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Forehead Wrinkles: Causes and Options
Written for someone deciding about their own forehead rather than studying the subject. If you read only one guide, read the third, because whether your brow is being held up by the same muscle that made the lines decides what the other nine mean for you.
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10 guides
- Why Forehead Lines Form HorizontalAnatomy
- How a Clinician Assesses Forehead LinesAssessment
- Forehead Lines and a Heavy Brow: Reading Them TogetherBrow position
- When Forehead Lines Are Etched, Not Just MovingStatic lines
- What Sun Damage Does to the ForeheadPhotoaging
- The Conservative Rungs for Forehead LinesConservative rungs
- Botulinum Toxin and the Brow: The Balance You TradeThe muscle rung
- Resurfacing Options for Etched Forehead LinesResurfacing
- Volume, Filler and Fat on the ForeheadVolume
- The Honest Ceiling for Forehead LinesLimits
How much of your line is movement, and how much has moved into the skin?
An assessment looks at the forehead at rest and then in movement, records where the brow sits once the frontalis is relaxed, and says plainly what each option could change for you. Where the honest answer is that your forehead is better left alone, we will say so.