I'm 22 and I have frown marks. What should I do? (Photo)

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I'm not sure why I have them I been living a good life I'm not sure if my eyebrows are low but not sure what I should do??

Nima Shemirani, MD · Answer

Hi @myron032. Thank you for sending your photos. Frown lines are a common complaint and can be treated with neuromodulators like Botox or Dysport into the glabella region. Neuromodulators temporarily paralyze the muscle so you are unable to make the movements which are causing the lines. Best of luck to you, Dr. Nima!

Nelson Lee Novick, MD · Answer

I have been using Botox to treat scowl lines (aka frown lines, angry lines) since 1991, eleven years before it received its official FDA approval for this aesthetic indication. Although we have since branched out to using Botox (as well as other wrinkle relaxers, such as Dysport and Xeomin) for many, many other aesthetic facial, neck and chest problems, treating the scowl lines remains one of its most common uses. A day does not literally go by that I personally am not using it for this purpose. So, take heart. Your problem is very common and very easily addressed. Even your relatively young age for this problem is not so unusual. I in fact needed to treat two of my daughters-in-law for this with Dysport at about this same age. Treatment takes about two minutes to perform and the results typically are seen somewhere between 24 hours to a week following the treatment. And should any residual etched-in lines remain following the above treatment, these, too, can be easily smoothed out with the use of a superficial filler, such as Belotero Balance (my choice in my Upper East Side Manhattan practice, and Teosyal Redensity II, my choice in my Israel satellite facility where a far greater number of regulatory agency approved fillers are available), which has little to no tendency to engender the unwanted bluish Tyndall Effect when injected very superficially into the skin

Mark Crispin, MD · Answer

Although still quite young you are beginning to show signs of chronic tension and subsequent skin loosening in the forehead.  These are easily treated with Botox or Dysport  which will provide improvement in these wrinkles by paralyzing the small muscles that cause the wrinkle.  They will last for  3 to 4 months when appropriately injected.

Martie Gidon, MD, FRCPC, FAAD · Answer

Frowning or squinting can cause deep grooves, even at 22.  Relaxing the muscle movement with Botox or Dysport can soften the lines and prevent them from becoming worse over time.

Lenore Sikorski, MD · Answer

Frown lines are a very common complaint and can be easily remedied with Botox or Dysport injections into the glabella. These are both neurotoxins which immobilize the muscle temporarily so you are unable to make the movements which in turn create the lines. Both these injections typically last between 3-4 months and then retreatment is needed. There are techniques of botox/dysport injection to help elevate the eyebrow, but I usually would not recommend this in a male, due to feminization of the face with an elevated brow in a male. Looking at the photos you submitted, I do not think you're eyebrows are too low. I would recommend to start with the glabella. Best of Luck!

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