Botox: What’s The Ideal Dose?

Name: Botox: What’s The Ideal Dose?
Uploaded: 2024-05-06T16:00:16+00:00
Duration: 42 s
Channel: Dr. Charles Mok
Description: Dr. Charles Mok explains Botox dosing across different areas. The FDA references 64 units as a standard dose. Typical cosmetic treatments use around 57…

6 May 2024 · 1 min

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Dr. Charles Mok explains Botox dosing across different areas. The FDA references 64 units as a standard dose. Typical cosmetic treatments use around 57 units for women and 100 for men, with higher amounts needed for the neck and lower face.

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Approximately 3,000 units.

1,000 units.

64 units.

Approximately 57 units.

Approximately 100 units.

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Is there too many units a person could ever get? We know that even lethal dose, 50% for humans is 3,000 units. So if you did say a thousand units, you are using a potentially close to dangerous dose, 3000. It is risky. So for cosmetic dosing, there's really no dosage window because you really can't do enough. That could be dangerous. The FDA dose is 64 units of Botox, and that's just the only dose you can use more than less than that. So the FDA is what they have approval to market for highest position. We're typically about 57 units in our average female patient. Every male patient, roughly 100 units. As for typical treatments, and we're doing the neck and the lower face more like, you know, 100 to 150 units in women and 200 units in men.