It seems odd at best that someone would willingly allow a neurotoxin associated with botulism food poisoning to be injected into, of all places, their facial muscles, but that's exactly why many people (over 3.3 million procedures as of 2005) allow the procedure known as Botox to be performed upon themselves as a youth-enhancing cosmetic surgery procedure.
Botox, which harnesses one of the 7 neurotoxins (botulinum toxin A) associated with the food poisoning effect known as botulism, allows this neurotoxin to block the neurotransmitter that is responsible for telling muscle fibers to contract and move. In botulism, the effect can lead upwards to paralysis, and even death, but in controlled micro-injections called Botox, the effect is much more minimal and also targeted. Basically, Botox causes the area injected to become paralyzed and thus the facial muscles cannot contract. Thus, wrinkles are not nearly as obvious and formed.
Using Botox, cosmetic surgeons and cosmetic surgery spa facilitators can target the area above the nose and between the eyebrows and temporarily freeze these glabellar frown and furrow lines - making the wrinkles all but vanish - which dramatically effects the appearance of the patient and makes them appear younger. Although this area above the nose is the only area of the body that has been approved by the FDA for treatment using Botox (in 2002), FDA regulations allow for other areas to be treated and currently there are 75 countries that use Botox in 20 different applications.
Botox procedures are not without their side effects and flaws, of course. After all, we're talking about a neurotoxin that has killed humans as food poisoning in larger dosages. However, the botulinum toxin A used in Botox is just one of the 7 that produce botulism food poisoning and is used in a diluted form. That said, there are some side effects that some users will experience when undertaking the Botox procedures, and Botox itself is licensed to be used on individuals for the glabellar region only up to 65 years of age.
Below are some of the common side effects users can expect to experience when using Botox, with the caveat that some may experience none of these symptoms at all.
Dysphasia (impairment of voluntary movement)Upper respiratory-tract infectionHeadachesNeck painsPtosisBruising/soreness at injection siteNausea
Individuals who are interested in pursuing a cosmetic surgery option using Botox should conduct some research online to fine practitioners (licensed) in their area. Checking to find out what kind of negative as well as positive client feedback and press is available on the spa or cosmetic surgery doctor is highly recommended.
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