Botox is a neuromodulator that relaxes the muscle to ease the look of fine lines and wrinkles – create smooth foreheads, creasefree smiles and even lifted eyes. Botox, which is typically charged by unit, needs to be expertly placed to ensure everything is lifted – but not too lifted and relaxed. Oftentimes patients will note they only want a few units, believing that will make their invoice less expensive and keep their face looking more natural. Unfortunately, that is not necessarily the case or the correct way to think. The face’s features and the face’s natural movements are all connected. If you raise your eyebrows you’re not only lifting your eyebrows but the rest of your face will move as well. The way in which we express emotions on our face moves and effects all other features of our face – whether we realize it or not. So, in order to smooth the forehead and prevent the eyebrows from drooping into the eye (which is a natural facial reaction if suddenly the forehead muscles are relaxed) botox must also be placed in the surrounding areas to ensure that although the forehead is relax the eyebrows stay lifted and the eye stays open. If the proper amount of units are not correctly injected in the surrounding areas of the face a patient risks having eyebrows too raised constantly looking shocked or surprised or having their forehead droop into the eye giving a (for lack of a better term) Neanderthal look. A patient can still achieve a natural look with a little movement if they wish, but oftentimes opting for the least amount of units is not how to achieve that.