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Botulinum Toxin Benefits Many PSP Patients With Dystonia
For patients with progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), botulinum toxin A injections relieve disabling blepharospasm and neck and hand dystonia, a relatively large retrospective study shows. About three quarters of patients with PSP actually developed dystonia during the treatment. “The best benefit [was in] patients with blepharospasm — about 80% of patients with blepharospasm had benefit. […]
Doctors Rarely Get Proper Consent for Botulinum Treatments
Botulinum toxin injections are first-line treatment for cervical dystonia, and although the injections can have adverse effects, adequate consent is rarely obtained from patients, a study shows. Formal consent was deficient at the time of an initial injection and even more so at subsequent ones. “What tends to happen is there’s a mention of consent […]
Plastic Surgeon Reveals Alternative Uses for BOTOX Injections
Dr. Leonard B. Miller, a board-certified plastic surgeon in Boston, works with his patients to find the best solution for their needs and ensure successful results. While BOTOX® injections are typically used to smooth wrinkles or cosmetically enhance facial features, there are a variety of other conditions the minimally-invasive treatment can be used to address. […]
New Consumer Guide Helps Patients Achieve Better BOTOX® Treatment Results
New York plastic surgeon Dr. Scott J. Zevon publishes valuable patient resource, “Consumers’ Guide to Effective Botox Use Every year over 4 million Americans add BOTOX® injections to their to-do list, making it by far the most popular cosmetic treatment in the nation, according to the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery. But improperly performed […]
Botox Gives More 20-Somethings a Jump on Wrinkles
Frown lines, forehead creases and crow’s-feet, oh my! If the rise in Botox procedures is any indication, the fountain of youth might be found in a syringe, even for 20-somethings whose signs of aging are often invisible to the naked eye. “I think as I’ve kind of gotten a little older, I’ve just kind of […]
Long-Term Study Looks at What Really Happens to the Face as We Age
Despite the availability of many cosmetic surgeries and procedures to treat the aging face, there is still little understanding of how the face grows older. A special presentation at the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS), being held April 11-16, 2013, in New York, NY, will review current results from […]
Safe Upper Limit of Vitamin D Identified for First Time
A new study examining more than a million individuals aged older than 45 years has, for the first time, verified an upper, safe limit for vitamin D in terms of mortality and cardiovascular events. The researchers also confirm the increased risk of death from suboptimal levels of the vitamin, corroborating the findings of many previous […]
FDA, Allergan warn of foreign Botox in counterfeit packaging sold to U.S. docs
A new wrinkle has developed in the fight by the FDA against counterfeit drugs. An unapproved, foreign version of the cosmetic treatment Botox has shown up in the U.S., this time in counterfeit packaging that makes it appear to be the same product that is made for the U.S. market. The agency said in a […]
Botox Success
Allergan Inc. (AGN)’s Botox, used primarily for cosmetic treatments, is also approved as a preventative therapy for migraines, though only for severe sufferers who have attacks lasting four hours or more at least 15 days a month. That means only about 10 percent of migraine patients qualify for that option. Sales for Botox as a […]
New Survey Finds Social Media is a Major Influence on Elective Surgery
Study Shows Increased Physical Self Awareness Stemming From The Social Media Mirror Social media is leading consumers to have a more self-critical eye, according to a new survey by the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (AAFPRS). The annual poll of 752 of the organization’s board-certified facial plastic surgeons found that there was […]
