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Preserved Saline Offers Less Pain than Preservative-Free in BTX Patients

A study of 20 patient volunteers conducted by Shawn B. Allen, MD, and Neil A. Goldenberg, MD, PhD, found that reconstitution of abobotulinumtoxinA with preserved saline results in significantly less pain on injection than abobotulinumtoxinA reconstituted with preservative-free saline.

Beyond the Brow

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Neurotoxins are moving beyond the eye area with indications including lower face lifts, skin texture improvement and even scar prevention.
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Woman Getting Neurotoxin Injection

Botulinum toxin (btx) injections are the most popular minimally invasive cosmetic procedure in America with more than 12 million performed in 2011, according to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (www.plasticsurgery.org). That number was up more than 5% over the previous year and part of that increase may be due to new indications beyond the FDA-approved glabellar lines, forehead furrows and crow’s feet.

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