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| Botox Injections Are They Worth the Risk? |
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Brittney Dunn |
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Botox has now been used for a number of years for men and women that want to hide signs of aging,there is still a huge gap in most people's knowledge about how it creates the effect it does. Despite its recent rise to fame, the original research into this product is a few decades old.
The substance is derived from Botulinum toxin, discovered nearly five decades ago,it was tested for use as a treatment for disorders of the mind.
A treatment finally came in 1989 when the FDA granted approval for it to be used on these patients with visual conditions,these included people with eyes that were not aligned correctly and those that suffered from uncontrollable blinking called blepharospasm.
In the year 2000 it was approved to treat cervical dystonia,this eases the pain from serious contractions in the shoulders and neck, but it was also given the ok to be used on another more unusual eye condition.
In all the research that was going on with botox, doctors had found that it was effective at reducing frown lines around the eyebrow area,following this the FDA finally recognized the implications and agreed its commercial use in 2002. Now, botox is injected into a number of areas, one of which is the forehead to help lessen the effect of years of muscle use that causes a frown,in time frown lines gradually soften and subside if sufficient treatments are given.
Continued treatments mean in many cases the lines disappear and now the same treatment is used on other areas of the face like the crows' feet, laughter lines and other facial wrinkles. To allay any fears about injection toxin into our bodies these injections only contain a diluted and purified version of the poison,if it were not for the purification process this treatment could make us very sick.
After years of making these expressions the wear and tear on your face begins to be noticeable and the lines start to become permanent,many cosmetic manufacturers have tried to create creams to eliminate the creases but this is the only treatment to date that can actually rid them from us.
Because botox paralyzes the facial muscles, normal movement, expressions and gestures are almost impossible to make,that's why people who have had these treatments can look like mannequins.
because most of the wrinkles and creases have all but disappeared, it appears that the person is younger than their true years.
However, this cosmetic treatment is still expensive,this is why it has been coined as something only celebrities have performed because the least expensive injection can still cost upwards of 300 dollars to in excess of 1,000 dollars.
Whether there are any long term effects from continued use of botox is still unknown as the treatment is still to new but for those people who do use it, it doesn't seem to matter. |
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