Botox has made a huge splash in the health and beauty market because of its ability to erase and minimize wrinkles or the signs of aging. The stunning success of the Botox cosmetic solution has had beauty enthusiasts lining up to receive their wrinkle treatments. Are botox cosmetic treatments safe? After all BoTOX cosmetic is a protein toxin produced by clostridium botulinum bacteria. This is the first cousin to the deadly botulism bacteria.
Botox cosmetic has been safely used by cosmetic surgeon for over a decade without any serious side effects being reported. This drug has actually been around since the early 1960’s. Originally it was used as a treatment for crossed eyes. The manner in which botox works is that it is injected into the muscle where the wrinkles appear. When the botox is injected into the muscle the frown lines, crow’s feet and laugh lines temporarily vanished. Botox treatments were approved by the Food and Drug Administration as a treatment of muscles that produce frown lines.
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