Botulinum Toxin
How it is taken
The schedule
| Route | Injected into chosen muscles by a trained injector, in a clinic |
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It is given by a trained injector, in a clinic, and it is not something anyone does for themselves. The injector picks the muscles for the result you want, reconstitutes the vacuum-dried vial with preservative-free saline, and places small amounts into chosen points with a very fine needle, which takes a few minutes and needs no anaesthetic. The label's own cosmetic pattern is 20 Units across five points for frown lines, 24 Units for the outer eye lines, and 40 Units when forehead and frown lines are treated together. The effect starts in three to seven days, is complete at about two weeks, and lasts three to four months, so sessions repeat about three times a year.
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Sources
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- BOTOX Cosmetic (onabotulinumtoxinA): official prescribing label, dosing and dilution tables (Full text · checked 2026-10-13)
- BOTOX: onabotulinumtoxinA label (Official medicine label · checked 2026-10-08)
- Botulinum toxin: examining duration of effect in facial aesthetic applications (Abstract · checked 2026-10-13)