When you inject just the glabellar muscle when you do just the 11s, your patients may seem astonished, guilty, or frightened after the injections have been administered. That’s because the antagonist muscle, the muscle that opposes the muscles of the elevens, is the corrugator or frontalis muscle. In the event that someone has a particularly […]

When injecting under the nose to correct a gummy smile, make someone appear more cheerful or happy than they normally are, or give someone a lip flip, it is vital to confirm that the patient has normal lip function. You accomplish this by having your patient pucker his lips. The Cupid’s bow, the V in […]

When treating a gummy smile, the goal is to relax a hypertonic lip. Because of the muscles that run along and under the nose, when someone smiles, they show more gum than teeth. You can never be sure how far the patient’s lip will fall when you relax it, so they must expose at least […]

Many patients believe that using filler material is the only option to fix their chins. This is untrue. Injectables can be used to fill in the area around the chin for those who have a chin deficiency.  Other factors, though, can make the chin appear more powerful than it is. Those who suffer from recessive […]