Expression lines start as dynamic wrinkles: they show when a muscle contracts and disappear at rest. Early in life, skin springs back completely once the muscle relaxes. The line is a temporary crease that leaves no trace.
Over years and thousands of repetitions, the crease etches into the skin itself. The dermis thins and loses collagen, and the fold that used to smooth out at rest starts to stay. The line is no longer a movement problem; it is a skin quality problem.
Concern
The treatment order that works
Neurotoxin softens the muscle activity still folding the skin, stopping the line from getting deeper. Dermal filler places volume into a crease that has already set. Laser resurfacing rebuilds the skin quality underneath. Combination is set at consultation.
What treats it
NEUROTOXINSRelaxes the muscle that folds the skin. The first line of defence.
DERMAL FILLERFills a crease that has set in and no longer smooths out at rest.
HALOResurfaces the skin itself when the texture has changed too.
