Efficacy of Prabotulinum and Onabotulinum Toxin-A for Facial Wrinkles

Summary

The appearance of facial wrinkles, lines, or folds is a natural phenomenon during aging. Different scales help classify wrinkles objectively, such as the Facial Wrinkle Scale. Others help classify patients' subjective perspectives, like the Face-Q questionnaire. The application of Botulinum Toxin is the most performed non-surgical aesthetic procedure in the world to treat facial expression lines. The present study aims to compare the efficacy of onabotulinum toxin-A (BOTOX®) and prabotulinum toxin-A (NABOTA®) to treat expression lines in the upper third of the face, based on objective and subjective follow-up, using the FWS scale and FACE-Q questionnaire, respectively.

Timeline

Start

2020-06-15

Primary completion

2021-01-15

Completion

2021-01-15

Publications

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Drugs

Indications

No indication recorded.