Botox® Offers an Additional Tool in Preventing The Formation of Bad Scars

Mayo Clinic researchers have found that treating a facial wound in the early healing phase with botulinum toxin (Botox®) improves the appearance of a scar later.

The findings are published in the August issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings.

"Our findings show that botulinum toxin offers an additional tool in preventing the formation of bad scars," says Holger Gassner, M.D., lead study researcher and former Mayo Clinic ear, nose and throat surgical resident who is now a fellow in Facial Plastic Surgery at the University of Washington in Seattle. "It will give us the option to optimize healing of forehead wounds in the first place and possibly allow us to avoid later surgeries to improve the scar's appearance."

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