What are the different types of Botulinum Toxin?

In this short video we see Consultant Plastic Surgeon and Medical Director of Cosmetic Courses Adrian Richards answer the FAQ; what are the different types of Botox?

Set up in 2001 by RealSelf Top 100 Plastic Surgeon Mr Adrian Richards, Cosmetic Courses is one of the UK’s largest Botox training providers. With a diverse team of expert trainers boasting a combined 113 years of experience in the aesthetic industry and having trained and mentored over 4500 doctors, dentists and nurses we are well equipped to provide you with the knowledge, practical skills and business support to help you set up your own profitable aesthetic practice.

Are you ready for some confusion? Well this is confusing and a lot of our delegates fins the names of the Botulinum Toxin quite confusing I'm just going to run over them there are three main manufacturers of Botulinum Toxin available in the United Kingdom and they are Allergan, Galderma and Merz and these are different pharmaceutical companies which make their own type of botulinum toxin. Allergan make Botox that's the one we know that's the one we've heard of but many patients who have what they say or what they think is Botox treatment aren't actually treated with Botox they're treated with Botulinum Toxin from one of the other manufacturers. Allergan make Botox Galderma make two types of Toxin Azzalure and Dysport it's really important to realise that the units of Galderma products Azzalure, Dysport are not the same as the Allergan units and we talk about this a lot on our courses. The third Manufacturer is Merz.. Merz have two products the first is Bocouture and the second is Xeomin again many patients who think they have or they say they have Botox treatment are in fact being treated with one of these other types of toxin. So again three companies each company has different products each work really well but there are subtle differences so please come along to our courses we'll explain the pros and cons of each of the products in detail so that you can give your patients the best possible treatments.