Is Juvederm a Good Option for Forehead Wrinkles?

Wrinkles on the forehead appear due to work of muscles of facial expressions. Botulinum toxin A, commonly referred as Botox is a better option for this type of wrinkles. Patients often worried that their face will look too frozen or unnatural, but skillfully used Botox can make your forehead very smooth with preservation of expressive dynamics of your face.

Dermal fillers can be used on forehead, including Juvederm if the wrinkles are too deep to correct alone with Botox. Choice of the filler then is important -it should be not too viscous in order to avoid lumpiness and ridges as skin on the forehead is quite thin.

Thanks of your question. Generally, forehead wrinkles are treated by injections of Botox into the muscles that are causing the dynamic wrinkles. This injection weakens the muscle action and therefore the forehead does not wrinkle as much with motion. Juvederm Ultra XC can also be used to improve the wrinkles directly by injection of a blended or reconstituted Juvederm in the wrinkles themselves. This is a technique we call "airbrushing" and we find that it is very successful to treat the deeply etched wrinkles of the forehead, crow's feet, lips and cheeks. this is an "off label" use of the hyaluronic acid product and the injection technique is very "technical". Be sure you seek the advice of a very skilled injector who is a board certified plastic surgeon, facial plastic surgeon or dermatologist or an experienced "physician extender" (NP, PA or certified RN injector) who is DIRECTLY supervised by one of the physicians mentioned above. Best wishes.