Maggok Station Dermatology: If You Leave Glabellar Wrinkles Alone, They Get Deeper (feat. Botox)

Hello.

This is Kim Jang-ju from Maggok Station Dermatology.

Stand in front of a mirror for a moment and frown between your eyebrows once.

As the area between the brows tightens, aren’t the vertical wrinkles clearly visible?

These wrinkles are not just marks left by folded skin,

but are more likely the result of repeated facial habits that have remained in the muscles.

If this condition is left as it is, the wrinkles will gradually deepen,

and even when your face is relaxed, your expression may look sharply fixed.

That is why, in consultations at Maggok Station Dermatology, we explain that glabellar Botox is not something to consider after the marks have already become deeply set,

but rather at the point before the muscle tension hardens.

Once the area compressed by repeated expressions becomes firm, then even Botox alone may not make recovery easy, and it can lead to deep wrinkles.

Side effects of glabellar Botox

Glabellar Botox may look simple from the outside,

but in reality, it is a very delicate procedure that can greatly change facial expression depending on muscle design.

In fact, during consultations at Maggok Station Dermatology, we often hear the question, “Can you do it naturally? I’m worried about side effects.”

The main possible side effects of glabellar Botox can be divided into the following three categories.

🟥 Angry Bird eyebrows

This is when the outer part of the eyebrows lifts upward, making the expression look angry.

This happens after the glabellar muscles are inhibited, while the outer forehead muscles are used more as a compensatory action.

🟨 Drooping eyebrows

If Botox affects the surrounding muscles that play a role in lifting the eyebrows,

the eyelids may feel heavy or vision may feel cramped.

🟩 Awkward changes in facial expression

This can happen when Botox is injected excessively or when the balance between muscles is not considered.

If frowning movements are overly suppressed, expressing natural emotions themselves may feel unnatural.

To reduce side effects of glabellar Botox, look at the muscles before the wrinkles

The purpose of glabellar Botox is not to “erase” wrinkles,

but to regulate muscle strength and organize the flow of facial expressions.

This is also the most important criterion when designing glabellar Botox at Maggok Station Dermatology.

🟡 Corrugator supercilii muscle

It pulls the inner part of the eyebrows outward, and is the key cause muscle that creates vertical wrinkles through frowning habits.

🟣 Procerus muscle

It vertically pulls up the upper part of the nose, and is involved in creating deep, clear wrinkles in the center between the eyebrows.

After first identifying which of these two muscles is working more strongly,

only the necessary glabellar Botox areas should be injected accurately so that the expression remains natural while the wrinkles are softened.

Key points for glabellar Botox procedures

📌 Inject separately by considering the movement directions of the corrugator supercilii and procerus muscles

📌 Fine-tune the dosage according to muscle strength and left-right asymmetry

📌 Soften the frowning expression, while keeping eyebrow and forehead movement natural

📌 If necessary, control nearby compensatory muscles together to lower the possibility of side effects

Glabellar Botox: Why is it needed?

Have you ever directly felt the difference in impression created by the space between your eyebrows?

Glabellar wrinkles are not simply a sign of skin aging,

but a change created as repeated habitual expressions alter the shape of the muscles.

For this reason, at Maggok Station Dermatology, we first check the pattern of how expressions are made rather than the depth of the wrinkles.

When these movements are controlled through Botox, unnecessary facial habits decrease,

and the overall impression can also be made much softer.

In particular, if treatment starts at a stage where the wrinkles are not yet deep, preventive effects can also be expected more clearly.

(If the glabellar wrinkles are already deeply etched ▽)

Summary

📌 Glabellar wrinkles are the result of repeated facial habits.

📌 If controlled with Botox before the muscles harden, you can prevent the wrinkles from getting deeper in advance.

📌 Side effects of glabellar Botox mostly stem from the treatment area setting and muscle design.

📌 Before the procedure, it is necessary to sufficiently analyze facial movements and take a muscle-balance-based approach.

The difference is made by “design.”

When deciding the glabellar Botox area, it is important not to look only at where the wrinkles are visible,

but to judge based on the overall direction in which the facial expression moves.

Thank you for reading. This was Kim Jang-ju from Maggok Station Dermatology.