Is there an alternative brand to Botox?

Allergan's Botox has had a monopoly for the last decade or so. And then a competing product called Dysport (Medicis Corporation) was approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The folks at Dysport are playing hardball with your wrinkles. They're offering rebates for using their product and even offering to pay $75 towards a Botox injection if you don't like the Dysport. There's no substantial difference between the products so I figured the only way Dysport could compete against the well known Botox would be to be cheaper.

Dysport costs around $475 for a 3 patient vial, more than $50 less than Botox. With the rebates, that means Dysport is cutting their price nearly in half to hook in patients and doctors.

Botox was the only product of its kind for many years, so much so that the brand name is familiar to almost everyone worldwide. Last year, Medicis introduced Dysport, and Merz recently approved FDA approval for the cosmetic use of its product, Xeomin. Xeomin differs from the other two because it is the only product produced that delivers only the active molecule, without the extra proteins that theoretically could induce an allergic response. All of the products are FDA approved and when in the hands of experienced injectors can provide excellent results.