Forehead Botox

Neuromodulators are priced per unit at $15.50, so the forehead total depends on how many units the frontalis needs. That count is confirmed with you at the examination, before any treatment begins. Beauty Bank members pay $13.95 per unit. The consultation is complimentary and there is no deposit.

The number depends on how strong the frontalis is, how deep the lines sit, and how much brow movement you want to keep. The examination sets it and you hear the figure first. Foreheads vary widely, and the same dose would not suit two different brows.

Lines that appear when the brows lift usually go flat. A crease that shows when the face is at rest softens but may not disappear, because the fold now sits in the skin as well as the muscle. Those lines keep improving with repeated treatment, and resurfacing works on the skin side.

Three to four months is typical in the forehead. Metabolism, muscle strength and the dose used all shift that figure. Treating again as movement starts to return holds the result better than waiting for the lines to come all the way back.

Most patients describe a quick pinch or slight pressure at each point. The needles used are very fine and the injections take only a few minutes. Ice can be applied to the area first if you prefer.

There is very little. Most normal activities resume immediately after the appointment. For 24 hours, avoid lying flat, rubbing the forehead, intense exercise and alcohol, which keeps the Botox where it was placed.

It can, if the frontalis is relaxed too far, because that muscle is what holds the brows up. Dosing and placement are the protection: less product low on the forehead, brow height examined at the start, and enough muscle left working to carry the brows. Heaviness, if it happens, is temporary, since the effect wears off within three to four months. Naturally low brows are discussed at the consultation.

Forehead Botox is onabotulinumtoxinA, a prescription botulinum toxin type A, injected into the frontalis, the broad muscle that raises the brows. It blocks the nerve signal to that muscle, so the muscle contracts less, the skin above it stops folding, and the horizontal lines soften. Botox has been FDA-approved for forehead lines since 2017. The change begins in three to five days, the full result is there by two weeks, and it holds three to four months before movement returns.