Bunny lines Botox in Mirdif, Dubai treats the diagonal creases that appear across the upper nose when you scrunch it, laugh hard or squint into the sun. It is a small treatment, and most people add it to something else rather than booking it alone. A fair number first notice these lines only after somebody treated their frown area. Dr. Sarah Magdy will often suggest leaving them alone, and the reasons for that are worth understanding.
Three Different Lines Sit in the Same Small Area
People point at the top of their nose and describe entirely different creases. Three muscles work within a couple of centimetres of each other, and each produces its own line.
- Vertical lines between the brows. From the muscles drawing your brows together. Our frown lines page covers these.
- A horizontal crease at the bridge. From a short muscle pulling the skin between your brows downward. Also on the frown lines page, and frequently mistaken for a bunny line.
- Diagonal creases fanning across the upper nose. From the muscle that scrunches your nose. These are bunny lines, and they run at an angle rather than straight across.
Check the direction in a mirror. Straight across the bridge is a different muscle from angled toward your cheeks, and telling a practitioner which you have saves treating the wrong one.
Why They Often Appear After Frown Treatment
This is the part patients find alarming and it has a straightforward explanation.
Reduce the muscles between the brows and the nose muscle nearby often starts working harder, either compensating or simply becoming visible now that its stronger neighbours have quietened. Diagonal lines appear across a nose that never showed them, a fortnight after a treatment meant to reduce wrinkles.
Your face has not deteriorated and the treatment did not cause new damage. The balance shifted, which our face Botox page explains across the whole face. Where it bothers you, a very small amount in the nose muscle settles it, and Dr. Sarah Magdy generally decides that at a two-week review rather than planning it in advance.
When They Are Worth Treating, and When They Are Not
Worth treating when they appeared after other treatment and now draw your eye, when they show in photographs you dislike, or when they have started to persist faintly at rest.
Not worth treating when they appear only during a genuine laugh. A nose that creases when someone is properly amused is doing what noses do, and erasing that is the kind of over-correction our natural-looking Botox page argues against. Nobody has ever looked at a photograph and thought the problem was too much life in the face.
Expect Dr. Sarah Magdy to leave them alone unless you raise them.
The Risk That Makes This Area Fiddly
Small area, tiny doses, and an important neighbour.
The muscles that lift your upper lip sit just below and to the side of the nose muscle. If the substance spreads to them, the upper lip can lift unevenly on one side or feel heavy when you smile. It is the same neighbourhood our gummy smile page describes, approached from the other direction.
That risk is what makes placement matter more than dose here, and it is a reason to have a small area treated by somebody who knows what sits underneath rather than adding it as a casual extra.
What Treatment Involves
Very small amounts, one or two points on each side, and it takes moments. Most people have it added to a frown or forehead appointment rather than attending for it alone.
The timeline matches everywhere else: nothing on the day, movement reducing over several days, full effect at about two weeks. Our Botox page covers that and our injections page covers what the injections feel like. Duration tends to run shorter than the forehead, because this is a small muscle you use constantly.
How the Assessment Works
She asks you to scrunch your nose, then to frown, then to smile broadly, because each isolates a different muscle in the same small region. She notes which direction your lines run, whether they persist at rest, and how close your lip-lifting muscles sit to the area.
If you have had frown treatment recently, say so. Lines that arrived afterwards are a different conversation from lines you have always had.
Frequently Asked Questions
What exactly are bunny lines?
Diagonal creases fanning across the upper nose when you scrunch it, laugh hard or squint. They come from the muscle that wrinkles the nose, and they run at an angle rather than straight across the bridge.
How do I tell them from my frown lines?
By direction. Vertical lines between the brows and a horizontal crease straight across the bridge both come from the frown muscles. Bunny lines angle outward toward your cheeks. Check in a mirror while scrunching.
Why did these appear after my last treatment?
Because reducing the muscles between your brows often leaves the nose muscle working harder, or simply more visible now its neighbours have quietened. Nothing deteriorated; the balance shifted. A small amount in the nose muscle settles it, usually decided at review.
Should I have them treated at all?
Only if they bother you. Lines appearing solely during a real laugh are a normal part of an expressive face, and removing them is the sort of over-correction worth avoiding. Lines that persist faintly at rest, or that arrived after other treatment, are a better case.
What can go wrong here?
The muscles lifting your upper lip sit just below and beside the target, so if the substance reaches them your lip can lift unevenly or feel heavy when you smile. It is temporary. Placement matters more than dose in this area.
Can I have it at the same appointment as my frown lines?
Usually, and that is how most people have it. Many practitioners prefer to wait and see whether bunny lines become prominent after the frown area settles, which means adding it at the two-week review rather than on the day.
How long does it last here?
Generally a shorter interval than the forehead, since this is a small muscle in constant use. Your consultation will give you a realistic expectation.
How do I ask about this when booking?
Ring 04 268 8226 any day between 11:00 AM and 8:00 PM, or message +971 56 598 6039 on WhatsApp. Say whether the lines run diagonally across your nose or straight across the bridge, since those are two different muscles.
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Dermabloom Medical Center
Villa 44C, 83rd Street, Mirdif, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Phone: +971 4 268 8226
Email: info@dermabloom.ae
WhatsApp: +971 56 598 6039
Opening hours: Open daily, 11:00 AM – 8:00 PM
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