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. 2018 Jul-Aug;93(4):610-611.
doi: 10.1590/abd1806-4841.20187425.

Effect of botulinum toxin type A on the healing of facial skin biopsies - series of cases

Geórgia Andrade Padulla  1   2 , Ediléia Bagatin  2 , Sérgio Henrique Hirata  2 , Samira Yarak  2
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Effect of botulinum toxin type A on the healing of facial skin biopsies - series of cases

Geórgia Andrade Padulla et al. An Bras Dermatol. 2018 Jul-Aug.
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Figure 1
Figure 1
Aspect, three months after the biopsy, of the right periorbital region treated with BTXA, with a small skin-colored linear scar
Figure 2
Figure 2
Aspect, three months after the biopsy, of the right preauricular region treated with BTXA, with a small skin-colored linear scar
Figure 3
Figure 3
Aspect of the periorbital wrinkles at rest, before the biopsy and the injection of BTXA A and three months after B
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