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Botulinum Toxin

 

What is botulinum toxin?
The Botulinum toxin is a substance produced by certain types of bacteria that prevent the transmission of electrical impulse from the nerve and muscle (blocking the release of acetylcholine), because of that property is possible to soften and treat wrinkles dynamic,as the feet of chicken, or better, is a potent muscle paralysis.

What is botulinum toxin?
The Botulinum toxin is a substance produced by certain types of bacteria that

 prevent the transmission of electrical impulse from the nerve and muscle (blocking the release of acetylcholine), because of that property is possible to soften and treat wrinkles dynamic,as the feet of chicken, or better, is a potent muscle paralysis.

What are the best-known commercial products ?
The best known are Allergan's Botox and Dysport of Biossintética.

How is the application of botulinum toxin?
The procedure is very simple type of outpatient and application is made by injection with syringe and needle extremely fine that strictly control the dosage in each point.

The application of botulinum toxin cause much pain?
In general the discomfort is small, but the application can be made with the implementation of an anesthetic ointment, which reduces the discomfort of the application.

How long is to begin and how hard the effect of botulinum toxin?
The effect of the toxin becomes more noticeable around 48 to 72 hours after application and lasts an average of 6 months.

Who can use?
All people seeking to mitigate wrinkles of expression, "of chicken feet" around the eyes, the wrinkles of "concern" of the forehead, expressions in the glabella, mainly.

Who should not use the botulinum toxin?
There can be applied to children, pregnant women, breastfeeding women and people with a history of allergy to any component used in the application of botulinum toxin and people with neurological or are in use in some specific antibiotics.

Who can apply the botulinum toxin?
Only a doctor is that you can perform this procedure, usually cirugiões dermatologists and plastic.
 
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