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Creepy Botox research

Botulinum delivered in a Botox injection can apparently reach the nervous system, although in very small amounts. But very small amounts may be all that's needed to do harm, as Of Two Minds reports:

April 12, 2008 at 08:49 AM |

Comments

prairie biker

bah. those who are so vain as to constantly seek to reverse aging deserve whatever ill effects are handed to them.

Posted by: prairie biker | April 12, 2008 at 06:37 PM

CraigC

I had no idea rats were so vain....

Posted by: CraigC | April 13, 2008 at 01:06 AM

gail

Botox is incredibly popular with naked mole rats as well.

Posted by: gail | April 13, 2008 at 07:15 AM

Kass

I have been having injections since 2001 for a painful muscle condition in my neck (cervical dystonia), I hope this info isn't true.

Posted by: Kass | April 14, 2008 at 08:57 PM

gail

Even if it is, the good probably outweighs the bad in your case. Just about all medications have side effects. (Just think about the side effects of pain pills, etc.) It's just the people who use it for non-medical reasons who are likely to be advised to stop.

I have constant neck pain as a result of various disk problems, etc., and if botox would work on those (unfortunately it won't) I'd use it in a minute.

Posted by: gail | April 15, 2008 at 06:32 AM

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