May 02, 2011 @ 11:29 AM — by Douglas Mackenzie
Have you had Botox AND Dysport? Which one do you like better? Vote how much you like each here: .
http://www.picscore.com/article/article.php?articleid=309
This is a great website that allows you to vote and score photos of all kinds of stuff on all kinds of topics. I thought it was a good way to sort through some of the hype put out by the manufacturers of both Botox and Dysport. Which do patients REALLY like better? We'll see! Even if you haven't had both, if you've had one or the other, or neither, it may be helpful to find out what other people think.
February 19, 2010 @ 10:33 AM — by Douglas Mackenzie
I previously wrote on this blog about Dysport, and it's debut on the market as a competitor for Botox. I wasn't too thrilled that although it seemed to be very similar to Botox, there was essentially little or no cost difference, and speculated that there were maybe some issues of propping up the price because of third party reimbursement for certain non-cosmetic applications, and that each company wanted to keep that under wraps.
Well, I'll let that line of conspiracy theory go and chalk it up to the unintended consequences and inefficiencies of government's intrusions into health care (imagine any other product coming onto a market, competing head to head with a similar product - the price of both would go down).
Because of patient interest, I decided to get Dysport and have it available along with Botox in my Santa Barbara practice. So Dysport is now available at Pacific Plastic Surgery with myself or Jessica. As for t
August 05, 2009 @ 05:01 PM — by Douglas Mackenzie
Botox now has a competitor on the scene with Dysport. But don't get too excited, and don't expect prices for either product to diminish more than they already have with the general deflation of the economy.
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