Frown Line Botox Between the Brows

Botox is $15.50 per unit; Beauty Bank members pay less (figures on the Beauty Bank page). The glabella commonly takes around 20 units, though yours depends on how strong corrugator is and how deep the crease sits. The exact count and total are given at your complimentary consultation, and there is no deposit.

The muscle recovers over the months after the last treatment and the frowning motion returns, so the 11s gradually look as they did before. Treatment can be stopped or restarted at any point, and the crease then follows the same course as an untreated frown line.

Softening starts over the first several days as the muscle lets go. The glabella usually reads at its smoothest within the following couple of weeks. A deeply etched 11 line can keep easing beyond that, since the skin finally gets months of rest from the crease.

Dosing starts low and is reviewed at two weeks, with more added then if the assessment calls for it. At that dose the frowning motion eases while the brows keep their full range of movement. Being over-treated is the concern patients raise most, and it is why dosing starts where it does.

Not always. If your brows sit low, or your forehead is working to hold them up, treating the outer points risks brow ptosis, a temporary drop that has to be waited out. In those cases treatment focuses on the center, and that call is made after watching you frown.

Typically three to four months, after which the softening fades gradually as corrugator and procerus recover. Strong frown muscles often run shorter. At your next visit Catherine asks how long yours held, and that answer sets when she wants to see you after that.

Yes. Frown line units go into the glabellar muscles between your brows; forehead Botox treats the horizontal lines above. If you want both, they are done together, because treating one area alone can change how your brows sit. You pay only for the units used.

Very little. You leave and carry on with your day, and the tiny marks between your brows usually fade within a few hours. The instruction that matters most is leaving the glabella untouched, and the rest is set out on the Botox aftercare page.