Les techniques d’injection du haut du visage : front et glabelle, pattes d’oie, région péri-oculaire

The efficacy and complications of a new technique of Abobotulinum-toxin A (Dysport) injection in patients with glabellar lines

BACKGROUND

Abobotulinum- toxin A is used extensively for the treatment of frown (glabellar) lines.

AIMS

The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and complications of a new injection technique and to assess the amount of satisfaction in patients with the frown lines.

METHODS

This cross-sectional study was conducted in 104 patients with moderate-to-severe glabellar lines. In the new technique by reassessing the responsible anatomic muscles of wrinkles, we tried to modify the injection technique of Abobotulinum-toxin A to yield more favorable results. The range and severity of frown lines were assessed by a 4-score test and a photograph taken before and 2 weeks after the injection. Patients were followed up to 180 days after injection.

RESULTS

The response time of 87.5% of patients was within the first 48 hours and the remaining 12.5% showed the symptoms within the first week after injection. At 30 days after injection, the frown lines had disappeared in 88.5% of patients in static mode and 85.6% in mechanic mode. Maximum injection durability in the first 3, 4, and 6 months after injection was 82%, 52%, and 38%, respectively. The amount of complete satisfaction after 3 months was reported to be 86.5%.

CONCLUSIONS

This study indicated that the new injection technique of Abobotulinum-toxin A could be beneficial in the treatment of frown lines with more satisfactory results, especially in those patients who were not contented with the present conventional method.

A succinct review of botulinum toxin in dermatology; update of cosmetic and noncosmetic use

Botulinum toxin A has a wide variety of clinical applications in medical and dermatologic sciences. Nowadays, researchers introduce some other indications for botulinum toxin in cosmetic and especially noncosmetic aspects of dermatology such as medical rhinoplasty, hypertrophic scar, chemical brow lift, supraciliary wrinkles, pompholix, eccrine angiomatosis, Hailey-Hailey, dermatochalasis, lichen simplex, nosthalgia parestetica, and granulosis rubra nasi. In this general overview of the use of botulinum toxin in dermatology, an extensive literature search was carried out to updates of all dermatology-oriented experiments and clinical trials on the mentioned aspect of botulinum toxin.