Botox vs. Filler: How to Actually Choose

They fix different problems. Knowing which is which is the difference between looking refreshed and looking done.

Botox and filler get lumped together, but they do opposite jobs. Botox relaxes the muscles that create movement lines — the forehead, the "elevens" between your brows, crow's feet. Filler restores or adds volume where age or genetics took it — cheeks, lips, under-eyes, jawline.

The simplest rule: if a line only shows when you move, that's Botox. If it's there when your face is still, that's usually filler. Most people over 40 end up using a little of both — and a good injector will tell you when you need neither.

What separates a great result from a frozen or overfilled one is almost never the product. It's the hand holding the needle. That's exactly what The Glow Standard measures — so the injectors at the top of your city's ranking are the ones getting natural results, consistently.