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What Does Botox Look Like Before Water is Added?

asked 1 year ago by 659 in York, Q5
Latest answer by Otto Joseph Placik, MD
Question viewed 640 times
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21 answers to What Does Botox Look Like Before Water is Added?

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What does Botox Look Like?

Hi 659.  Botox is actually a fine freeze dried white power before that is mixed with saline solution prior to injection.  It looks almost like baby powder of very fine ice shavings.
Harold J. Kaplan, MD

Los Angeles Facial Plastic Surgeon

www.celibre.com

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What Does Botox Look Like Before Water is Added?

Botox looks like a fine white powder in the vial before it is diluted with saline. The amount in the vial is very small and sometimes difficult to see.
Paul Vitenas, Jr., MD

Houston Plastic Surgeon
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Botox looks like a very fine powder

Botox is prepared as a lyophilized protein. It is present in such small quantities that you can barely see it and looks like a dusting of talcum powder on the bottom of the vial. I actually returned my first vial because I thought it was emtpy.
Otto Joseph Placik, MD

Chicago Plastic Surgeon
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Botox before reconstitution

When you get the new vial of Botox from Allergan, there's just a faint white "dust" in the vial, which represents 100 units of the crystalline powder.  It doesn't look like much - but it sure works!
Thomas Fiala, MD

Altamonte Springs Plastic Surgeon
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Botox before mixing it with water

Botox Cosmetic comes in a sealed vial of 100 "units" per vial. It is a microscopic protein - so when you look in the vial before it is mixed with sterile saline, it looks like almost nothing. You can see fine tiny white crystals around the base of the vial. Different doctors will use different amounts of saline to mix up the botox - usually between 1 to 3 cc's. We use 2 cc's - so there are 5 units per 0.1cc of saline. Its the number of units injected that counts,... more
Jennifer Reichel, MD

Seattle Dermatologist

www.pacificdermcenter.com

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BOTOX

Botox cosmetic looks like white small crystals in a vial before it's reconstituted with saline & ready for use.
Anatoli Freiman, MD

Toronto Dermatologist
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A fine white film

Botox Cosmetic, manufactured by Allergan, looks like a fine white film in the bottle, prior to reconstitution.
Anurag Agarwal, MD

Naples Facial Plastic Surgeon
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Botox is almost invisible before injected

You could say that Botox comes in a freeze dried powder that is almost invisible in the bottle before it is mixed with saline.
Frank Agullo, MD

El Paso Plastic Surgeon
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Botox in a bottle

Botox does not look like much before it is reconstituted.  It is a a fine thin white film freeze-dried in a vial, it is barely visible.  The protien is then mixed with sterile saline for reconstitution.
Lisa Kates, MD

Annapolis Dermatologist
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Botox looks like a white powder

Botox is a fine powder that appears as a white powder at the bottom of the vial before it is reconstituted with saline.
Thomas W. Bender, III MD

Mobile Dermatologic Surgeon
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What does Botox look like?

Some say Botox is a fine white/clear powder in vials that is reconstituted with sterile saline just prior to injection. I say Botox looks like a little droplet of the Fountain of Youth captured in a bottle... but that's just me.
William A. Wallace, MD, FACS

Jacksonville Plastic Surgeon
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Botox is hard to see before adding saline

Botox doesn't look like much until it is reconstituted.  It is delivered from Allergan, the company that makes it, in a small glass vial.  The dry Botox is a fine white powder that is difficult to see.  Generally, it is not mixed with water.  The FDA recommends saline but most physicians use bacteriostatic saline as the preservative decreases discomfort during injection.
Jonathan Sonne, MD

Naples Facial Plastic Surgeon
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Botox in the vial

Botox is freeze dried in the vial. It is sometimes difficult to see in the vial.  It is then diluted with saline so that it can be injected.
Steven Wallach, MD

Manhattan Plastic Surgeon
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Botox is a powder before it's mixed

Botox comes in a small glass vial as a freeze dried white powder.  Once it's mixed with saline it can then be injected.  Please consult with an experienced injector of Botox such as a plastic surgeon or dermatologist prior to receiving this product. I do not recommend that you attempt to purchase it online. Best wishes, Dr. Bruno
William Bruno, MD

Beverly Hills Plastic Surgeon
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Botox - what does it look like

Botox looks like a fine white powder but it's usually difficult to see in the bottle.  It is freeze dried product that needs saline to be used.   Dr. Cat Begovic M.D. 
Catherine Huang-Begovic, MD

Beverly Hills Facial Plastic Surgeon
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Botox: General Questions

Botox (onabotulinumtoxin A) is a lyophilized (freeze-dried) and purified protein that is appears as a fine white powder along the bottom of the Botox vial. This is easy to miss or even interpreted as water stains on the bottom of the vile. When suspended with saline the mixture is clear.
James M. Ridgway, MD

Seattle Facial Plastic Surgeon
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No water should be added

Sterile preserved saline is used to reconstitute this sterilized freeze-dried purified protein. The vial looks like it has a slightly white material barely visible in the bottom of the vial. But more inportant, it should have the Allergan hologram on the outside and should be in the hands of a board certified dermatologist or plastic surgeon, so you know you are getting the right product correctly injected.
Mary Lupo, MD

New Orleans Dermatologist
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Like nothing.

The BOTOX is freeze dried to a powder in the vial.  If I recall correctly each vial contains 5 nanograms of purified protein.  Basically, this is one of the most expensive products out there.  Fortunately only a tiny amount is needed for a treatment.  The doctor reconstitutes the dry product to make the solution that is injected.
Kenneth D. Steinsapir, MD

Los Angeles Oculoplastic Surgeon
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What Does Botox Look Like Before Water is Added?

As previously stated a "fine powder" before SALINE not water is added to reconstitute it. Best to see boarded surgeons from MIAMI Dr. Darryl j. Blinski
Darryl J. Blinski, MD

Miami Plastic Surgeon
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Botox appearance

The appearance of Botox prior to dilution with normal saline is that of a very fine dry white powder, barely perceptible , in the vial that it comes packaged in.
Steven Hacker, MD

West Palm Beach Dermatologic Surgeon

www.palmbeachdermasurgery.com

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What does Botox look like before water is added?

It looks like a smudge on the inside of the glass of what appears to be an empty bottle. 
Emily Altman, MD

Short Hills Dermatologic Surgeon

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