Sensory Symptoms Associated with Aesthetic Botulinum Toxin A Treatments.

ABSTRACT: A retrospective review of patients who switched from onabotulinumtoxinA (onaA) and/or abobotulinumtoxinA (aboA) to incobotulinumtoxinA (incoA) found anecdotal reports of differences in "feel," including a "lighter" feel or treatment-associated tightness. We surveyed the frequency of these sensations as an initial proof of concept of toxin proprioception among our patients who switched toxins.

Methods

Seventy-nine patients who had past facial aesthetic treatments with more than one botulinum toxin A (BoNT/A) formulation completed a questionnaire on their experience of treatment-associated sensations, including stiffness or a frozen feeling.

Results

Treatment-associated sensations of tightness (47.3%), headache (41.8%), heaviness (38.2%), feeling frozen (29.1%), stiffness (20.0

SUBMITTER: Corduff N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9668546 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature