Lines Beside the Eyes When You Smile Are Often Crow's Feet

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Photos catch lines fanning out from the outer corners of the eyes. Eye cream sits on the surface. You look more tired when you smile than when your face is still.

Those lines are often crow's feet: muscle movement at the outer eye, not dry skin and not an under-eye hollow. At Beautoxology, muscle relaxant treatment can soften that fan of lines while keeping a natural smile, after a short assessment of how your eyes move.

Crow's feet versus other eye concerns

Crow's feet: lines that deepen when you smile or squint, radiating from the outer corner
The vertical crease between the brows: see frown lines and when softening makes sense
Fine wrinkles on the upper nose when you smile: often bunny lines
Heavy upper lids from a low brow: see when heavy lids are the brow sitting low
A tired hollow under the eye at rest: more often tear trough volume than crow's feet Botox

What treatment actually does

A small, targeted dose relaxes the muscle that crinkles the outer eye. Lines that only appear on movement usually soften first. Lines that stay etched at rest may look better but will not vanish if the crease has been there for years.

Best when the fan of lines bothers you in photos and bright light
Often planned as one area, or with frown and forehead if those move the same way
Aims for a softer smile, not a frozen outer eye
Results build over days; a review can adjust if one side moves more than the other

Consultation desk in a Beautoxology medical aesthetics clinic

When crow's feet Botox is not the first step

The main complaint is a hollow or shadow under the eye, not lines at the outer corner
Skin quality (crepe, dryness) is the only issue and movement lines are mild
A drooping brow or heavy lid needs a different Botox pattern, not more product at the outer eye
Active infection, recent eye surgery, or anything that needs medical review first

Where we see patients

Beautoxology clinics and the areas we regularly serve:

Belbroughton (flagship, Worcestershire): we see a lot of patients from Bromsgrove, plus Kidderminster, Stourport, Malvern, Redditch, Halesowen, Barnt Green, Ombersley, Hagley, Stourbridge and villages across Worcestershire
Stow-on-the-Wold: Cheltenham, Gloucestershire market towns, northern Cotswolds, Bourton-on-the-Water and Moreton-in-Marsh
Cirencester: central Cotswolds, Tetbury, Malmesbury and villages south of Cheltenham
Much Wenlock: Shropshire, Telford and border villages

Bromsgrove is a core area for our Worcestershire work. If you are in Bromsgrove, Kidderminster, Stourport, Malvern, Redditch, Halesowen, Barnt Green or Ombersley, Belbroughton is usually the closest clinic. From Cheltenham and across Gloucestershire, Stow-on-the-Wold and Cirencester are the usual clinics.

Patients also travel from Birmingham, Edgbaston, Solihull, Evesham, the Vale of Evesham, Pershore, the wider West Midlands and across the Cotswolds. Full area list: where we see patients.

Book an assessment

If lines beside the eyes show every time you smile and creams have not changed them, book online, call 01562 730582 or email Info@beautoxology.com. Whether you are coming from Bromsgrove, elsewhere in Worcestershire, Cheltenham or Gloucestershire, we will check whether crow's feet, frown lines or under-eye volume is the real issue.