Main description:

This high-quality, well illustrated manual has proved itself the perfect guide to the clinical use of the different types of botulinum toxins, for both esthetic and medical purposes. This second edition retains all the features that made its predecessor so successful, such as detailed anatomic drawings, a review of the different formulations available, and specimen forms. It has been revised and updated throughout and features additional new material on medico-legal considerations and psychological and cultural factors that may affect the intentions of patients and the results that can be achieved.

Contents:

Preface Prologue: The Search for Beauty 1. Pharmacology, Immunology and Current Developments 2. Facial Anatomy and the Use of Botulinum Toxin 3. Cosmetic Ues of Botulinum Toxin A in the Upper Face 4. Cosmetic Uses of Botulinum Toxin A in the Mid Face 5. Cosmetic Uses of Botulinum Toxin A in the Lower Face, Neck and Upper Chest 6. Skin Resurfacing with Microbotox and the Treatment of Keloids 7. Facial and Lower Limb Contouring 8. Botulinum Toxin Type A Treatment for Raynaud's Phenomenon 9. Botulinum Toxins A Other than BOTOX(R) 10. Botulinum Toxin B 11. Botulinum Toxin in the Management of Focal Hyperhidrosis 12. Medicolegal Considerations of Cosmetic Treatment with Botulinum Toxin Injections Appendix 1. Muscles of Facial Expressions Appendix 2. The Preparation, Handling, Storage and Mode of Injection of BOTOX(R) and Other Botulinum Toxins Appendix 3. Patient Treatment Record Appendix 4. Informed Consent for the Treatment of Facial and Body Wrinkles with BoNTA Appendix 5. Side-effects and Contraindications to BoNTA Injections