Dr. Cara McDonald
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So only if it's true, you need to be under a dermatologist.
So you can't go to your normal cosmetic injector and get it covered by Medicare.
So the actual...
drug is covered under the PBS, like a normal medication you'd go to.
And so you just pay what you do when you go to the pharmacy.
And the procedure is also subsidized.
So you have to meet certain criteria.
So you have to see a dermatologist.
You have to have failed some other options.
But it is a really satisfying treatment.
We also use it a lot for headaches.
It's actually, again, approved under Medicare for migraine, but that has to be by a neurologist.
So I see a lot of people that might not qualify for treatment under a neurologist, but they still find it helps their headaches.
And that can involve treatment up the back of the neck, the shoulders, back of the head, forehead, temples, jaw clenching.
And then there are a whole lot of medical things that I don't go anywhere near like⦠Cerebral palsy.
Cerebral palsy.
Muscle spasticity.