Q. I want a nonsurgical wrinkle treatment for my crow’s feet and glabellar frown lines. What dermal injectables and wrinkles fillers work best for crow’s feet treatment and forehead lines?
— Frank S.
A. Dermal injectables such as Botox and Dysport are minimally invasive wrinkle treatment options that address forehead wrinkles, wrinkles around the eyes and facial sagging issues. Botox and Dysport share the same active ingredient, botulinum toxin A (BTX-A), a neurotoxin that immobilizes the nerve’s messages and stops the muscle contraction from happening.
Both Botox and Dysport wrinkle treatment options block the nerves that cause unnecessary micro-movements of the muscles, which make them an ideal crow’s feet treatment and forehead lines and glabellar frown lines treatment. When micro-movements are made throughout the face, they begin to form fine lines and hard-to-treat deeper wrinkles. Botox and Dysport work to make orbicularis oculi muscles and glabellar muscles stay relaxed.
Botox and Dysport wrinkles fillers eradicate wrinkles and fine lines for approximately three to four months, smooth glabellar frown lines between the eyebrows and eliminate crow’s feet surrounding the eyes. Additionally, these injections are also becoming a popular anti-aging regimen to slow the appearance of wrinkles in the future.
Crow’s feet are facial line and wrinkles on the outside of the eyes. They begin to form as creases from an array of facial expressions, such as smiling, laughing and squinting. Botox or Dysport is injected into specific areas of the orbicularis oculi muscles, which surround the eye area.
The area between brows and slightly above the eyes on the lower forehead is the glabella. Usually smooth, glabellar frown lines appear as vertical creases if the skin looses elasticity. They are also known as 11 lines or frown lines. These lines are due to the continued contraction of the corrugator muscles and procerus muscle. Common facial expressions that form these lines include anger, concentration and squinting.
