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Can I Be Resistant to Botox and Other Fillers?
Since my last question I have 35 units of Xeomin to my Galbella and forehead, it worked worderfully and alsmost immediately, however 1 month later and it is already starying to wear off?
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romi74
in Sydney
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Xeomin and Botox neurotoxins work well
In our office, we have found Xeomin to be long lasting in patients as compared to Botox injectable neurotoxin.
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Resistant to Botox?
You can develop antibodies to Botox. This is far less common with Xeomin which makes it a superior product. Botox and Xeomin are not fillers. It is possible that your Xeomin dose needs to be tweaked for best effect.
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Resistance to Botox and dermal fillers
There is no 'resistance to dermal filler' but patient might be allergic to dermal fillers -products used to restore lost tissue volume.
Botox, Dysport,Xeomin on the other hand are all products of Botulinotoxin type A (BTA). They work by breaking nerve impulse conduction pathway to a muscle which responsible for creating skin creases by constant contraction.
3% of patients develop resistance to protein stabilisers of BTA, Patients simply start producing antibodies to them and BTA does...
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Xeomin Resistance
An actual "resistance" to one of the neuromodulators is quite rare. There are reports of patients making antibodies to one of the prtein components in Botox or Dysport. Xeomin is a "naked" neuromodulator, and does not have this potentially antigenic prtotein component. I have treated several patients with this concern in my practice with excellent results. You may need more units injected as the number used was on the "light" side for treating forehead and...
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Rare for this to happen, most likely you need more units of Xeomin
Thank you for the question.
Botox is not a filler it is a neurotoxin and is used to relax muscles of the face, rather than fill depressions. Xeomin is the latest neurotoxin to have been FDA cleared and new to the market. It is free of complexing proteins, because of that it has slightly different characteristics. Patents in my practice typically describe it as having a quicker onset. Sometimes patients require more units based on...
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Resistance to Botox and fillers is not common.
Patients can form antibodies to different neurotoxins like Botox, Dysport and Xeomin. Typically these patients never have a response. It sounds like you either needed more units or you have very active muscles that were appropriately partially paralyzed but started to fire early.
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Xeomin for frown lines
Xeomin or any other form of neurotoxin can wear off sooner when injected the first time especially if smaller amounts were used. I encourage my patients to use the appropriate amounts and to cover areas outside their areas of concern. the problem is that when Botox or Xeomin stops a certain muscle from making a line, the surrounding muscles can start to compensate and can produce the undesired lines. u may not be resistent to it, its just that u need more units
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