In a $425 million deal, Valeant Pharmaceuticals has purchased the dermatology unit of Sanofi-Adventis. For us, this means that Valeant will now be in charge of marketing Sculptra, the facial injectable filler agent. Sculptra is different than other dermal injectable fillers, like Restylane or Juvederm. It stimulates your body to produce some lost collagen, which […]
With the advent of the new botulinum preparation called Xeomin, many people are wondering which one is better – Botox, Dysport or Xeomin? Here’s what we know, scientifically speaking: 1) A comparison study (here) of Botox versus Xeomin for wrinkles in the glabella (frown lines) found these two products to work virtually the same, according to […]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved another use for Restylane Injectable Gel: this week the agency gave its official blessing to use the filler for lip augmentation. Restylane was previously approved to treat facial wrinkles. While we have long used it for lip augmentation, this was known as an unofficial or “off-label” […]
Free botox – sounds too good to be true, right? Of course, there’s a catch – but for the month of October 2011, we’re offering a simply unbeatable deal. We want our loyal friends & customers to help us “spread the word” about our Botox services – so we’ve cooked up this fantastic “Botox buddy” October promotion […]
Just this week, the FDA has approved another competitor for Botox. This one is called Xeomin, and it’s sold by Merz Aesthetics. Just like Botox and Dysport, it temporarily reduces wrinkle lines, such as the frown lines between the eyebrows. However, Xeomin does not require refrigeration prior to reconstitution and mixing. According to the manufacturer’s press […]
A few years ago, there was an FDA-approved injectable filler product called Isolagen. The company, however, couldn’t get their financing together, and went bankrupt in 2009. But now, rising from the ashes, the product is back, under a new name, laViv. The product just received FDA approval last week. But, to my review, it’s basically […]
While it seems hard to imagine today, back before the early 1980’s, plastic surgeons didn’t really have any reliable injectable products to use for wrinkle correction or lip enhancement. When Zyplast and Zyderm arrived in the early 80’s, a new generation of of non-surgical corrections via injectable fillers became possible. These bovine-collagen fillers weren’t by any means perfect – […]
Answer: Maybe. Lithera, Inc. – a privately held pharmaceutical research group, recently presented some exciting results of a randomized, double-blinded study of their new injectable lipolysis drug, called “LIPO102″ at the ASDS meeting. In the study, volunteers were injected weekly in 22 locations in the abdomen and flanks with the drug, over 8 weeks. On average, the study […]
According to multiple reports, the FDA today approved the use of Botox, the wrinkle fighter from Allergan, for chronic migraine headaches. (link) “Chronic migraines” are those that occur more than 14 days out of each month. Botox has not been shown to work for the treatment of episodic migraine headaches, or for other forms of headache. The Botox […]
At the Toronto meeting, we heard about two new hyaluronic gel fillers that are edging ever closer to FDA approval. These are called “Belotero” and “Prevelle Lift”. Like Juvederm and Restylane, they are made from the same basic molecule, the ever-popular hyaluronic acid gel. These new formulations, however, are manufactured differently, with the result being […]
