Botulinum Neurotoxin Injection for Wrinkles in Nose Region: Comparison
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As wrinkle removal using BoNT is being performed more often, the adverse effects, such as paralysis of the nearby muscles, diplopia, ptosis, and samurai eyebrows have been reported. When treating wrinkles with BoNT in the nasal region, significant problems, such as diplopia may result from unintended paralysis of the rectus inferior or medialis. To prevent these side effects, the injection should be administered at an anatomically accurate location of the targeting muscle, and the initial treatment should be at a reduced dosage.

  • nasalis muscle
  • procerus muscle
  • levator labii superioris alaeque muscles

1. Introduction

Botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT) prevents neural connections by stimulating the release of acetylcholine at the motor endplates, obstructing the muscle from contracting [1,2][1][2]. In aesthetic clinics, BoNT is commonly used primarily to eliminate wrinkles in the nose region by weakening the muscles involved in facial expression, such as the procerus, nasalis, and levator labii superioris alaeque nasi muscles. The primary aesthetic concerns in the nose region are the bunny lines, horizontal radix line, and nasal side wall scrunch wrinkles for many individuals (Figure 1).
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Figure 1. The wrinkles of the nose region are the bunny lines (BL), horizontal radix line (HRL), and nasal side wall scrunch wrinkles (NSCW).
As wrinkle removal using BoNT is being performed more often, the adverse effects, such as paralysis of the nearby muscles, diplopia, ptosis, and samurai eyebrows have been reported [3]. When treating wrinkles with BoNT in the nasal region, significant problems, such as diplopia may result from unintended paralysis of the rectus inferior or medialis [4,5][4][5]. To prevent these side effects, the injection should be administered at an anatomically accurate location of the targeting muscle, and the initial treatment should be at a reduced dosage.
Another factor that should be considered is that large doses and repetitive injections of BoNT create antibodies, leading to inadequate treatment outcomes [6,7,8,9][6][7][8][9]. According to previous research, antibody formation differs with types of botulinum neurotoxin [10,11][10][11].
Numerous studies on BoNT injection points in muscles have previously been published on external anatomical standards (Figure 2) [12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24]. WSe searchedarching for articles using the following keywords: “botulinum neurotoxin in nose region” and “side effect of botulinum neurotoxin injection in nose wrinkle” on Pubmed and Scopus. A total of 16 articles and two textbooks were found; 10 articles were excluded owing to the irrelevance to this studies. The objective of this study is to propose a safe and efficient BoNT injection point and suggest injective techniques for wrinkles in the nasal region.Toxins 14 00342 g002 550
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Figure 2. The external anatomical landmarks of the nose regions. G—glabella; S—sellion; R—rhinion; T—nose tip; SN—subnasale; MC—medial canthus; AC—alar crease.

2. The Anatomy of the Muscles in the Nasal Region

The schematic and dissected images of the muscles in the nasal region are presented below (Figure 3 and Figure 4).
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Figure 3.
 Schematic image of the procerus (P), nasalis (N), and levator labii superioris alaeque nasi (LLSAN).
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Figure 4.
 The dissected image of the procerus (P), nasalis (N), and levator labii superioris alaeque nasi (LLSAN).

2.1. Nasalis Muscle

The nasalis muscle is composed of transverse and alar parts [25]. The transverse part of the nasalis muscle is a morphologically triangular structure originating from the maxillary canine fossa which inserts into the lateral cartilage of the nose [26]. The alar part of the nasalis is a square-like muscle that originates from the maxillary lateral incisor and inserts into the lower alar cartilage [26]. These two parts of the nasalis muscle both contribute to the narrowing of the nostrils. However, the transverse muscle contracts the nasal aperture while the alar muscle widens the nostrils.

2.2. Procerus Muscle

The procerus muscle originates deep from the lateral cartilage of the nose and nasal bone, inserting superficially into the skin at the glabella and radix [27]. In the glabella, the muscle fibers of the procerus muscle combine with the frontalis muscle [28]. The procerus muscle acts by pulling down the medial portion of the eyebrow while creating a transverse wrinkle between the glabella and the sellion.

2.3. Levator Labii Superioris Alaeque Nasi Muscle

The levator labii superioris alaeque nasi muscle is a long running muscle originating in the maxillary frontal process, and involves the nasal ala and upper lip [29]. The levator labii superioris alaeque nasi muscle can be divided into deep and superficial bellies [30]. The deep belly runs deep to the levator labii superioris muscle, whereas the superficial belly runs superficial to the levator labii superioris muscle [29].

3. Injection Techniques

3.1. Horizontal Radix Line

The horizontal radix lines are mainly caused by the procerus muscle; thereby, targeting the procerus muscle is the critical injection point. A dose of 2 U should be injected into the nasal dorsum. An accurate point should be located in the middle of the glabella and sellion. The glabella is the midline bony prominence between the frontal bone and supraciliary arches. In addition, the glabella presents the most anterior part of the forehead (Figure 2). The sellion is located at the midline of the base of the nasal root. It is the most posteriorly located landmark of the frontonasal contour (Figure 2) [31].

3.2. Nasal Side Wall Scrunch Wrinkles (Vertical Lines)

Scrunch wrinkles on the nasal side wall are affected by the transverse part of the nasalis muscle. A dose of 2 U should be injected into the superior ala of the nose on both sides. The injection should be conducted in the middle of the rhinion and the medial end of the supra-alar crease (Figure 5).
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Figure 5. The injection point for the horizontal radix line (green dot) is in middle of the glabella (G) and sellion (S); for the nasal side crunch scrunch wrinkles (red dots), it is in the middle of the rhinion (R) and the medial end of the supra-alar crease (ESAC); and for the bunny lines (purple dots) it is at the crossing point of the horizontal line at the level of the rhinion and the vertical line at the level of the medial canthus; 2 Units of botulinum neurotoxins should be injected per point.

3.3. Bunny Line (Oblique Nose Furrows)

The bunny lines are oblique wrinkles on both sides of the nose dorsum at a 45° angle. The lines are caused primarily by the levator labii superioris alaeque nasi muscle and secondarily by the medial muscular band of the orbicularis oculi muscle. A dose of 2 U should be injected into the upper part of the levator labii superioris alaeque nasi muscle on each side. The injection should be conducted at the crossing point of the horizontal line at the level of the rhinion and the vertical line at the level of the medial canthus (Figure 5).

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