Introducing: Derm Talk with Hello Gorgeous!

A Dermatologic Surgeon helps us understand 11 lines and how best to use patches

Hello, Gorgeous!

I just caught myself scowling at my screen while concentrating on a particularly tricky issue. Naturally I panicked that I was increasing my eleven lines. I probably was.

Answers to some of your questions

A few of you have written in asking about how to use eye patches and patches in general for best results (and not in a yarrr sort of way). Fortunately for us, Dr. Howard Sobel, Clinical Attending Cosmetic Dermatologic Surgeon at Lenox Hill Hospital kindly helped answer some of your questions.

I’m also excited to share that this will be the first in a new series/section, Derm Talk.

Can we talk about 11 lines? What causes them/what makes them worse/what can we do (aside from injectables) to soften the look/fade them?

Dr. Sobel: 11 lines or furrows are caused by dynamic lines, which are formed when you move your corrugator muscle, which causes a furrow to form in the shape of an 11.

Incidentally, the corrugator muscle is a small muscle that helps control facial expressions.…