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NEWS ENTERTAINMENT OTHER SECTIONS CLASSIFIEDS JOBS CARS HOMES RENTALS SHOPPING Site Web February 3, 2006 latimes.com : Business E-mail story Print Most E-mailed Change text size CALIFORNIA AND THE WEST Allergan Posts 8% Gain in 4th-Quarter Profit From Associated Press Allergan Inc., best known for its Botox wrinkle treatment, said Thursday that its fourth-quarter profit increased 8% on the strength of higher pharmaceutical sales.

Net income grew to $122 million, or 90 cents a share, from $112.5 million, or 85 cents, a year earlier.

Excluding restructuring and other charges, the company reported adjusted earnings of $124.3 million, or 91 cents.

ADVERTISEMENT Revenue rose 7% to $594.9 million from $556.2 million in 2004, with pharmaceutical sales up 11%.

Eye-care sales rose 13% to $340.6 million.

Analysts surveyed by Thomson Financial expected earnings per share of 89 cents on revenue of $583.7 million for the quarter.

"It appears to be another high-quality quarter from Allergan, but one marked by one of the slowest growth in eye-care pharmaceuticals in two years and the slowest growth in Botox ever," Banc of America Securities analyst David Maris wrote in a note Thursday.

Allergan's Botox sales during the quarter were $227.3 million.

Maris had been expecting Botox sales to hit about $235 million.

Investors seemed to take note of ...

... The Miracle of Botox - Which Wrinkles to Remove?

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(Part 3) February 2nd 2006 Botox Treatment Which wrinkles and lines bother you the most?

Are these lines and wrinkles the type that are best eliminated using Botox?

If you choose to eliminate only the wrinkles that can be treated with Botox, will any of the remaining ones still leave you unsatisfied with your appearance?

For example, if you want both your frown lines and marionette lines removed, you will likely need a different cosmetic procedure to have the marionette lines eliminated.

From the top of your face down, bothersome facial wrin­kles have the following names and locations.

Notice that Botox is not the best choice for all types of wrinkles and lines.

So what are the types of wrinkles and lines on our faces?

It can be classified as: Forehead lines: horizontal lines, often called worry lines.

These lines form mainly because the underlying frontalis muscle, which stretches across the forehead, moves when you make facial expressions.

When you lift your brow—sometimes referred to as the "aha" or surprised look—the muscle contracts, which causes the skin that is covering the muscle to pull, wrinkle, and then ...