Brow beauty: 'Botox Brow Lift' latest trend

Mumbai: Flat or highly arched, the brow defines a zillion human expressions whether bold or subtle. In fact, the journey of girls, as soon as they hit their teens, in the vast world of beauty treatments generally initiates with a threading session, to shape their eyebrows, at the local beauty parlour.

With age, the natural beauty of our face starts to fade. Brows are no exception to that. They begin to sag and one may feel that the forehead appears to be sagging with them as well.

Until a few years ago, one only had the option of a lifting surgery but now a single jab can take care of the issue and give you glamourous-looking eyebrows. Known as the ‘Botox Brow Lift’, the treatment involves contouring the eyebrow via Botox.

It can effectively take five to seven years off one’s aged looks and one doesn’t need to undergo the knife either! A dermatologist injects a small amount of Botox underneath the skin around the eyebrows. Since this treatment involves giving injections, the down-time involved is a small one. Patients get free in 20-30 minutes and they can start seeing the effects within a week, whereas, in surgery they have to wait for the stitches to heal first and that takes a considerable amount of time.

The brow lift procedure with Botulinum Toxin or Botox literally ‘lifts’ the skin tissues above and around the eyebrows so that the natural eyebrow arch is a few millimeters higher. Since the muscles are temporarily rendered inactive (i.e. frozen in place), there is little to no risk that the eyebrows will begin to droop again. The treatment works by gently weakening the muscles above the delicate eye area. It smoothens away worry lines and deep grooves caused by frowning along the lower forehead. The muscles around the top of the eyebrows get relaxed and the skin appears smoother, more toned and tightened.

Thus the resulting ‘arched’ eyebrows lend a youthful and fresher appearance to the face. Touch-up treatments are not required until six to eight months after the initial treatment. Usually, the lift will cost anywhere between '10,000 to '16,000 depending upon the units of the drug consumed and the individual doctor’s fees.