Botulinophilie. The new lifestyle venenophilie

Background and objective. Botulinum toxin is effective in the treatment of hyperhidrosis and the demand for therapy is increasing. Simultaneously we h ave observed an increase in patients with body dysmorphic disorders who a l so wa nt botulinum toxin therapy. This botulinophilie is a new variant of v enenophilie. We investigated the prevalence of this new diagnosis in our pa tient population. Patients/Methods. In the first quarter of 2000 we studied the biopsychosoci al features of 13 patients with hyperhidrosis. Results. In 23.1% of our cases we were able to confirm a botulinophilie wit h body dysmorphic disorder and a normal Minor sweat test. Conclusions. Botulinophilie is not an indication for botulinum toxin therap y but for psychotherapy.