Are the drugs and devices used in Mesotherapy approved by the FDA?
In Mesotherapy, very small doses of different medications are administered in specific areas, depending on the condition being treated. The medicines and plant extracts that we use are obtained from local pharmaceutical companies in the United States. All medicines used are FDA-approved for their use. In combination, medicines for Mesotherapy are used for “off-label” purposes. A recent illustration of this distinction is BOTOX®. Although BOTOX® was FDA approved for controlling muscle spasms, the medical community embraced it for its cosmetic properties of controlling wrinkles. For many years, plastic surgeons and dermatologists used BOTOX® for off-label purposes. Click here to learn more about the FDA and Off-Label use Under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of 1938, FDA reviews and approves prescription and nonprescription drugs and medical devices. There are strict FDA rules that dictate what active ingredients can and cannot be used in drugs and what medical devices can be us
