To develop treatment strategies, it is imperative that practitioners understand the current anatomy of the area being treated. Anatomical knowledge and the aesthetic considerations around forehead treatment is an evolving area in aesthetics. In this article, the topographic and skeletal anatomy of the forehead and agerelated changes will be explored and its importance in clinical aesthetic practice discussed. The forehead anatomy will be reviewed and applied to current and possible future clinical practice for injectable treatments.
It is generally accepted that the forehead represents the part of the face above the eyebrows.1 For the basis of this discussion, the forehead will be defined as the area demarcated inferiorly by the superior part of the orbital rim, laterally by the temporal crests and superiorly by the hair-bearing area of the scalp. This may immediately pose a problem as…
