Anti Wrinkle Treatments

On the face, the squinting muscles pull the eyebrow downwards while the forehead muscles pull it upward. Over time, this upward holding effect weakens due to excessive use and gravitational pull.

In addition, loss of skin fat creates a ‘sagging’ look, particularly over the lateral aspect of the eyes, making the eyes look tired or sleepy.

The anti wrinkle product will marginally raise the eyebrows, hence lifting the skin up and opening the eye. This an excellent treatment to complement the crows feet treatment.

A ‘gummy smile’ is the prominence of gum tissue when smiling. This can be a source of embarrassment for some people and they can often avoid smiling in photographs as they are unable to fully close their mouth or they feel very self-conscious.

Factors leading to this include

• A short upper lip
• Elevation of the upper lip due to a hyperactive muscle
• Gums that are enlarged or long (gingival hypertrophy)
• Teeth that may appear short and remain partially covered by gum tissue
• The appearance of the gums ‘bulging out’ due to an overgrowth of the upper jaw (vertical maxillary excess)

A small amount of anti wrinkle product can be injected into the top half of the muscle, to reduce the muscle activity and allow a delicate drop in the top lip. To provide some balance, patients additionally have lip filler in order to prevent the lips sliding above the teeth.

A small amount of product into the correct muscle can diminish the downward pull on the corners of the mouth and allow the muscles that elevate the corners to take over hence subtly lifting the corners of the mouth.

This common condition can cause much anxiety and distress to suffering patients due to the impact it can have on their daily life. Rarely, this condition is due to metabolic, neurologic and other systemic disease but in the majority of cases there is no known cause for this condition. This product will block the chemical at the end of the nerves and in this case will ‘turn off’ the sweat glands to reduce the level of sweating.

This treatment involves administering small multiple injections in the armpit region and the process is relatively pain free.

In some patients, the masseter muscle (a chewing muscle) is enlarged creating extra facial width. Jawline reduction using anti wrinkle injections is a specialised technique to reduce the width of the jawline changing an overly square jawline to a more attractive oval or heart shaped face.

Some factors leading to a ‘masculine’ square jaw due to an enlarged masseter muscle include

• Ethinicity – The majority of men and women of Asian descent have a square jaw, which can add to the ‘masculine’ appearance.
• The jaw muscle can expand in size due to constant or excessive chewing.
• Teeth clenching or ‘Bruxism’(painful teeth grinding) – This can lead to the masseter muscle expanding or muscle hypertrophy

The anti-wrinkle product is selectively injected into the jawlines, which weakens this muscle over time leading to an overall reduction in the size of this muscle. The masseter jaw muscle continues to soften and is noticeable after 2 weeks. The jaw will continue to ‘slim’ down for another few months.