title: A succinct review of botulinum toxin in dermatology; update of cosmetic and noncosmetic use.
abstract: Botulinum toxin A has a wide variety of clinical applications in medical and dermatologic sciences. Nowadays, researchers introduce some other indications for botulinum toxin in cosmetic and especially noncosmetic aspects of dermatology such as medical rhinoplasty, hypertrophic scar, chemical brow lift, supraciliary wrinkles, pompholix, eccrine angiomatosis, Hailey-Hailey, dermatochalasis, lichen simplex, nosthalgia parestetica, and granulosis rubra nasi. In this general overview of the use of botulinum toxin in dermatology, an extensive literature search was carried out to updates of all dermatology-oriented experiments and clinical trials on the mentioned aspect of botulinum toxin.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Jondishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran.
authors.forename: Amir
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Feily
authors.forename: Hamidreza
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fallahi
authors.forename: Dana
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zandian
authors.forename: Hossein
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kalantar
mesh_terms: D001905:Botulinum Toxins / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003357:Cosmetic Techniques; D006801:Humans; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D001905:Botulinum Toxins