Muscle between eyebrows getting bunched up/angry look?

Thank you for your question in regards to Botox. Botox is a neuromodulater which will prevent the muscle from contracting and forming a wrinkle. A perfect solution for your glabella area (between your brows) To be sure what is best for you, see two or more board-certified providers in your area for a complete evaluation to make sure you are a good candidate and that it is safe for you to have treatment. I hope this helps.

Thank you so much for your question.  The corrugator muscles create our frown lines, and you can in cases visualize the muscle bulk.  Botox is a great solution to relax and flatten those muscles and reduce frown lines.  Ptosis of the eyelid with Botox is rare.  I would recommend and experienced injector and consultation with a Board Certified Fellowship Trained Facial Plastic Surgery Specialist.All my best, Dr. Elizabeth."This answer has been solicited without seeing this patient and cannot be held as true medical advice, but only opinion. Seek in-person treatment with a trained medical professional for appropriate care."

It sounds from your description that you may be developing some excessive moment of the muscles that make the "11's" between your eyebrows. The best treatment at this time may be botox and it can be safely used even in your age group. Good luck in your area.

Botox seems like a great solution to your problem, and when administered by an experienced injector, should not cause any ptosis of your eye. It will allow the muscle between the brows to relax and smooth the area.Andrew Campbell, M.D.Facial Plastic SpecialistQuintessa

Thank you for your excellent question.  Though most often used to help treat wrinkles, Botox and other neuromodulaters are very good at breaking intermittent tics.  The area between the eyes, or glabella, is a very common location for treatment and you should anticipate very good results.  Hope this helps.

The simplest solution for overactive corrugator muscles which cause the frown lines is either Botox or Dysport. I suggest having it injected every three months for about a year until the muscles atrophy. Then you can have it done every six months to a year thereafter. Also an injection of a filler such as Juvederm or Restylane will help eradicate the crease, which apparently you don't have at this time.At some time in your life you may elect to have the corrugator muscles resected, and this can be done through an upper eyelid incision or endoscopically through incisions behind the hairline on the forehead. At this point I would stick with the Botox or Dysport.Good luck and thank you for your question

Botox is a great solution for prominence of the frown muscle. It will help to relax and flatten the muscle. It can also stop the angry look as well as the tic, if it is caused by the same muscle that causes you to frown. The chance of Botox injected in the frown muscles causing drooping of the upper eyelid is very small. If it were to happen it is temporary and corrects itself as the Botox effect wears off. It can also be corrected sooner, if needed, with prescription eye drops to elevate the droopy eyelid(s). Please consult an experienced cosmetic dermatologist or plastic surgeon for best results.

Thanks for your question. Botox is a temporary neuroparalytic that is used to eliminate wrinkles in the periorbital and forehead area. Its also works well for softening the 11s (corrugated muscle). Fillers are used to add volume to the face and also deal with dipper folds and lines such as the smile lines and marionette lines. In addition filler can be used for filling the tear trough deformity and adding volume to the cheeks and lips. Please consult with your plastic surgeon to review the best options available for you.Good Luck.

Yes, botox can be used to help some people with facial tics. Best to see an expert to be properly evaluated.  Good luck.

Tics can be a complication for many medicines.  Tics are rapid, unsustained, non-rhythmic movements and are preceded by an urge to move and can be suppressed by volition. In contrast dystonia is more of a sustained muscular contraction typically causing abnormal postures or gestures, possibly accompanied by pain.  Both conditions can get aggravated by stress.  Stopping the offending agent is a good idea to see if the motor tics resolve spontaneously.  Blepharospasm is the name of dystonia that involves contraction of muscles around the eye.  It is considered a movement disorder and can be treated with Botulinum toxins which are considered to be the first line option.  Neurologists and ophthalmologists often provide this treatment but any qualified injector can do the treatment and is covered by health insurances.  For the area you referred to, the treatment with Boutulinum toxins should fairly easily restore a relaxed look by injecting the medicine in Corrugator supercilii and Procerus (muscles of galebellar area) in a standard triangle.  Additional shots can be placed over the eyebrow, in case of pulling more above the eyebrows.  The muscle that acts as sphincter around the eye is called Orbicularis Oculi and can also be treated if the eye lids have twitches or sustained contractions closing the eye.  The concern with the latter (treating Orbicularis Oculi) would be eyelid droop more than with the glabellar only treatment and the expertise of a doctor who does it rountinely will certainly help reduce the risk of upper eyelid droop.