Main description:

This bestselling guide to the complexities of botulinum toxins has now been extensively revised, updated, and expanded. Now in two volumes, Volume 1 examines clinical adaptations in the toxins in use today, use with other injectables, use for other parts of the body and other indications, and legal aspects, while Volume 2 documents in detail the functional anatomy and injection techniques for the face, neck, and upper chest. No practitioner of aesthetic medicine will want to be without this comprehensive and authoritative guide from the international experts.

Contents:

Preface. Beyond the obvious: Beauty optimization with botulinum toxin. Functional facial anatomy, proportions of beauty, and neuromodulation. Cosmetic uses of botulinum toxin A in the upper face. Cosmetic uses of botulinum toxin A in the mid face. Cosmetic uses of botulinum toxin A in the lower face, neck, and upper chest. The use of botulinum toxin in the breast. Aesthetic use of botulinum toxin in Asians. Muscles of facial expression. The preparation, handling, storage, and mode of injection of onabotulinumtoxinA. Patient treatment record. Informed consent for the treatment of facial and body wrinkles with BoNTA. Side effects and contraindications to BoNTA injections.