tips

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Areas for Botox in the Face

Even though botox is only FDA approved for cosmetic treatment of the frown (Glabellar) lines, it is commonly used throughout the face for many cosmetic effects. Most common uses are to treat horizontal lines on the forehead or the crow’s feet. This should also help give you a more rested and refreshed look. Some experienced doctors can also inject around the lips, lower eyelids, the bands in the neck, "bunny lines" on the nose, around the chin, in the... more

Daniel Yamini, MD
Los Angeles Plastic Surgeon

www.sunsetcosmeticsurgery.com

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Where does Botox work on the face?

Botox is only FDA approved for injection between the eyes (the "11" lines). But it is fairly standard for it to be injected in the following areas: Between the eyes Crow's feet at outside of eyes Forehead Upper lip There may be other areas of the face and neck that are injected at other practices, but we stick to these areas.

Harold J. Kaplan, MD
Los Angeles Facial Plastic Surgeon

www.celibre.com

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Botox is best indicated for the forehead, crow's feet, and the glabells ("11 lines")

Thank you for your question. Botox is best and most often used for forehead wrinkles, crow's feet lines around the eyes, and the "11 lines" between the eyebrows. Botox has been safely used in these areas by many practitioners for many years, and I would say that the vast majority of experience has been in these 3 areas. There are other areas and uses for Botox also. including: 1. "Bunny lines" on the sides of the nose 2. Gummy smile reduction 3. Nasal... more

Don Mehrabi, MD
Beverly Hills Dermatologist

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Experience counts in Botox injection technique

Botox is a safe medication administered for cosmetic improvement of wrinkles. In this particular case where you complain of diffuse wrinkling, you may not be a candidate for Botox as your skin may be photoaged. The proper treatment may be to improve skin resiliency and quality.

Raffy Karamanoukian, MD
Los Angeles Plastic Surgeon

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Botox can be used on various areas of the face, ranging...

Botox can be used on various areas of the face, ranging from the forehead to the frown lines between the eyes and the crows feet. In my practice, I also use it on the lips (smokers lines) and occasionally on the chin area for people who tend to dimple their chins. It is an incredibly useful tool and, in the right hands, can accentuate the eyes and make them look much more attractive. While most people out there do a limited amount of Botox, if you go to someone who is an expert, they will... more

Joel Schlessinger, MD
Omaha Dermatologist

www.LovelySkin.com

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For aesthetic purposes, BOTOX Cosmetic is...

For aesthetic purposes, BOTOX® Cosmetic is FDA-approved for the treatment of glabella lines (frown lines between the eyebrows) and is also commonly used to prevent or treat horizontal lines on the forehead and crow’s feet around the eyes. Using my advanced knowledge of facial anatomy, I am also able to perform BOTOX® Cosmetic treatments into less common sites to create a mini-browlift, reduce lip lines, relax vertical neck muscle bands, or to aesthetically improve other... more

Jonathan Hoenig, MD
Beverly Hills Oculoplastic Surgeon

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Where can you use Botox

I like Botox for the upper face and think it does very well. Common locations are between the eyebrows, in the forehead and in "Crow's Feet". Less commonly injected areas include the DOA (depressor anguli oris- a muscle that causes you to frown) and in bands in the neck. I am not a fan of Botox in the wrinkles around the mouth. When people have had this they often look like they've had a stroke. Botox is an excellent medication and can do... more

John Bitner, MD
Salt Lake City Facial Plastic Surgeon

www.drjohnbitner.com

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Botox for newbies

Botox, is a great drug, but unfortunately, it doesn't quite work as a wrinkle eraser. If you are a Botox virgin, I would recommend most strongly to choose an experienced qualified injector. He or she will be able to assess your face and discuss your options in details. It is usually more important to assess what you want to improve, and then decide what you will use to achieve this improvement. In general, however, Botox works great for improvement of vertical lines between the eyebrows,... more

Stella Desyatnikova, MD
Seattle Facial Plastic Surgeon

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Where Botox can be injected in the face

The answer varies from physician to physician. However, the three most common areas are the glabella, the crow's feet, and the forehead.

Kris M. Reddy, MD, FACS
West Palm Beach Plastic Surgeon

www.drkrisreddy.com

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What Areas of my Face can Botox be Injected...

Botox is an excellent FDA approved treatment and very commonly used. Most patients request Botox for the wrinkles between the eyes, on the forehead, and at the crow's feet. For your laugh lines around the mouth, a filler like Juvederm or Radiesse would be more appropriate. Botox lasts about 4 months and is very effective. If the wrinkles are deep on the cheek or around the mouth, then laser resurfacing may be the best procedures. Be sure to consult with an... more

Andrew Miller, MD
Edison Facial Plastic Surgeon

www.associatesinplasticsurgery.com

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Botox uses.

The only FDA approved location for Botox injections is between the eyebrows. All other areas are considered off-label, so legal but not FDA approved.In some areas besides the glabella, Botox can potentially help treat lines in the brow, between the eyes, crows feet on the side of the eyes, nasal lines "bunnylines", dimpling of the chin, and has select uses to enhance the corners of the mouth. Other cosmetic off label uses of botox include brow... more

Philip Solomon, MD
Toronto Facial Plastic Surgeon

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Botox Injection Sites

Botox is only FDA approved for Glabeller lines (the ones between the brows caused by corregator muscle movement). However, Botox is often used off label in the forehead and around the crows feet. If you go to an advanced injector (and only an experienced advanced injector), Botox can be used off label for in the nasalis for the nose "bunny lines", upper lip for vertical lip lines, mentalis for the orange peel chin, platysmal bands in the neck, or in the armpit,... more

Grant Stevens, MD
Los Angeles Plastic Surgeon

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What areas on the face can have Botox

The only FDA approved location for Botox injections is between the eyebrows. All other areas are considered off-label, so legal but not FDA approved.In some areas besides the glabella, Botox can be used to weaken the muscle but likely will not eliminate the wrinkles. If you have wrinkles in the relaxed position, those wrinkles will not disappear as Botox works for wrinkles upon animation.

Julio Garcia, MD
Las Vegas Plastic Surgeon

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Botox works for expression lines in the face.

Botox works best in the upper face, predominantly the glabella, forehead, and around the eyes. Deeper wrinkles need fillers to correct, like the deep lines around the mouth. Very superficial lines around the mouth and texture of the skin are best being treated by fillers and lasers.

Michele S. Green, MD
New York Dermatologist

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Botox and dysport for the face

Botox and dysport can be used in many areas of the face and neck, although only a few of the areas are approved. It can help with any lines that are due to muscle movements. Forehead, area between the eyes (11 or 111 lines), lines on the nose, crows feet, smoker's lines around the mouth and cheeks, jaw lines, and neck line can all be made better. A subtle jaw and side of the neck can also be achieved.

Gary Goldenberg, MD
New York Dermatologist

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Botox can help most wrinkles that come from facial expression

Some people get a lot of wrinkles because they are very expressive: raising their eyebrows or frowning when they concentrate or listen to others, furrowing their brow in deep thought or concern, crinkling their eyelids when they smile or laugh, pursing their lips in a habitual pout. Skillful use of Botox, Dysport or Xeomin can help soften those lines by relaxing the appropriate muscles. An experienced physician can do this without leaving someone looking unnatural or... more

Margaret Weiss, MD
Baltimore Dermatologist

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Facial locations

While you may think Botox is the ultimate wrinkle remover, it cannot be used entirely everywhere on the face. It’s most common locations are the areas with muscle movement such as the glabella, the area between your eyebrows, as well as crow’s feet and the forehead. If used in other locations it may create an undesired result, for instance a potential frown or unevenness to the mouth. For thin, finer lines fillers or laser resurfacing should be utilized. more

Yael Halaas, MD
Manhattan Facial Plastic Surgeon

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Botox may soften square shaped face/jawline in women

In addition to the main uses and injection sites described, Botox may be injected in the masseter muscle area, helping to soften the 'square jawline' appearance in many women. I also like to use it to raise the tip of the nose, by injecting a small amount at the base of the nose. When doing Botox injection to the crows feet area, I inject it around the lateral aspect of the eyes, but also immediately below the eye, close to the eyelid plate, in order to minimize the lines inferiorly,... more

Leyda Elizabeth Bowes, MD
Miami Dermatologic Surgeon

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Botox and wrinkles

Botox acts to paralyzed the underlying facial muscles leading to improvement of wrinkles. Hence, not all skin wrinkles can be treated by Botox. For example jowls and skin damaged skin will not respond to Botox. Furtherrmore, one must be cautious to use Botox for the perioral wrinkled skin as the treatment may temporarily produce an irregular smile and asymmetric lip movement.

Chen Lee, MD
Montreal Plastic Surgeon

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Where Does Botox Work

Botox works for dynamic wrinkles. In other words, Botox works for wrinkles caused by muscle motion, not wrinkles associate with gravity or sagging skin or loss of soft tissue. As a result, Botox works best for frown lines (a.k.a. glabellar furrows... the area between your eyebrows), crows' feet (a.k.a. periorbital wrinkles), and horizontal forehead lines. Deep lines between your cheeks and lips, fine lines around the mouth, and sagging cheeks are best managed with other techniques like... more

Andrew Kaufman, MD
Los Angeles Dermatologic Surgeon

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Botox doesn't work for all types of wrinkles

Botox is a neurotoxin that works by relaxing the muscles of facial expression that cause the skin to fold. If your wrinkles are not caused by muscle movement, as in the case of nasolabial folds ( folds on either side of the mouth that are caused by volume loss), Botox will unlikely make a difference. Botox is only FDA approved for the "frown lines" or glabellar lines (between the eyebrows) but is commonly used off label for other types of wrinkles such as... more

Dina D. Strachan, MD
New York Dermatologist

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The FDA has approved Botox only for the glabella for cosmetic use, but?

Botox is used in many facial areas depending on the injectors experience: Most frequently between the eyebrows in the Glabellar Forehead Crows feet Bunny lines at the root of the nose Carefully in the fine wrinkles about the mouth In the superficial muscle of the neck (platysma) to reduce up and down neck wrinkles And less frequently to decrease the size of the Masseter muscle in a broad face. Dr. Mayl Fort Lauderdale

Nathan Mayl, MD
Fort Lauderdale Plastic Surgeon

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Botox is approved for forehead lines, but has many other uses

The crow's feet area respond well to botox. Also neck muscle lines (platysma) are sometimes treated. The upper lip - so-called smokers lines can be treated, but care must be taken to avoid weakening the lip muscle. Non cosmetic uses can include reduction of armpit sweating, and minimize onset of migraines. Deeper lines are best treated by other means, such as injectible fillers - Radiesse, Juvederm, Sculptra etc. or surgically such as various lift... more

Christopher J. Peers, MD
South Bend Facial Plastic Surgeon

www.peerscosmetic.com

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Areas of Face that can be injected with Botox

Botox is typically most effective for forehead lines, lines between the eyebrows and crow’s feet lines.

Michael Sullivan, MD
Columbus Facial Plastic Surgeon

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Entire face wrinkled--Botox may not be the best answer.

Since Botox and Dysport work to paralyze muscles of expression, you can't use Botox where you still want to have the ability to animate your face. Do you need to frown? Probably not, so this is the most common area of use, and the first area that Botox was FDA approved for use. Crows feet around your eyes--you still need to be able to blink, so thee can be reduced, but not completely eliminated. And so on. But if your entire face is wrinkled, you may need additional... more

Richard H. Tholen, MD, FACS
Minneapolis Plastic Surgeon

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Botox against wrinkles

Botox relaxes hyperactive muscles and can give your face a positive expression. Take care to select a experienced dermatologist.

Robert Kasten, MD
Mainz Dermatologic Surgeon

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Botox - where to inject

You should definitely talk to whomever you go to about this - they will need to do a complete evaluation of your whole face to see where BOTOX will help your wrinkles, or where you may need something more invasive like surgery. BOTOX is only FDA approved for treatment in the glabella (the 11) but it is routinely used off label in the forehead, crows feet, and bunny lines. Dr. Cat Begovic M.D.

Catherine Huang-Begovic, MD
Beverly Hills Facial Plastic Surgeon

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Botox is best suited for the muscles in the upper third of the face.

Botox works best on the wrinkles caused by the muscles that make you frown, squint, etc. It is an excellent non-surgical option for the wrinkles of the forehead, around the eyes (crows feet), and in between the eyebrows (glabella).

Peter Schmid, DO
Longmont Facial Plastic Surgeon

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Botox or Dysport Uses

I commonly use Botox or Dysport to treat: forehead lines brow furrows crows feet neck bands droopy lips lip wrinkles

Jose M. Soler-Baillo, MD
Miami Plastic Surgeon

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Ideal Areas For Botox and Wrinkles on the Face

Hi, Botox works best on dynamic wrinkle lines. In other words, wrinkles that are caused by muscle movement. The most common areas are the forehead, the frown area, and crows feet. Other areas are for bunny lines when you scrunch your nose, small amounts to the lines around your mouth when your purse your lips, and to the edges of your chin which pull your smile down. Some of these areas must be done by an experienced practitioner since they are advanced... more

Grace Liu, MD
Newport Beach Dermatologic Surgeon

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Botulinum relaxes all muscles!

Botox Cosmetic & Dysport both work to relax muscles by temporarily limiting voluntary and involuntary contractions. So, any muscle related wrinkles or dynamic lines on your face will relax with an appropriate amount of Botox. Typically, the areas best treated include forehead furrows, frown lines, crows feet, nasal bunny lines, and upper lip lines. In select patients, I also like to treat the corners of the mouth to keep them from... more

Randolph Capone, MD
Baltimore Facial Plastic Surgeon

www.baltimorefaces.com

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Botox® around the eyes

Botox is usued most often for the frown lines between the eyes, crows' feet lines, and forehead lines.

Mario Loomis, MD
Middletown Plastic Surgeon

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Botox for facial wrinkles

BOTOX® can safely be used between the brows to eliminate frown lines, in the forehead to treat horizontal forehead lines, in the eye area to lift eyebrows, around the eyes to soften crows feet, in the lip area to minimize smokers lines and can also add fullness to lips and turn up the corners of the mouth. BOTOX® can also be used in the neck area to treat neck bands and tighten jaw line area, and the nose to eliminate tip depression. Botox is wonderful but it is not the answer to... more

Michael Law, MD
Raleigh-Durham Plastic Surgeon

michaellawmd.com

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Areas of the face most suited for Botox injections

While most muscles of the face could theoretically be injected with Botox, the results in some areas may be worse than the wrinkles. An example of this might be indiscriminate use around the mouth which might give the appearance of a stroke victim. The only area for Botox injections which is FDA approved is between the brows in the region called the glabella. However, very common treatment areas of the face, in addition to the glabella, is the forehead and the area between... more

Roger J. Oldham, MD
Bethesda Plastic Surgeon

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Botox works for expression lines

It can be tempting to ask for Botox all over where you see lines, but it is really only effective where the lines are caused by clear active pulling of muscles under the skin. Thin, fine lines elsewhere should be treated by other modalities (fillers, peels, laser resurfacing or surgery).

Jessica J. Krant, MD, MPH
Manhattan Dermatologic Surgeon

www.ArtofDermatology.com

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Facial botox

Botox is typically used in the upper face whereas fillers are used in the lower face:nasolabial lines. Typically the areas treated with boyox are the frown , forehead,crows feet, nasal bunny lines, lip lines,and neck bands. Sometimes you need to add a filler to this area as well.

Joanne Lopes, MD
Virginia Beach Plastic Surgeon

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Botox for facial lines and wrinkles

Botox is used in the upper, mid and lower face regions. The only area that it is FDA approved to be used is between the eyes in the frown area called the glabella. All other areas, although they have been well documented in our journals are called "off-label." Common areas treated include the forehead, glabella, crows feet around the eyes, bunny lines on the nose, around the mouth for lip lines, in the jawline for downturned mouth, in the chin for chin... more

Shawn Allen, MD
Boulder Dermatologist

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Areas I treat with Botox

In my practice, like most physicians, I treat the glabella (the furrow between the brows when you' re angry), the forehead and the crows feet. I also, depending on the patient will treat with very, very small amounts around the mouth. Some women, when focusing on something will pull the corners of the mouth down slightly and that can be treated with botox. Also, some women complain of the fine lines on the upper lip ("kissing lines") and they can be softened with a little... more

Thomas B. Lintner, MD
Atlanta Plastic Surgeon

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Treating wrinkles with Botox

Botox works by weakening the facial muscles of expression. When a specific muscle causes a wrinkle than treating that muscle will make that wrinkle dissipate. Some facial wrinkles are not caused the excess muscle movement, those creases can not be treated with Botox, but they might respond to treatment with a filler. The most common areas of treatment with Botox is frown lines, smile lines and forehead lines. In addition Botox can be used to treat some lip lines when... more

Boris M. Ackerman, MD
Newport Beach Plastic Surgeon

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Botox for wrinkles

Botox is designed to treat those wrinkles that are related to muscle movement as the botox works by relaxing the muscle. It will not help those lines that are from deep sundamage such as the mid cheek. Treatment of lines on the lower cheek near the mouth or lip could cause unwanted side effects such as problems smiling, eating and speaking. Botox is commonly and safely done on the forehead horizontal lines, glabellar creases between the eyebrows, and when carefully done can help lift... more

Ronald Shelton, MD
Manhattan Dermatologist

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Botox or Dysport for dynamic wrinkles

Both Botox and Dysport are FDA approved medical grade botulinum toxins that work by relaxing facial muscles that tend to be contracted involuntarily on forehead and crows feet areas. In the hands of an experienced board certified dermatologist or plastic surgeon, Botox or Dysport can be used to raise eyebrows, minimize bunny lines on nose, lift corners of mouth, reduce masseter muscles to sharpen facial contours along lower half of the face, reduce sweating among other more advanced... more

William Ting, MD
Bay Area Dermatologic Surgeon

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Areas treated with Botox

Botox is usually best suited for treating forehead lines and the crows foot area. As a general rule, fillers with hyaluronic acid work best around the mouth area.

Deason Dunagan, MD
Huntsville Plastic Surgeon

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Upper face best for botox, lower face for fillers

Botox, like Dysport, works for wrinkles caused by hyperactive muscles such as crow's feet, the vertical lines between the eyebrows, and the horizontal lines on the forehead. There are some uses for it in the lower face but these are not as common. Most of the wrinkles in the lower face are best helped by dermal fillers such as Restylane or Juvederm. And of course sometimes a peel with laser or TCA is the way to go.

Richard Baxter, MD
Seattle Plastic Surgeon

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Wrinkles that Botox will help

Botox treats wrinkles that are caused by repetitive muscle movements, for example the lines between the eyebrows that appear when we frown. Botox is injected into the muscle that makes the wrinkle, relaxing the muscle so it cannot make the line. That allows the skin to smooth out and the line goes away. However, sometimes the line is so deep that it doesn't go away right away. It may take several months of maintaining that muscle relaxation for the skin to get smooth, or you may need to have... more

Jordana Gilman, MD
New York Dermatologic Surgeon

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Botox for the face

Botox is safe to use in many areas of the face but it will not get rid of all wrinkles. Common areas of treatment are the forehead lines, the mid-glabella lines (11 lines), and crow's feet. I have used it on platysma bands in the neck, fine lip lines, high nasolabial lines, and for hypertrophic masseter muscles on the side of the jaw.

Steven Wallach, MD
Manhattan Plastic Surgeon

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Botox or Dysport does not work for every facial wrinkle

As a facial plastic surgeon I evaluate eveyone's face individually and discuss what option are available. Sometimes that includes Botox/Dysport, sometimes that includes surgery or several other treatments. I perform about 35-50 facelifts each month and am in the top 1% in the country for Botox so I have a vast experience in both surgical and non-surgical treatments. I think it is important to go to a doctor who has extensive experience in BOTH areas so that you can get the most well-... more

Robert F. Gray, MD
Bay Area Facial Plastic Surgeon

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Areas for injecting BOTOX

BOTOX can be injected in many areas of the face for great and safe results. The most common area treated is the frown complex, but the horizontal forehead lines and lines around the eyes ("Crows feet") are commonly treated too. Less commonly, the corners of the mouth can be injected, as well as smoker's lines around the lips, a dimpled chin, or bunny lines on the nose. Even the neck and jawline ("Nefertiti lift") can be treated.

Benjamin Barankin, MD
Toronto Dermatologic Surgeon

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Facial areas where Botox is best suited, safe or effective

Botox acts by causing paralysis of the area of the muscle into which it has been injected. It therefore can smooth lines caused by hyperactive facial muscles. Botox beautifully smooths the Crows' feet lines at the outer corner of the eyes, forehead lines, base of the nose "11 lines" and Bunny Lines and lip lines. It can ALSO be used to lift your brows and droopy downward pointing corners of the mouth and drop on overly lifted, gum showing upper lip. It can reduce dimpling of the chin. more

Peter A. Aldea, MD
Memphis Plastic Surgeon

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Botox indications

If you have wrinkles across your entire face, Botox may only be able to partially help you. Botox only works for dynamic wrinkles, those lines cause by overactive facial contractions, such as crow's feet near eyes, frown lines in between eyes (above nose) and horizontal forehead lines. If you loose skin with fine lines and wrinkles, then you may require a surgical procedure such as a facelift or perhaps laser resurfacing/chemical peel, combined with Botox. Please consult with a... more

William Bruno, MD
Beverly Hills Plastic Surgeon

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Areas for Botox Treatment

The three most common areas treated with Botox are the: glabella, forehead, and crows feet area. The glabella is the area between the eyebrows and often called the "11" sign made by 2 vertical lines in that area. Some other physicians also treat with Botox to other areas on the face and neck.

Steven Hacker, MD
West Palm Beach Dermatologic Surgeon

www.palmbeachdermasurgery.com

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