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- Hi, I'm Dr. Jenny Kimmins.
I'm one of the doctors here
at the Victorian Cosmetic Institute.
Today, we're gonna talk about the use of
anti-wrinkle injections in the upper face.
The main areas that we can treat
when we're using anti-wrinkle injections
in the upper face are horizontal forehead lines.
We can also treat frown lines between the eyebrows,
and we can treat the crow's feet around the eyes,
and in some cases,
it's also possible to do a slight brow lift
using anti-wrinkle injections,
just to widen up the eye area.
So, the main benefit of anti-wrinkle injections
in the upper face is they can be used to
smooth out the lines that are formed
by various facial expressions,
such as a frown or a smile.
So, when somebody comes along and they're thinking about
having anti-wrinkle injections to improve the appearance
of one of those areas,
we have a look at their muscle movements.
So, we get them to make those various facial expressions,
and then we can work out the best place to use
the anti-wrinkle injections, and often,
depending on the size of the muscles,
how much of the actual anti-wrinkle injections
are required.
So, Laura, if you could frown for me.
Give me a really big, hard frown,
as big as you can.
As you can see, when Laura frowns,
these muscles here are contracting.
Her eyebrows are coming down,
and even out here,
you can see it's sort of pushing forward,
so when we look at doing anti-wrinkle injections
in the frown, you can relax for a second if you'd like,
we're looking at treating this whole area through here.
So, just frown again for me, Laura.
To take away that muscle movement there.
It also helps open up the eyes a little bit,
because there's not that downward muscle movement
acting on the inner part of the eyebrow there.
Can you lift your eyebrows up for me?
And lifting up the eyebrows produces
the horizontal forehead lines.
Now, we don't treat those lines
in everybody that comes to see us.
People often are concerned about those lines,
but if somebody's got quite a small forehead,
if you use anti-wrinkle injections in this area,
you can actually drop the eyebrows slightly.
So, you need to be very careful,
and in somebody who doesn't have deep forehead lines,
you probably wouldn't consider using
anti-wrinkle injections in that area.
The other main area that we use anti-wrinkle injections
in the upper face, is around the eyes.
So, Laura, if you could just give me
a really big smile, big as you can, with your mouth open,
that's right.
So, you can see that some lines form,
radiating out from the eyes there,
because there's a large circular muscle
around the eye.
So, when we perform anti-wrinkle injections,
we perform them in this area
on the outside of the eye,
just to smooth those lines.
It's still possible, though,
to smile and have a nice facial expression
when you do smile.
The only difference is these lines aren't formed
when you're smiling.
The other area that we can use anti-wrinkle injections
in the upper face, is in the nose.
When people smile, it's not unusual
for them to crinkle up their nose a little bit.
So, if you could just give me a big smile,
and crinkle up their nose.
Okay, so you can see these lines coming down
from the corners of the eyes there.
So, that's another good area to use
anti-wrinkle injections, particularly if you've managed
to smooth out the lines around the eyes.
Sometimes, then, these lines on the nose
become more obvious as the other areas
have been smoothed out.
So, the other area that we can use anti-wrinkle injections
is in the brow, to lift the brow up
and open up the eye area,
and in that case,
we do a few small anti-wrinkle injections
under the brow and occasionally high in the forehead,
to produce that effect of flaring the eyebrow
upwards and outwards.
So, in summary, anti-wrinkle injections in the upper face
can be used to smooth out expression lines,
widen the eyes,
and overall, just contribute to a more youthful appearance.
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