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How Many Units of Dysport Should Be Given for Lines Between Eyes and Horizontal?

asked 7 months ago by Silly forehead
Latest answer by Jeffrey Adelglass, MD
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Tags: between eyebrows, normal, units

I am 44 and have vertical and horizontal lines on forehead. I did a Groupon for 40 units of Dysport and the Doctor told me it was not enough. So I paid to double it and he wrote down that I had 50 units. How much should I have had? He said I could go back for touch up in 2 weeks, but now I think I didn't have to pay for the extra!

12 answers to How Many Units of Dysport Should Be Given for Lines Between Eyes and Horizontal?

Variables on dysport

The only determining factor here is, how big is your forehead? Without seeing you, it is impossible for me to determine how many units to use. If you had a normal size forehead, I would typically use approximately 25 units for the forehead, and 25 units on the glabella ( your 11 lines in-between your eyes). I hope this helps a little

Jeffrey Adelglass, MD
Dallas Facial Plastic Surgeon

Dysport dosage

Greetings~ 40 units of Dysport isn't much. Typically, the vertical lines between the brows (glabella) requires between 60 and 75 units. For some 50 units may be sufficient but it's doubtful that you would see much results with 40 or that they would last very long. The horizontal forehead lines can vary greatly. (starting around 15 units and maybe up to 60). With 80 units you could potentially treat the horizontal and vertical lines but... more

Grant Stevens, MD
Los Angeles Plastic Surgeon

Dysport in the Glabella

My experience with Dysport in the glabella is that 50-60 units is sufficient. I would recommend that you choose your Dysport injector with other methods than Groupon. The deep discounting (or actually paying out of pocket) method of recruiting patients is new and controversial. Since Facial Plastic Surgery does not lend itself well to the "high volume" model of seeing patients, I would recommend that you seek out your Doctor via word of mouth in the future. more

Stephen Prendiville, MD
Fort Myers Facial Plastic Surgeon

Dysport Dose for Forehead?

Hi Silly. The 40 units you purchased would not be enough for the glabella, the area between the eyes. We typically does the glabella at 60 units. The horizontal forehead lines would need an additional 30-45 units (our estimate based on the photo. It's likely that if you stuck with the 50 units for glabella that your duration would have been a little light, maybe just 3 months. In addition, if he used the 50 units between the two areas, you will probably be... more

Harold J. Kaplan, MD
Los Angeles Facial Plastic Surgeon

How to Know if You Got Enough Dysport

Thank you for your question. Unfortunately without personally evaluating you I cannot say how much Dysport would be recommended. For the majority of patients 50-60 units adequately injected into the glabellar muscles and 35-50 into the forehead are required to minimize their movement sufficiently. In our San Francisco Bay Area practice we have patients with few to no visible frown lines at rest that use Dysport (or Botox) preventatively and do very well with 40 units (16 units)... more

Steven H. Williams, MD
San Francisco Plastic Surgeon

You didn't get enough, pure and simple

For the glabella, which is the area between your brows, I usually use about 55-70 units alone. For a full treatment of the glabella, forehead, crow's feet, and for a small brow lift, I use 150 units. 40 units or even 50 units to both of the areas you had treated simply isn't enough to have a good effect. I'm unsure how if you paid to "double it" you ended up only getting 10 units more than the Groupon's 40 units, but I'd say some funny math is going on. more

F. Victor Rueckl, MD
Las Vegas Dermatologist

www.lakesdermatology.com

Dysport to forehead and area between eyes

Not much can be done with 40 units of dysport for anything or anyone. Not surprising that that is sold as a groupon. Get a deal on 40 units, go in, pay for the rest. Nobody that is good at this is giving it away as it is expensive to buy. Groupons that involve use of expensive materials need to be looked at carefully. First , make sure a doctor doing the injecting, second, make sure that they are experienced at this.

Jo Herzog, MD
Birmingham Dermatologist

Standard doses of Dysport

My standard dose of Dysport for the lines between the eyes is almost always 50 to 70 units and this has been quite effective. Horizontal forehead lines usually require between 30 to 50 units, depending on the size of the forehead. For a first time patient, I usually recommend starting with one area to see how things respond before going on to treat multiple areas.

Mitchell Schwartz, MD
South Burlington Dermatologic Surgeon

Units of Dysport

The number of units for any neurotoxin varies from person to person. An average amount of Dysport in the glabella is between 50-60 units for a woman and may be more for a man. For the horizontal forehead lines the amount can vary even more depending on the height and width of your forehead the depth of your lines, and how "frozen" you want to look. An average amount of Dysport in this area would be 30-60 units for a female to allow for some natual movement. more

Sheri G. Feldman, MD
Beverly Hills Dermatologist

Amount of dysport

Dysport is one of the neurotoxins available on the market. To determine what amount/cost is needed depends on the strength of the facial muscles, and where the neurotoxin is injected.

Purvisha Patel, MD
Germantown Dermatologist

Forget about Groupon. Find someone who does good work.

Top injectors in Los Angeles not surprisingly charge top money. BOTOX and Dysport are not commodities. You are not just paying for the cost of a very expensive drug. You also need a highly skilled injector to properly place the product. 40 units of Dysport is not a whole lot of this product. It is very clear in the photograph that you have very strong glabellar muscles. In my office, we would recommend 100 units of Dysport or 33 units of BOTOX.... more

Kenneth D. Steinsapir, MD
Los Angeles Oculoplastic Surgeon

How much Dysport is needed

That's the catch with docs who use Groupon. It doesn't really pay to do, unless you're not busy, in which case I ask you "Why do you want to use that person?". But enough of that. To answer your question, after using Dysport extensively I think it's really a conversion rate closer to 3:1 than 2:1 Dysport:Botox. In other words the glabella or frown line area really should take between 55-70 units. Treatment of the forehead really varies depending on the result you... more