WTF is Baby Botox?
👶 Baby Botox is wrinkle relaxer that is geared towards a younger age, or dosed in smaller amounts.
If a 28 year comes to see me, it is unlikely I will recommend they need 68 units which is somewhere close to the amount the pharmaceutical company recommends. Likewise, if a middle age patient really wants a very light treatment and they have muscles that aren’t very strong, they may be just fine with a lighter dose.
The controversy comes in with DOSE 🟰 DURATION. The paper I referenced (below) combined 5 mostly randomized control trials examining Botox, Dysport, and Xeomin and reviewed the data on administration of large dosages (sometimes 4x the recommendation). Patients DID get longer treatment duration (sometimes up to approx a month longer) HOWEVER, large dosages are:
✔️ EXPENSIVE
✔️Complications like eye ptosis or droop MAY carry greater risk with large dosages because of diffusion.
In my opinion, I treat Tox like any other drug I might administer as a Nurse Practitioner and I may titrate that according to a number of things- including patient anatomy, muscle strength, their job (ie. Would I give a first time lip flip to a trail lawyer presenting next week? 🤔 )
Most importantly, I consider the outcome my patient is hoping for.
Now, bottom line, a full face of Tox CAN and DOES look natural if done well. And if a patient is not getting the duration out of their treatment, dosage would be one consideration.
Is Baby Botox a thing? Do you do this in your practice? Do you disagree, I’d love to hear!
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3175804/
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