Crow’s Feet & Frown Lines

Crows feet, forehead lines and frown lines are well known to be signs of ageing. These lines develop over time as a result of facial expressions such as smiling, frowning and raising our eyebrows. In the same way that a shirt gets more and more creased once it has been worn over and over again, lines and wrinkles appear in the skin. Unfortunately these lines and wrinkles are not as easily ironed out as are creases on a worn shirt.

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What are dynamic and static lines?

In the same way that the more we wear an ironed shirt the more creased it becomes, over time, skin can accumulate creases (wrinkles) that become more prominent with certain facial expressions. These lines and wrinkles are often defined as dynamic lines. Fine lines and wrinkles that are the result of skin ageing itself and are present, irrespective of any movement of the face, are defined as static l