Concerns We Treat
Frown Lines
The vertical lines drawn between the brows by concentration and worry, the ones that linger after the face has rested.
The vertical lines drawn between the brows by concentration and worry, the ones that linger after the face has rested.
Frown lines, sometimes called elevens or glabellar lines, are the vertical creases that appear between the eyebrows when the face concentrates, worries, or focuses against bright light. They are drawn by a small group of muscles, the corrugators and the procerus, that pull the brows inward and downward together.
The lines are dynamic at first, appearing with the expression and disappearing at rest. Over the years they begin to linger longer after the face has stilled, until they remain visible even when the brow is at ease.
Treatment for frown lines suits almost anyone bothered by the cast they put on the face, and is particularly rewarding for patients whose lines are still dynamic. The treatment takes minutes, requires no downtime, and the result begins within a week with the full effect by two weeks.
It also suits those who would rather not look concerned when they are not. The cast of the face at rest is something many people do not realize they are wearing until someone softens it, and the relief afterward is often noticed not by the patient but by the people around them.
Repeated expression is the principal cause. Concentration is the most common trigger, and reading, computer work, driving in sunlight without sunglasses, and any habitual squinting all reinforce the same fold in the same place. The face you wear at the screen, hour after hour, is the face you slowly begin to keep.
Stress, worry, and chronic tension add their own contribution. Many patients arrive having heard from family or friends that they look angry or troubled even when they are not, and the muscles between the brows are usually the reason.
You may notice:
Frown lines are among the first dynamic lines to become static, often by the late thirties. They are also among the most rewarded by early treatment, because the muscle that creates them is relatively contained and responds well to measured doses of relaxer. The lines that arrive in the late twenties can often be kept dynamic only, never quite settling into the skin, by treating them lightly and steadily over the years.
If the lines are allowed to set deeply, treatment still helps but the result is more incremental. A line set into the skin for fifteen years does not vanish in one appointment. It softens, and continues to soften across subsequent treatments and across the months between them.
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