Botched Botox Injections: A Transatlantic Epidemic

The increasing popularity of Botox injections.

The effects of BOTOX injections on emotional experience.

Although it was proposed over a century ago that feedback from facial expressions influence emotional experience, tests of this hypothesis have been equivocal. Here we directly tested this facial feedback hypothesis (FFH) by comparing the impact on self-reported emotional experience of BOTOX injections (which paralyze muscles of facial expression) and a control Restylane injection (which is a c...

316 Botox Injections in Larynx as a Treatment for Vocal Cord Dysfunction

etry. Many patients also present chronic posterior laryngitis in fibronasolaryngoscopy (FNL). The objective of the present study was to evaluate the diagnosis of esophagitis, by FNL and UGE in patients with chronic cough. Methods: Patients followed up for chronic cough, over 18 years of age, were asked about the presence of GERD symptoms and submitted to the FNL and UGE, some of them with esoph...

Lower Face Rejuvenation with Injections: Botox, Juvederm, and Kybella for Marionette Lines and Jowls

A 55-year-old woman requesting noninvasive rejuvenation of the lower face received multimodal injections in a single office visit to rejuvenate the jowls. The patient experienced no adverse events other than self-limiting bruising at the hyaluronic acid injection site and minimal edema. The outcomes were evaluated as follows: (1) by the patient using the self-rated Face-Q assessment and (2) by ...

Botulinum toxin A (Botox) intradetrusor injections in adults with neurogenic detrusor overactivity/neurogenic overactive bladder: a systematic literature review.

OBJECTIVES This systematic literature review discusses the efficacy and safety of botulinum toxin type A (Botox) intradetrusor injections in adults with neurogenic detrusor overactivity (NDO) and urinary incontinence or overactive bladder symptoms of neurogenic origin (NOAB). METHODS A MEDLINE and EMBASE search for clinical studies with botulinum toxin A injected into the detrusor of adults w...