For 20 years, Dr. Keith S. Berman has practiced plastic surgery from his medical offices on New York's Staten Island. In his private practice, Keith Berman, MD, offers surgical procedures as well as non-surgical dermal fillers such as Botox.

1. Research Shows Botox
May Improve Facial
Scar Appearance
DR. KEITH BERMAN

2. Introduction
 For 20 years, Dr. Keith S. Berman has practiced plastic
surgery from his medical offices on New York's Staten Island.
In his private practice, Keith Berman, MD, offers surgical
procedures as well as non-surgical dermal fillers such as
Botox.
Botox, clinically known as botulinum toxin A or BTX-A, may
improve the appearance of scars from facial reconstructive
surgery, according to a study recently published in the peer-
reviewed journal Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. The
article shares the work of researchers from Shanghai Jiao
Tong University School of Medicine, where researchers
worked with a population of 16 patients who were
undergoing surgery for a facial deformity, most often a
birthmark.

3. Botox
 The research team injected half of the scar on each patient,
either with a placebo saline solution or BTX-A. By the end of
the study, the patients who received BTX-A injections had a
more favorable scar appearance rating as compared to the
control group.
Lead author XiaoXi Lin, MD, PhD, suggests that the results
may stem from the ability of BTX-A to temporarily paralyze
muscles around a scar. By minimizing movement of the
adjacent tissue, this effect could lessen stress on the wound
and prevent disfiguring processes such as scar widening and
hyperpigmentation. Additionally, prior evidence exists to
suggest that BTX-A may inhibit the development of the
fibroblasts that affect the appearance of a scar.