For Dr. Frey, incorporating Letybo into her observe made a variety of sense. With a few of her sufferers on the lookout for Botox options, “I believed it was a extremely good alternative for a brand new toxin to hit the market,” she says. Dr. Frey has been injecting it into the brow and the 11s, and says “its properties are basically so much like Botox—sufferers have been fairly completely happy [with the wrinkle-smoothing results so far].” As a result of the mechanism of motion is identical as Botox and its cohorts, she provides, “I believe it might be utilized in the entire conventional areas”—the brow, the world between the brows, and crow’s ft.
As Letybo makes its means into extra injectors’ palms, you may hear that it might work quicker and last more than its opponents. “Anecdotally, it does work quicker,” says Dr. Kim, explaining that Letybo may yield outcomes inside a number of days. The complete outcomes of Botox sometimes may be seen inside per week.
Some docs are skeptical of the “works quicker” claims, although. “Perhaps it has a barely faster onset, however the actuality is, there isn’t a on the spot onset of any of the neuromodulators,” says Doris Day, MD, a board-certified dermatologist in New York Metropolis. “They’re all going to take hours to a few days. I do not suppose the period of time to onset goes to be the important issue that my sufferers search for.” As for whether or not Letybo’s outcomes last more than these of different neuromodulators, Dr. Day shares that from the information to date, “longevity seems to be corresponding to that of Botox, typically lasting about three to 4 months.”
It’s not the primary time that we’ve heard of a brand new neuromodulator promising to last more—and docs are cautious of longevity claims as a complete. Shereene Idriss, MD, a board-certified dermatologist in New York Metropolis, beforehand advised Attract that she’s tried Botox, Dysport, Xeomin, Daxxify, and Jeuveau on herself and finds that by way of efficiency, “they’re all kind of the identical.” Whereas some docs have been hopeful that Daxxify’s outcomes would last more when it was FDA authorised in 2022, Dr. Idriss notes that, in her expertise, it “doesn’t final the six to 9 months because it was initially marketed.”
As for that lower cost level on Letybo, precisely how a lot docs (and med spas) within the US will cost stays to be seen. However Dr. Kim guesstimates that Letybo may cost about $9 to $12 per unit in main cities, in comparison with the present value of Botox, which is about $12 to $18 per unit. So in case you’re getting 25 models whole, Letybo may run you $225 to $300, versus $300 to $450 for Botox. In her personal observe, Dr. Frey prices the identical for Letybo as different neuromodulators—“we cost for our talent and the end result, not the product,” she says.
Normally, the docs we spoke with are completely happy to have an alternative choice of their toolkit. “I am excited to inject it,” says Dr. Kim, who doesn’t provide Letybo but however plans to deliver it into his observe, particularly to cocktail it with filler for shallow pores and skin booster injections. (A customized mixture of hyaluronic acid and neuromodulator “works nice for delivering dewy, glass pores and skin” by lowering pore measurement and including moisture, Dr. Kim has beforehand advised Attract.)
