How is Botox applied?

How is Botox applied?

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Botox comes in a crystallized form in a small vial. On the date of your procedure, your doctor will add either normal saline or water to the small vial, draw up the Botox in a syringe, and then inject it into the muscles that are to be paralysed. Each doctor has his own solution. There are 100 units of Botox in a vial, so how many Botox units are injected into the area will depend on how much he dilutes the Botox. That's something you may want to ask your doctor; "How many units of Botox do you usually inject in a certain area?"