NavaClick: A New Way to Inject Neurotoxins
Old vs. New: Rethinking Your Syringe
Neurotoxin was first used for aesthetic purposes in the late 80’s and became common for this purpose (off-label) in the 90’s. Originally, the insulin syringe was the most common tool used for delivery—mostly because, with most new technologies, we often rely on known entities to accomplish our needs.
Fast forward to 2025: neurotoxin is now the most common aesthetic procedure performed globally. With any procedure, there is progress and development in technique and use as it gains popularity. It is our responsibility as providers to be aware of these new tools and keep an open mind to their potential benefit. As neurotoxin treatment has become popularized, patient expectations have also grown. There are now many classes that teach individualized treatment plans that take into account the patient’s anatomy. These guidelines provide better treatment outcomes and have also resulted in a need for better precision, consistency, and a better patient experience. This elevates the importance of excellence for the most common procedure performed and, many times, the first meeting of a provider and patient.
New specialty syringes are available to deliver extremely accurate doses, provide comfortable delivery, and result in reproducible results. Why would we as providers ignore a tool that can make us even better?
The Past:
Historically, syringes have been viewed as a means to an end, with little focus on their performance. Basically, let’s take the least expensive route to deliver a specific injection with little concern for patient comfort or accuracy. While this concept was adequate during the development phase of aesthetic neurotoxin treatments, it fails to take into account other hurdles to successful treatments such as:
Micro-volume dosing
Repeated use for the same patient
Wasted volume
Many have attempted to alleviate some of these problems by vacating their TB syringes but still face other dilemmas.
What Is a Performance Syringe?
That is a loaded question, but I will tell you that we are only as good as our tools, and a syringe is only as good as its partners. A good syringe is dependent on a sharp needle and a way to load without waste and loss of product. As neurotoxin has become the most common procedure in aesthetic practices, it is also a significant, dependable revenue generator. Now we worry about that .01 mL of fluid that may be knocked off when trying to get the air out of the syringe or left in the hub of the syringe or needle, because that is lost revenue.
Now we need a performance syringe that gives us:
Precision dosing
Consistency from injection to injection
Sharp needles for multiple injections for an entire treatment
A good patient experience both during and after treatment
Workflow efficiency and waste reduction
Purpose-Built Syringes and Metered-Dose Delivery:
A syringe built specifically to provide the very best delivery of a specific medication. Insulin dose specific syringes are one example, and NavaClick is a metered-dose syringe designed to deliver a very specific aliquot of fluid. NavaClick not only provides extremely accurate delivery, but it also provides auditory and tactile feedback so that the injector knows exactly how much they have delivered. This eliminates the need to look between the patient and syringe, the need to depend on feel for dosing, and provides the ability to focus on the treatment and the level of the injection. Among surveyed professionals, 97% agree that NavaClick provides a higher standard of care.
The NavaClick Team:
NavaClick is paired with a needle that is smaller than 32 gauge and has a specific coating to allow it to be used multiple times while maintaining its sharpness. This differs from the insulin syringe, which is designed for only one injection and dulls quickly. Drag force testing shows that the NavaClick needle is as sharp on its 30th stick as the BD insulin syringe is on its first. This sustained performance results in a better patient experience and, in turn, better retention.
NavaClick is also accompanied by a vial adapter. Two adapters are available to accommodate both a small vial of neurotoxin and a large vial, alleviating the need to take the top off the vial and insert the syringe to withdraw. It also allows withdrawal of toxin with elimination of air bubbles—another source of waste. Both the needle and the adapter are low dead space to reduce retained product.
91% of surveyed professionals agree NavaClick reduces neurotoxin waste, and 93% agree it reduces time for reconstitution and withdrawal.
Look Forward:
I encourage you to always be alert for better ways to do things you feel you have already mastered. I feel that part of my success as a plastic surgeon is related to my willingness to look and listen to other ideas and never get stuck in a rut. New is not always better, but you owe it to yourself and your patients to provide the very best care available, and many times that means learning something new and changing the way you think about things.
Insulin syringes were fine when we just needed to treat everyone the same, but now patients want more. As expectations around precision, consistency, and patient experience continue to rise, syringe performance is being redefined to support the next stage of aesthetic injections.
NavaClick provides a purpose-built syringe paired with a multi-use needle and a vial adapter for speed and efficiency. It’s a win, win, win.
