What is tox?
Botox, Dysport, and Jeuveau block certain chemical signals from nerves that cause muscles to contract. The most common use of these injections is to relax the facial muscles that cause frown lines and other facial wrinkles. These injections are also used to ease symptoms of some health conditions such as muscle spasms, lazy eye, excessive sweating, migraines and bladder problems.
Understanding dosing
What is my dose?
We get this question ALL the time via instagram and text.
This question is best answered in the treatment room. There are many aspects that go into calculating one's dose. Client age, strength, size, movement pattern and surface area of the muscle along with skin elasticity and health. An in person assessment is recommended to ensure you are given the proper recommendation on dose to last the 3-4 month duration.
This brings me into my next point. 20u of Botox/Jeuveau OR 50u of Dysport WILL not freeze your whole face. This dose is enough to freeze an area and MAYBE soften a second. We need to move away from “20u froze my face” or “use 20u all over”. I know many injectors will agree with me on this. It was a habit developed when Toxin first came out - but now that we have more research and clinical evidence, 20u will not spread across the whole face and last. 64u (forehead, crows feet and 11’s) was the FDA number of units by Botox cosmetic for the 3 common areas. (Remeber this a drug). So 20u is less than a third of that. Now everyone's dose may be different based on their goals, and will be discussed prior to treatment.
Once we start pulling away from the dose we are pulling away from the battery life of your tox, it may look good for the first couple weeks - but it will fade quickly. Giving the client the wrong impression on what tox can actually do and the longevity. We are doing a disservice to you and your treatment by spreading 20u across the face. 1. It wont last long. 2. results will be weak, leading to an improper result/outcome.