Can brow Botox be used on the front of the brow to lift it, or would I need a brow lift, in order to prevent an arch?

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Hello doctors. I feel my eyebrows are to low on my face and would like to raise them. It seems like brow botox does a great job of that, but it always creates an arch. I would like the keep my eyebrows more straight, and just raise the front part of my eyebrow (like the woman in the second photo). Would brow botox do that? or would I have to get a brow lift?

John J. Martin, Jr., MD · Answer

Botox to the outer brow will lift the corner, and you may get too high of an arch.  A little botox just above the arch can drop it.  If you also do Botox in the glabella, you will be weakening the muscles which are the "depressors" of the medial brow, so most people get a lift of the medial brow.  When you do both the lateral brow and the depressors you should get less of an arch and an overall higher brow.

Berke Ozucer, MD · Answer

Brow botox can only lift the lateral part of the brow (close to temples). That's the reason why you see more arched brows with brow botox. Therefore brow lift is the only option you have if you want to keep the brow straight and raise the front part (medial 2/3). Regards

William Portuese, MD · Answer

A full set of  unadulterated facial photographs from all angles are required to make a determination about how best to proceed. Static and dynamic photos would also be helpful with and without expression. Botox is a paralytic agent, so is not going to raise the eyebrows. A brow lift procedure accomplishes lifting the eyebrows. For more information and many examples of brow lifts, please  see video below

Richard W. Fleming, MD (retired) · Answer

It is more difficult to raise the central brow with Botox injections. If you want elevation of the entire brow I suggest you consider a surgical approach, namely the Irregular Trichophytic Hairline Incision Technique that I described many years ago.

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