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Botulinum toxin

Botulinum toxin is a general term for substances that can temporarily reduce signaling from a nerve to selected muscles. In aesthetic use, the product, dose, area and individual suitability require physician assessment.

This translation has no recorded clinical or medical-language review. Turkish is the current indexing language.

Scope of the glossary

Definitions are for general information; they are not diagnosis, personal risk assessment or treatment advice. Source lists are editorial starting points and are not clinical-review records. Personal suitability requires an in-person physician assessment.

Related sources

These sources are editorial starting points selected to examine the scope and limitations of the procedure topic connected with this term.

  1. BOTOX Cosmetic (onabotulinumtoxinA) Prescribing Information

    U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) · 2024

    Editorial source — not a clinical-review record

  2. Cosmetic Botulinum Toxin A Injections to the Upper Face: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Clinical Studies

    Alaa Safia, Uday Abd Elhadi, Shlomo Merchavy, Ramzy Batheesh, Naji Bathish · 2026

    Editorial source — not a clinical-review record

  3. Complications of Cosmetic Botulinum Toxin A Injections to the Upper Face: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

    David Zargaran, Florence Zoller, Alexander Zargaran, Eqram Rahman, Alexander Woollard, Tim Weyrich, Afshin Mosahebi · 2022

    Editorial source — not a clinical-review record