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How much of a vial of Botox is used per procedure?

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I have a clarification question, and I'd like some input from some doctors out there: Botox comes in 100 unit vials. Let's say that one procedure consists of one or more injections at one injection site, say, the glabellar folds. What I'm trying to understand, is how much of that 100 unit vial you'd use for one procedure, on average? Thanks!

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