A succinct review of botulinum toxin in dermatology; update of cosmetic and noncosmetic use

作者：Feily Amir; Fallahi Hamidreza^*; Zandian Dana; Kalantar Hossein

来源：Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology, 2011, 10(1): 58-67.

DOI：10.1111/j.1473-2165.2010.00545.x

• Botulinum toxin A
• cosmetic and noncosmetic use
• update

Botulinum toxin A has a wide variety of clinical applications in medical and dermatologic sciences. Nowadays, researchers introduce some other indications for botulinum toxin in cosmetic and especially noncosmetic aspects of dermatology such as medical rhinoplasty, hypertrophic scar, chemical brow lift, supraciliary wrinkles, pompholix, eccrine angiomatosis, Hailey-Hailey, dermatochalasis, lichen simplex, nosthalgia parestetica, and granulosis rubra nasi. In this general overview of the use of botulinum toxin in dermatology, an extensive literature search was carried out to updates of all dermatology-oriented experiments and clinical trials on the mentioned aspect of botulinum toxin.

• 出版日期2011-3