well we already know they make fake viagra so im sure the product is fake . I dont buy a damn thing from china they dont even care about human life just profits. when will our government wake up and stop the nonsense of the junk imported from china - many people are realising its destroying our beautiful country

buying black market Botox is not the smartest or safest way to cut back on costs. Try cutting back on consumables and staff overflow, never compromise your service. Also why help China's economy when we are in a are recession... lets support our Country... DONT BE CHEAP, it gives all us medspa owners/doctors and bad rap!!!

A Doctor here in Texas is currently in JAIL for using fake Botox:

http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/txs/releases/November%202007/071113Rothenberg.htm

Sorry- that was only for the conviction- here is a link for the sentencing:

http://www.kdbc.com/Global/story.asp?S=8489895&nav=menu608_2_3

Is everything in China like, fake now? I've heard so many things that are fake and they mostly come from China. Hmm... this makes me wonder if China's fake too. Gaah! I knew that Thesaurus was fake and so was that map! China is a mythological land, isn't it!? :D lol j/k.

But kidding aside, let's be more alert when it comes to choosing "health-altering" products. It's better to spend more on safe treatment, than to save a few products on a fake product and croak a few days later. X.X

I meant to say: "It's better to spend more on safe treatment, than to save a few BUCKS on a fake product and croak a few days later. X.X"

Sorry for my low quality senses-- they seem to come from China too. lol

It came from china then return to china, there is nothing you can doi about it people.

Let's look at the big picture. When the American economy was strong, was it b/c we were cutting corners and making the fast buck? Just look at GM/Ford/Chrysler to see what happens to organizations that skimp on quality. I work with plastic surgeons across the country and from Honolulu to Saratoga Springs, BOTOX is a brand that has enormous respect. It's been a savior to our industry that let's face it, has been otherwise flat for this entire decade. Don't cut corners and risk ruining the BOTOX brand - non surgical treatments have been very good to the cosmetic surgery and medical spa industry - let's not kill the goose.

I was recently made aware of a product called "Dyspot" to compete with Allergan's Botox. I understand Dyspot is currently not available in the U.S. but physicians may be smuggling this drug through the custom to save a few bucks.

We use dysport commonly in the UK - It is a UK made botulinum toxin type A and is very well studied -you can check the numerous articles on pubmed. It has a lower protein count than botox which may suggest lower resistance levels after years of use ..In fact a new brand from Germany (Xeomin) - has 0% protein which makes it the safest b.toxin to use....Dypsort has been licenced in the Uk for a while now whereas xeomin has just gotton licence last year. Dypsort I have heard will have license by the us fda by the end of the year....it comes in vials of 500units (not equivalant to botox units.....approx.1:3 ratio...botox/dysport)..around the same price as botox though.
However, the difference between the two product noted in some studies found on pubmed is that dysport lasts longer in patients with hyperhidrosis...

if i was going to put that stuff in my face i wouldnt be bying if from some email sent to me, $100 is good but i wouldnt buy something that your injecting into your self from a non trusted source

china sends numrous kinds of botoxes to our country iran. why physicians accept to inject these unknown materials to their patients? the simple answer is the price, because they sell their 100 unit botoxes about 80 $ and you can inject it to 2 persons at least....... i'm sorry about this , and i realy ask physicians to do something ... if these botoxes are safe why they didn't have any certificate? i see many side effects that you can't see them with dyspot and alergan botox.i believe we have to do something ... help me

In Oz many docs use Dysport. In fact most docs who try it prefer it to Botox. I use Dysport almost exclusively now. I think I have fewer treatment failures. Dont listen to allergan reps who will blast Dysport any way they can and often using very unfair comparissons - when you get it in the USA try it and see for yourself.

My sister lives in China with her husband. She had got Botox in Canada several times before she moved there. She got her first and her last dose of cheap "Botox" from China last week. After the injections she began having severe chest pain, and was admitted to the hospital. She was put on an IV with meds and her husband translated that they said her heart wasnt pumping blood fast enough through her body. She phoned me crying and afraid after she was released. I am just happy she is still alive.

I have been to and have received Botox from china, and there is absolutely nothing wrong with it. It is not fake, it's just generic. The Allergan people will have you believe all sorts of monstrosities so they can keep exclusivity on the market. Allergan charges $500 per bottle of 100U, while the exact same botulism toxin type A compound might cost $100 for the same vial.

I've had the Botox injections on my forehead and crows feet for the last year, and have taken 2 of my friends there, It works the next day, I don't pay an arm and a leg, and it's safe the same way the Allergan Botox is. Sure we don't like products from China, but I prefer keeping money in my pocket more.

I have been getting generic Botox which I was told was from china and have been just fine. It's much cheaper, works quickly and lasts me about 5 months on my forehead. I don't mind the savings, and we all know that generic products are the same in composition.

Very interesting article about fake Chinese and Russian Botox and fake Botox produced by various terrorist groups including Al-Qaeda who sell them to raise money and also plan to use as a terrorist weapon.

Officials fear toxic ingredient in Botox could become terrorist tool

If link doesn't work:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/24/AR2010012403013.html?hpid=topnews

O, please, now... Al-Qaeda...Russia... Thats how you start a WAR, right here! Just make your money on BOTOX, quietly and don't be greedy! Relax! Its going to be enough for everybody... Its simple - there are people who live in mansions and people who live in small apartments. If someone can't afford to be pretty, the have a choice, thank God! thank you China!
By the way...i am not Chinese. :)