Crows' feet are small wrinkles which appear around the eye, classically starting at the outer corner of the eye. Many people associate crows' feet with age, as they tend to deepen and expand with age, and some people consider crow's feet to be an undesirable trait. Crow’s feet are also called laugh lines or character lines. They may show up earlier for people who don't take good care of their skin and later for those who do. But either way, crow's feet are all but unavoidable.

The skin on our faces stretches like a rubber band, thanks to a property called elasticity. This means that it can return to its original form after being pulled or compressed. Unfortunately, as we get older, our skin loses its elasticity. That's why we form wrinkles and certain parts of our body start to droop. One of the main reasons for this is that our bodies' production of collagen and elastin, two proteins responsible for our skin's elasticity, lessens with age.

One way to avoid crow's feet would be to never smile, laugh, frown or squint. Since that seems next to impossible, most of us have to look into other ways of fending off those v-shaped wrinkles.       

Botox is one of the best simple, nonsurgical, doctor administered treatment that can temporarily smooth moderate to severe frown lines between the brows or crow lines in people of any age. This is a 10-minute outdoor lunch time treatment- a few tiny injections-and within days there's a noticeable improvement in moderate to severe crow lines, which can last up to 4-6 months. However, maximum results are shown on the 14th day of treatment. Results may vary on individuals, depending on the severity of wrinkles and the strength of muscles treated.