Quick Updates of Botulinum Toxin in Dermatology for Non-Cosmetic Purposes
ISBN:978-88-947285-0-7
Ayşe Serap Karadağ and Ümit Tursen
Torello Lotti
Linda Gray
PDF
English
World Health Academy Publishing House
Preface 1
1. Definition and Action Mechanism of Botulinum Toxin. 2 H. Hügül2. Pharmacology of Botulinum Toxins 9
K. Büyükafşar3. Botulinum Toxin: Clinical Techniques and Applications. 16
Z.A. Serdar, D. Cebeci
4. Introduction to Botulinum Toxin’s Non-Cosmetic Indications. 21
A. Ferahbaş, N. Taşlıdere
5. Botulinum Toxin Treatment in Rosacea and Flushing. 27
G. Gökdemir
6. Botulinum Toxin Treatment in Acne And Seborrhea. 34
M.K. Öztürk
7. Botulinum Toxin Treatment in Hyperhidrosis. 42
U. Wollina
8. Botulinum Toxin Treatment in Hailey-Hailey Disease. 50
F. Canpolat
9. Botulinum Toxin Treatment in Psoriasis. 55
F.T. Demir
10. Botulinum Toxin Treatment in Hidradenitis Suppurativa /Acne Inversa. 62
U. Wollina
11. Botulinum Toxin Treatment in Alopecia. 66
D. Başaran
12. Botulinum Toxin Treatment in Vulvodynia. 75
P. Üstüner
13. Botulinum Toxin Treatment in Post-Herpetic Neuralgia. 82
G. T. Demirci14. Botulinum Toxin Treatment in Dyshidrotic Hand Dermatitis. 88
Ö. Özbağçıvan
15. Botulinum Toxin Treatment in Raynaud’s Phenomenon. 94
H. Ulusal
16. Botulinum Toxin Treatment in Itchiness and
Pain-Related Dermatologic Disorders. 103
M. C. Koska
17. Botulinum Toxin Treatment in Facial Paralysis/Asymmetric Smile. 111
N. Caf, Z. Kutlubay
18. Botulinum Toxin Treatment in Hypertrophic Scars. 118
U. Wollina
19. Complications of Botulinum Toxin in Non-Cosmetic Procedures. 123
S.A. Örnek, Ş. Güngör
Index. 130Botulinum toxin, also known as Botox, is produced by Clostridium botulinum, a gram-positive
anaerobic bacterium. Its injections are among the most commonly practised cosmetic procedures in daily
practise. Its action mechanism depends on preventing the release of acetylcholine from the
neuromuscular junctions so a temporary paralysis of the muscles into which it has been injected occurs.
This temporary paralysis results in reduced facial mimic wrinkles, an effect which has seen it used as a
common antiaging and cosmetic therapy. It can also be used to treat a variety of other conditions,
including pain, hyperhidrosis, rosacea and flushing, acne and seborrhea, psoriasis, hidradenitis
suppurativa, alopecia, vulvodinia, dyshidrotic hand dermatitis, Raynaud’s phenomenon, itchiness and
pain-releated dermatologic disorders, facial palsy and some asymmetries, hypertrophic scars and keloids
and also reduce the signs and symptoms of a number of rare diseases that are caused or exacerbated by
hyperhidrosis, such as Fox-Fordyce disease.