Shh! Anti-agers no one but you need know about: Can botox help my saggy eyelids?

  • Beauty director Inge van Lotringen answered questions about Botox for eyelids
  • She said truth is that how well it helps completely depends on personal anatomy
  • The idea behind procedure is to paralyse muscles in face that push downward 

Q: I have saggy eyelids and have been told Botox can give them a lift. Is that really true?

A: That’s what I was told by numerous colleagues, and even aesthetic practitioners as well — to my detriment.

The truth is that it completely depends on your personal anatomy, so don’t go by other people’s experiences!

A reader asked if it was true that Botox can help lift saggy eyelids (file picture)

A reader asked if it was true that Botox can help lift saggy eyelids (file picture)

The idea is to paralyse the muscles in your face that push downward, such as those in the upper forehead and those between your brows.

In theory, says Dr Sarah Tonks (thelovelyclinic.co.uk), this makes the upward-moving frontalis muscles above your eyebrows overactive and causes them to go up, lifting the brow. 

But if these muscles naturally sit low on your forehead, or aren’t particularly strong, this lift simply won’t happen. And if your practitioner has been too enthusiastic injecting your brow, your lids could even sag further (as has happened to me).

Beauty director Inge van Lotringen, pictured, advised that having Botox to help with saggy eyelids depends on your personal anatomy

Beauty director Inge van Lotringen, pictured, advised that having Botox to help with saggy eyelids depends on your personal anatomy

You need an honest doctor who has ample experience assessing facial anatomy to tell you what will work for you.

If a simple Botox lift (from about £300) won’t cut it, filler injections (expect another £300) that replace lost volume in the forehead and/or around the tail of the eyebrows, can give the brow a 2mm to 3mm lift, which, says Sarah, ‘can make all the difference’.

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Shh! Anti-agers no one but you need know about: Can botox help my saggy eyelids?

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