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The experts in botulinum toxin treatment are diverse depending on the organ of the body that needs to be treated. The main medical specialists with expertise in Botulinum toxin are: the ophthalmologist, the neurologist, the surgeon and the dermatologist.

Botulinum toxin is a protein that produces a controlled muscle relaxation. The specialist doctor selects the muscles that need treatment depending on the objective to be achieved: correcting strabismus, relaxing a torticollis, reducing expression wrinkles…

Something curious about the history: In 1977 it was first used in medicine for the treatment of ocular strabismus. The goal was to relax the overactive eye muscles to return the eyeball to its natural position. It was soon discovered that in addition to effectively correcting strabismus? Botulinum toxin made crow’s feet wrinkles disappear!

Main medical uses since then: for more than 30 years, Botulinum toxin has been used safely and effectively for the treatment of focal muscular dystonia such as torticollis or blepharospasm. Similarly, Botulinum toxin is effective in correcting strabismus, expression wrinkles, headaches, hyperhidrosis or excessive sweating and other problems related to excess localized muscle activity.

Safety: the dose used by the dermatologist in the treatment of wrinkles is 6 times lower than the dose of Botox needed in cervical dystonia. If we are concerned about the toxicity, we should know that the toxic dose would be 50 times higher than that used in cosmetic dermatology for wrinkles. In other words, 50 vials would have to be applied to one person at the same time to come close to a possible toxic effect.

Is the number 1 medical aesthetic treatment in the United States: Is the most requested aesthetic treatment by American women. It is estimated that more than 4 million treatments are performed annually. And in Europe the figures are similarly increasing, with Spain being one of the pioneering countries in the aesthetic treatment with botulinum toxin.

Botulinum toxin experts: the technique application is fundamental to its efficacy and safety in any of its medical uses. Therefore, the best doctors who are experts in Botox are those who know perfectly the anatomy and the organs to be treated: dermatologists, neurologists, ophthalmologists…

Dr. Virginia Sánchez García