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INITIAL REPORT RECEIVED FROM A PHYSICIAN ON 2/23/07: THIS SPONTANEOUS CASE INVOLVES A FEMALE PT WHO RECEIVED ONE TREATMENT WITH POLY-L-LACTIC ACID (SCULPTRA) IN 2006; PT DEMOGRAPHICS, DOSAGE, AND INDICATION WERE NOT PROVIDED. THE PT ALSO RECEIVED TREATMENT WITH BOTULINUM TOXIN TYPE A (BOTOX) ON AN UNSPECIFIED DATE. IT IS UNCLEAR IF THE PT RECEIVED BOTULINUM TOXIN TYPE A AT THE SAME TIME AS POLY-L-LACTIC ACID. RELEVANT MEDICAL HISTORY AND CONCOMITANT MEDICATIONS WERE NOT PROVIDED. THE PHYSICIAN INJECTED POLY-L-LACTIC ACID IN THE CHEEKS, LOWER EYELIDS, AND NASAL LABIAL FOLDS. THE PHYSICIAN REPORTS THAT THE PT IS CLAIMING THAT SHE IS NOW "DISFIGURED" AFTER TREATMENT WITH POLY-L-LACTIC ACID AND BOTULINUM TOXIN TYPE A. THE PHYSICIAN STATES HE HAS NOT SEEN OR EXAMINED THE PT SINCE HER CLAIM OF BEING "DISFIGURED." NO FURTHER MEDICAL INFO WAS PROVIDED.