For Dr. Frey, incorporating Letybo into her follow made a variety of sense. With a few of her sufferers searching 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 joyful [with the wrinkle-smoothing results so far].” As a result of the mechanism of motion is similar as Botox and its cohorts, she provides, “I believe it might be utilized in all the conventional areas”—the brow, the world between the brows, and crow’s toes.
As Letybo makes its method into extra injectors’ arms, you would possibly hear that it might work quicker and last more than its opponents. “Anecdotally, it does work quicker,” says Dr. Kim, explaining that Letybo would possibly yield outcomes inside just a few days. The complete outcomes of Botox usually will be seen inside every 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 prompt 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 essential 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 up to now, “longevity seems to be corresponding to that of Botox, usually 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 an entire. Shereene Idriss, MD, a board-certified dermatologist in New York Metropolis, previously told Allure that she’s tried Botox, Dysport, Xeomin, Daxxify, and Jeuveau on herself and finds that when it comes to efficiency, “they’re all kind of the identical.” Whereas some docs had 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 a little 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 for those who’re getting 25 models whole, Letybo would possibly run you $225 to $300, versus $300 to $450 for Botox. In her personal follow, Dr. Frey expenses the identical for Letybo as different neuromodulators—“we cost for our ability and the outcome, not the product,” she says.
On the whole, the docs we spoke with are joyful to have another choice of their toolkit. “I am excited to inject it,” says Dr. Kim, who doesn’t provide Letybo but however plans to carry it into his follow, 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 skin” by decreasing pore size and including moisture, Dr. Kim has previously told Attract.)
