Botulinum toxin is the most common cosmetic treatment with millions of patients injected every year. Brand names like Botox and Dysport are injectable drugs that cause temporary paralysis of the muscles in your face smoothing wrinkles, sometimes dramatically.
Up to now, the only way to use Botox has been to inject it. That may change. There is a topical botulinum toxin gel being developed. If the toxin could penetrate the skin, then it could work without having to be injected, which is a good thing since there are people out there who really don’t like needles.
Getting enough medication to penetrate your forehead might be difficult. How effective it will be for treating wrinkles is yet to be seen. We will have to wait to see when the product is finally released.
Revance Therapeutics Announces Efficacy of Topical Botulinum Toxin Type A for the Treatment of Facial Wrinkles
NEWARK, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Jul 9, 2009 – Revance Therapeutics, Inc. (“Revance”) today announces that RT001, a topical botulinum toxin type A, under investigation for the treatment of crow’s feet wrinkles, demonstrated efficacy and safety in a US Phase 2b clinical study. The randomized, double-blind, parallel-group, dose-finding study showed efficacy versus placebo at primary and multiple secondary endpoints.
This is the most recent Phase 2 study to demonstrate the efficacy of RT001 and the results are consistent with earlier Phase 2 studies conducted in the US and internationally. More than 200 patients have been treated with RT001 and it has been safe and well tolerated.