Indian band refers to the wrinkle on the face that looks like the painted line on the face of the American Indians. Some call this a cat wrinkle as well.

The reason for indian band is the thick ligament on the face, ie. the combination of various dangling fixing structures. Indian band is located below the tear trough, and between the upper and midface. The facial part where there are much freckles are at the outer side of the indian band therefore some people think that the indian band is sever due to the freckles.



Indian band also forms similarily shaped wrinkles as the marionette line or nasolabial fold but the shape and state are a little different. Indian band is a lightly formed wrinkle and there is not much fat build on top of it.

Indian band looks black but this is due to the freckles on the wrinkle. There is a coloring from the fore cheek to the outer side and this looks like freckles making the face look darker. This would also look like a dark line at the point where there is a groove. The difference between the indian band and others is that, it is related with the skin coloring and that it is a thin lining. At times, the indian band makes shades on the face making the face look darker. For this reason, the patients want to get it treated.

The most common treatment for the indian band is the usage of the filler. Fat transplantation and coloring treatment are simultaneously carried out as well.



1. Filler;
This is the most effective, quick, simple and cheapest method. The filler used on the indian band is hyalography neuron and is applied lightly on the skin. The problem with this is that when we inject in the filler, we would like the substance to stay at the spot where we want it to be, but the filler disperses into other parts making this non-effective.



In order to avoid the dispersing of the filler due to the pressure around, one needs to prepare tunneling, and remove pressure from the lower ligaments.

2. Threding ;
We us a thread that is inputted vertically for the indian band. Few number of very thin threads are put in through the surface. The collagen gets mixed with the thread and combines with the skin causing wounded skin as well. Such change in the skin tissue resist the indian band. But from my experience until today, threading itself is not enough to prevent indian band. Threading can be done along with the filler as a complement.



3. Coloring ;
Laser toning is used various times in order to treat the freckles. Whitening injection treatment is applied together as well. The coloring treatment can be applied with other methods mentioned above in order to treat and improve on the indian band.
Today, I share some details on the indian band. I hope that these contents have helped you out.
Thanks and have a great day.

Today’s post is on the treatment methods for nasolabial line.
One thing that the patients must know about the nasolabial line is that, no one method can solve or improve on its related problems.
Also, one should have some knowledge on the nasolabial line.


How does nasolabial line form?
If you think that the nasolabial line is formed due to age, then you would not be able to explain why the young people have nasolabial line.
There are multiple reasons to why the nasolabial line is formed, therefore, it is important to have multiple approaches to solve this problem.

1. Influence of the upper jaw and tooth
Upper jaw includes the bottom of the nose to the upper lips. It also includes upper mouth gum bone where the teeth are located.  There are cases where this gum bone slides outwards. The tooth also slides out in this case and we call this, buck tooth. We usually call this problem, protruded mouth. For all those who have protruded mouth, you cannot avoid having nasolabial line on the face. The nasolabial line does not make you look older in such case, but the face might look dull and less sophisticated and this is why you want to have the face treated.
Such treatment for the bone-mouth structure is not covered by antiaging treatment but by facial contour surgery. Usually, surgery with implant is conducted, but another simple method can be the usage of the filler.

2. The skin on the midface, above the wrinkle, hangs down



Nasolabial line refers to the groove, and this groove means that the surrounding area is rather tall or high. If you have much fat on the midface, ie from the apple line to the side of the nose and to the nasolabial line, and your face hangs down even by a little, your nasolabial line would look severe. In this case, facial contour surgery is necessary rather than antiaging. Usually accusculpt / mini sculpt is applied, but nowadays, facial contour injection or hpl methods are applied. Also, the hanging skin means that the skin has lost elasticity therefore tightening methods such as ultraformer / ulthera are used.

3. Facial expression, lip movement, smiling habit
Aging mean that you have used something for a long time. If you do not make many expression then you would not have severe case of nasolabial line. But, if you move your mouth a lot, make it big, and make many expressions with the mouth, you would naturally have severe case of nasolabial line.
Take a lot at how much the nasolabial line moves when you frown or smile. Also, in most cases, both sides of the face would not make the same expression therefore your nasolabial line would be asymmetric.
The most representative methods to solve this are using the Botox or the filler.


As shown in the image, the filler is applied at the deep area where the pressure is high. But the filler disperses to the area with less pressure resulting in no improvement. This is why filler cannot be the solution to nasolabial line problem.

4. Low elasticity of the skin
Most people would suffer low elasticity of the skin. Only the degree is different. No one can avoid this problem. As the skin loses elasticity, the skin starts to hang down and the wrinkle becomes worse.



Nasolabial thread lifting ... i.e cog thread – the skin starting from the front part of the ear to the nasolabial line is lifted and the filler is used. This is the most commonly used method for most patients.

Today, I have share about the nasolabial line and how to treat it. Hope you had a great off-days. It’s a start of a new week from tomorrow. Thank you for reading. Have a great day.