I have been considering botox for my eye area. I have crows feet and other tiny lines around that area. I wondered how many units would be needed?
How Many Units of Botox is Needed for Entire Eye Area?
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The dosing for Botox is variable and based on the desired effect, the amount of current animation, and the strength of the muscles. For new patients, however, the exact dosing is often discovered through a trial and error process. See link below. Some rough guidelines are:
Forehead: 16 units
Crowfeet (around eyes): 8 units per side
Glabella (between eyes): 18 units
A detailed examination will help delineate your treatment options. Consultation with a surgeon certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery would be the next best step.
Forehead: 16 units
Crowfeet (around eyes): 8 units per side
Glabella (between eyes): 18 units
A detailed examination will help delineate your treatment options. Consultation with a surgeon certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery would be the next best step.
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AS you can see there is great variation and each person's dose needs to be adjusted with time. I intiially start with 6-12 units per side (12-24 units total) at the first session and go up or down from there depending on patient feedback.
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The amount of units needed depends from patient to patient - how active or strong the muscles are in that particular area, what kind of result does the patient want, does the patient want to have some movement in the area vs. virtually no movement. Having said that, on the average, for the frown lines I would use about 16-20 units, on the crow's feet area anywhere from 4-12 units, and in the forehead area, about 12-20 units. I have them know that touch up doses may be needed.
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Botox can be a very successful treatment for crows feet lines at the side of the eye. It is important to remember that the improvement in passive lines will be modest and the active lines when you smile will still be present. The dose (number of units of botox) and hence effect and cost will depend upon the severity of your lines . It is common to use 5-15 units per side, for a total of 10 - 30 units. Too little botox, while more affordable will be removed by your body more rapidly, resulting in less duration of effect for you. Finally, as you treat your crows feet, there may be a tendency to recruit other muscles to squint, such as the "bunny line" muscles on the side of your nose and these may ultimately need to be prophylactically treated.
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In our practice, we usually use about 15-25 units for the crow's feet. The dosing depends on the patient including the number of lines and strength of facial musculature.
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Usually I use 7.5 units per side for a total of 15 units. Some physicians may use 15 units per side for a total of 30 units. It depends on the severity of the "crows feet" and the experience of the physician.
Dr. Es
For crow's feet, I usually would use 4-8 units per side. Total is 8-16 units. If there are lines on lower eyelids as well, I use 1- 2 units per eyelid, with a total of 2-4 units extra.
Results are excellent.
When injecting Botox, I tend to be more conservative that most physicians. I find that a "frozen" look appears very unnatural. Specifically for the lateral orbicularis muscle fibers ("Crow's Feet"), I find that 6 small injections on each side works well. This amounts to about 8 units per side which is equivalent to 0.6 ml of solution. Obviously, more Botox will be needed for the glabella area and forehead.
I believe having some smiling lines makes a person look more friendly and warm. Therefore, I encourage my patients to have just enough Botox to soften the lines but not totally elimiting them. Normally, I inject 3-10 units around each eyes. The number of units go down when a patients have had more than 2 years of regular Botox.
If you mspecifially mean the crow's feet, I usually use 3-4 injections on each side which adds up to about 15-20 units total.
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