NEW YORK (MedscapeWire) Mar 27 — Botulinum toxin A (Botox) offers safe and long-lasting treatment of hemifacial spasm, based on a retrospective 10-year review from multiple centers reported in the ...

An 85-year-old white female was referred to our clinic by her optometrist for evaluation of recent-onset facial muscle spasms. The patient reported periodic closing of her right eye with concurrent ...

Hemifacial spasms happen when a blood vessel puts excess pressure on a facial nerve, per the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS). They can also be caused by external nerve ...

After two decades of living with a twitch in his left eye, Dr. Vic Oyas had enough. The Arizona pediatrician underwent an intricate surgery in July to stop the spasms in his face, which were growing ...

The applications for botulinum toxin type A have undergone an explosion since the drug was first studied as a treatment for strabismus and focal dystonias such as benign essential blepharospasm and ...

It's one of Mother Nature's greatest ironies: the deadliest toxin on the planet is also the most versatile medical treatment. Botox or botulinum toxin has made headlines recently for smoothing ...

DEAR ABBY: I have hemifacial spasm (HFS), a relatively rare disorder characterized by random and uncontrollable spasms on one side of the face. HFS can sometimes be alleviated through surgery and/or ...

I have been serving in the Navy since I was 18 years old. I went into active duty and served in the 80s, including a stint on a ship in the Persian Gulf during the Iran-Iraq War in 1986. After active ...