Botox and Potential Dangers of Platysmal Band Injections?

Your question makes good scientific sense, but the toxicity has not been studied so well as to provide us answers to give you.  If there were a very high number of units needed (that should not be the case) then you could consider to have one side done and a week later to do the other so that the number of units is limited per session, but this is just not done on a practical basis. Most patients will see board certified dermatologists or plastic surgeons and have average number of units injected. It may not be the total amount of units that was the cause for the few reported cases of complications, but possibly inadvertent entry of Botox into a blood vessel. In order to minimize complications, only 2 units are injected per site and the sites are spread apart to allow for diffusion from each injection.

Please make sure that you are being injected by a board certified and qualified plastic surgeon with extensive experience in Botox injections.  Doses vary from patient to patient and desired treatment effect, so without seeing  you in person, it is impossible to give you an absolute number of units.  However Botox treatment of platysmal bands can be very safe and effective.

 

Good Luck.