Wrinkle Treatment Update

FDA approves adding lidocaine to wrinkle treatments.
The AP (2/3) reported that on Feb. 3, Medicis Pharmaceutical announced that the "Food and Drug Administration approved the addition of the pain drug lidocaine to wrinkle treatments Restylane-L [non-animal stabilized hyaluronic acid injectable gel] and Perlane-L [dermal filler]." This "approval gives physicians the option to give patients a single injection containing the anesthetic lidocaine with a wrinkle filler, Medicis said."