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| One of Dr. Yoho's daughters at the Louvre |
Botox is one of the most popular cosmetic procedure options ever, and certainly there are more Botox treatments than any other kind of cosmetic surgery performed in America. Unfortunately, the material only has an affect for three to four months or a bit longer and has to be repeated, but the good side is that if you repeat it regularly for a year at three-month intervals to four-month intervals, less Botox is probably needed.
The other good news is that a cheaper Botox is available now and this is called Dysport. Despite claims of the manufacturers that one is superior to the other, we find these products in practice to be virtually identical, with the advantage of Dysport being a bit less expensive. Whether or not the surgeon passes this savings on to the patient is up to the individual surgeon.
Also, surgeons are ordering these products from outside of the country. This is actually against the law, but in practice, the material seems to be identical, although the bottles can be identified by someone who knows what they’re looking for. Dr. Yoho does not use out-of-the-country Botox or Dysport.
The second piece of good news is that a new neuromuscular blocker or muscle relaxer is on the horizon and slated to be marketed this year, hopefully for a lower price even than Dysport. We would love to have a product that lasted longer, but we’ve heard no reports to the effect that this new Botox lasts any longer. Hopefully, though, we will be able to pass the price savings on if the new product turns out to be virtually the same as Botox or Dysport.
So don’t believe any claims that one of these things is better than the other. The skill of the injector, the amount used, and just where the material is placed are the critical variables in how long it lasts and what kind of a result you have. Remember to check with your administering surgeon or medical aesthetician two weeks later if you have any question or problem with your Botox or Dysport result. Often there will be a little irregularity in the response or a problem that can be fixed with a few units of additional material, and we do this for free.
