On this topic, I've been doing some research, spoke with some doctors, pretty much investigated the matter of self injecting botox and basically want to archive some of my findings here - as I was a blank slate starting the process and good information on self injecting, despite its popularity, wasn't and isn't as readily available as you'd think.
Allergan being the main botulinum toxin A manufacturer used almost exclusively in skin clinics.
They use other brands where botox may not have sufficient outcome, but Allergan is the recommended supplier.
My main concern around self admin was and is, health, well being, not blinding myself etc.
Via the administering Dr at my local skin clinic, the danger of necrosis, blindness, nerve and vessel damage etc, is more so with dermal filler, like hyaluronic acid, when it may be injected into a blood vessel and block it.
Botox dilutes even if injected into a vein so apparently the dangers you'd have with filler re blindness etc, are absent with botox.
The danger with botox, according to sources and feedback I've got, when it comes to long term damage, is very small.
The injection is made intramuscularly or slightly superficial of intramusclar with many demo examples on youtube.
- There are also demo videos of gals self admining filler; my understanding is in the case of things going wrong, a counteractive enzyme is administered to neutralize/disperse the filler.
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On the point of acquiring botox - Alibaba was my first point of call.
Chinese vs US botox
Both preparation are safe and effective treatments for patients with focal dystonia and muscle spasm. They both have subclinical effects on neuromuscular transmission of remote uninjected muscles. The Chinese preparation is a little less powerful but much cheaper than Botox.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
There is criticism of chinese products, seemingly a reasonable amount of bunk product etc, and then some studies as above that list it as being slightly weaker, but far cheaper and ultimately similar efficacy.
Another source made known to me by another user of this forum is, Vianacare.
They have a list of shining reviews on trustpilot.
The conventional clinic admin of botox, runs roughly two to three times the cost of online purchase, possibly more depending on how long your vial lasts.
There's also sources on meso rx, eroids and steroidsourcetalk but cost wise, it seems to make little sense to buy from there.