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    Frontal Alopecia After Repeated Botulinum Toxin Type A Injections for Forehead Wrinkles: An Underestimated Entity?

    January 2016 in “ Skin appendage disorders
    Antonino Di Pietro, Bianca Maria Piraccini
    Studysummary This study reports that women receiving periodic injections of botulinum toxin type A for forehead wrinkles may experience frontal alopecia, with progressive hairline recession observed in the cases studied.
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