Difference in Botox and Dysport Treatments

Knowing what your options are when it comes to your individual cosmetic treatment plan is imperative, and can feel overwhelming with all that is offered. If you’re looking for a non-invasive and non-surgical option to temporarily reduce your fine lines and wrinkles, you may be seeing the names Botox and Dysport all over your research. These treatments are popular and effective injectables aimed to reduce facial lines and creases made naturally by our facial expressions. By injecting the muscles, we cause them to rest and relax. These injectable treatments have many things in common as well as specific things that set them apart from one another.

Similarities between Botox and Dysport:

Both Dysport and Botox are botulinum toxins injected to give temporary, natural-looking effects to the skin. These non-surgical, non-invasive, injectables are both FDA approved treatments that work to block nerve signals to the muscles in your face. Botox and Dysport have many approved medical uses outside of cosmetic procedures. But, they are both essentially used for treating and preventing signs of aging, wrinkles, and fine lines in the medical aesthetic industry. These products, like any cosmetic procedure and injectable treatment, should be administered by a medical aesthetic professional.

Differences between Botox and Dysport:

Botox and Dysport, although at first glance are seemingly similar, have very distinct differences. For starters, each treatment option works best in similar areas of the face. Although they are both botulinum toxins, their manufacturing is different. Differences in their potencies causes differentiation between the duration of results and onset result timing, and some people respond better to one treatment over the other. Dysport does typically require a higher quantity of injections to achieve the same look as Botox. As Botox is quite often more expensive than Dysport, it essentially evens out to be very comparable. Often, Dysport has shown results days earlier than Botox treatments.

What is Botox?

Botox is the injectable brand name of botulinum neurotoxin that temporarily gives fast results to smooth your skin. Botox works to block muscles from contracting when making facial expressions such as smiling, squinting, or raising the eyebrows. Injections come in units, and together with your service provider you will determine a good unit amount for your treatment. Botox and Dysport unit amounts can differ. Therefore, they’re unable to be directly compared.

Common problem areas treated with Botox:

Botox treatments have a variety of usage options. For cosmetic aesthetics, they reverse signs of aging from natural expressions. More commonly, Botox injects into the forehead lines, in between eyebrows, crow’s feet, and frown lines. Botox has many medical uses such as treating excessive sweating to severe headaches.

Common Side Effects of Botox:

• Pain, bruising or redness at the injection site
• Eyelid or brow drooping
• Eye redness and irritation
• Headaches
• Hives, rashes, or itching

What is Dysport?

Dysport is also a botulinum neurotoxin injectable treatment. Dysport treats fine lines, wrinkles, and moderate to severe glabellar lines or the short vertical lines between the brows. This injectable spreads to a larger area. This possibly makes the treatment more effective in a larger space for a longer time. Like Botox, Dysport measures in units but as previously mentioned, they do not measure the same.

Common problem areas treated with Dysport:

Dysport, like Botox, has a variety of usage options. Its primary focus is for cosmetic use to effectively and quickly treat vertical wrinkles between your eyes. Dysport also has sufficient medical uses from treating severe neck spasm in the neck all the way down to the toes.

Common Side Effects of Dysport:

• Bruising, bleeding, pain, redness, or swelling at the injection site
• Headache
• Muscle pain or stiffness
• Pain in the neck and back
• Fever
• Cough

Benefits of Injectable Medical Cosmetics

Botox, Dysport, and other injectables treat multiple insecurities and imperfections. From creating a more youthful appearance, to acting as an aging-prevention procedure, to simply boosting your self-esteem, injectable treatments are much less expensive and much less invasive than surgical procedures. Injectables are not permanent. Their results are easily reversible in a matter of months.

Should I Choose Botox or Dysport?

There is still a lot of research and opinions as to what lasts longer, has quicker results, and is more effective. When it comes down to it, the treatment you choose depends on what you are hoping to get out of your medical aesthetic treatments. You’ll want to have clear communication with your service provider on your expectations. As well as problematic areas you want to take care of, and how quickly you want to see results. Depending on this, and what types of wrinkles and lines you treat, your aesthetic nurse or doctor will be able to tailor the best treatment plan for you.

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