Oculoplastic (cosmetic / aesthetic) uses of Botulinum toxin

It is commonly used for:

• glabella lines - the vertical frown lines just between and above the two eyebrows (corrugator supercill muscle)
• horizontal forehead creases and lines (frontalis muscle)
• "smile" wrinkles and lines at the outer corners of each eye (orbicularis oculi muscle)
• to lift the eyebrows higher by injecting the muscles which help pull them down (orbicularis oculi muscle)

It is used with great care for:

• the marionette lines which pull the corners of the mouth down (depressor anguli oris muscle)
• poppy dimples on the chin (mentalis muscle)
• upper lip vertical lines (orbicularis ori muscle)
• neck (platysma)