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  • Botulin Toxin Use in Scars/...
    Scala, Jacopo; Vojvodic, Aleksandra; Vojvodic, Petar; Vlaskovic-Jovicevic, Tatjana; Peric-Hajzler, Zorica; Matovic, Dusica; Dimitrijevic, Sanja; Vojvodic, Jovana; Sijan, Goran; Stepic, Nenad; Wollina, Uwe; Tirant, Michael; Thuong, Nguyen Van; Fioranelli, Massimo; Lotti, Torello

    Open Access Macedonian Journal of Medical Sciences, 09/2019, Letnik: 7, Številka: 18
    Journal Article

    Botulinum toxin (BTX) is a neurotoxin protein derived from the Clostridium botulinum bacterium that inhibits the release of acetylcholine at the neuromuscular junction level whose effects has been used for many years to treat a variety of muscular/neuromuscular conditions and more recently also for cosmetic use. BTX has experimented in some dermatological conditions which include scar prevention and treatment with good results The complex mechanism underlying those results is not completely understood but several mechanisms were proposed release inhibition of different substances like (TGF)-β, substance P, calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) and glutamate thus modulating cutaneous inflammation and wound healing. We analysed the published data on BTX off label applications on scars and keloids retrieved from PubMed.