Dysport

What is Dysport?

Dysport is a type A Botulinum toxin or highly purified protein that injected into muscles and used to relax them.

As with other types A toxins which are Botox, this product is to be used by skilled injectors who knows the anatomy of the face.

Where can Dysport be used?

In my practice, I combine it with fillers frequently to try and fix lines that are both dynamic and static.

Dynamic lines are one that caused by muscles while static lines are lines that sitting there even when you are resting or sleeping. So it is very important to know what goes where have they help each other.

For instance, corners of the mouth frequently can be pulled down by one of the muscles of the face. Sometimes, injecting a little bit of Botulinum toxin can help to relax the muscles and move the corner of the mouth upwards.

In addition to that fillers are used there to buttress the corner.

Is Dysport better than Botox?

Dysport is a little bit newer than Botox but it’s been around for at least several years.

We’ve been using Dysport for several years and we were part of the early clinical trials, so we have a lot of experience with it.

Who is a good candidate for Dysport?

Dysport is used for people that want to treat their frown lines, crow’s feet and forehead lines, it can be used to treat a variety of other lines as well.

How long does Dysport last for?

Typically Dyposrt lasts for about 3- 3 1/2 months, sometimes in somebody that has been using it for a while, it will last for 4-6 months.

What are the benefits of Dysport?

It can be a little bit different than Botox, the infusion and how it’s taken up by the skin, so it is just a different type of up-take.

If you are thinking about relaxing your muscles speak to your dermatologist or plastic surgeon. Come in and see me, we would be happy to take care of you.

Contact Dr. Kenneth Beer with questions regarding Dysport or make a quick appointment to visit him at Beer Dermatology. (561) 430-2767 | (561) 600-4848

Now what we are going to do is inject her frown lines here, and what we are going to do is use a little bit of a botulinum toxin just to relax this. Basically in the face there is one muscle here that pulls everything up, and everything else pulls it down. So by relaxing this set of muscles here and here – we will be able to relax the muscles that pull down as she should get a little bit of an eyebrow lift and that will look really nice. Sometimes we go ahead and combine that with a little bit of injection out here, and again that allows us to relax the muscle that pulls it down here giving you a lift, so botulinum toxins are all opposite when you relax the muscle that goes down you get an elevation and when you relax the muscles here that hold the eyebrow and eye lid up you get a droop. So a lot of times I will see people that come from other places, and what they have done is had injections through here to try and get rid of these lines, and unfortunately what that will do is drop you so what we will do is go ahead and start. Go ahead and frown, give it a little pinch. What we like to use here are these very, very small microscopic needles to place the protein perfectly where it belongs. Pinch – it also decrease the discomfort and we have a few other things that we do here that make it much more comfortable for the patient. In general, no matter which product we are using we try and do about 5 or 6 injection sites and that gives us a very nice pattern. How are you doing? Good! So you can see it is a fairly simply injection and what we are doing is using these imported needles from Japan and they are so small you can barely see them. We go through a lot of these, the other thing is that sometimes we will use our insulin syringes again because they are very small very comfortable. Minimal, minimal bruising. You will see a little bit of fluid there and you will see just 5 little fluid bumps and what that is, is this saline or salt water that we use to reconstitute or mix up the toxins, and most of the ones that are available today are similar in that respect. Some of the newer ones will come pre- mixed. Raise your eye brows for me? So again this is one muscle here called the frontalis that is pulling everything up. In her it is giving these lines, but they are not that deep and we don’t really want to every go below the bottom third. If we go below here and she will get an eyelid heaviness. So go ahead reach up, lift up for me, little pinch sorry – and so in contrast with some of the other injections we do. What I am doing here is spreading the protein out evenly with tiny, tiny, tiny injections. So we are not going to get every single line but we are going to clean up the neighborhood, and make her look a little bit more relaxed and less stressed. How are we doing? Good. So I am taking my time here and going along and trying to make sure that the body of the muscles relaxed and that she still has something that works to hold her eyebrow up. Trying to make it as symmetric as possible, and again that is a pretty easy injection. Are you okay? Mhmm. So that is how we treat the frontalis or forehead muscles and that is how we do the frown lines or glabella but very, very easy to do the only thing is you have to know where you are going and use the right amount of product. There are many different products available today from Botox to Dysport to Jeuveau to Xeomin and they are pretty interchangeable to some degree. You just have to understand the difference between them and correct for some dosage. There are some subtle differences that we will also talk about in the next part. So you should be perfect for that!