Toxin produced by a bacterium that causes botulism food poisoning (botulism food poisoning).
When injected in small doses into specific muscles, Botox will not poison you, but will act as a muscle relaxant with effects that can last for several months.
There are two forms of botulinum toxin drugs, namely Botox and Botox Cosmetic.
Botox is used to treat certain health problems. While the cosmetic use of Botox to treat wrinkles on the face. But you might just hear them referred to as Botox.
Botox inhibit certain chemical signals from the nerves that most of these signals are signals that cause muscles to contract.
Botox injections cause the targeted muscle paralysis, which can have therapeutic or cosmetic effect, especially the muscles are experiencing chronic spasm or tightness.
Botox
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Botox to treat the following health conditions:
■ abnormal head position and neck pain associated with severe muscle spasms in the neck (cervical dystonia)
■ lazy eye (strabismus)
■ spasm of the eyelids (blepharospasm)
■ muscles stiff elbow, wrist and fingers due to the increase in muscle tone arm (s spasticity above)
■ Excessive underarm sweating (hyperhidrosis), where the action of Botox weakens the muscles instead of the sweat glands
■ chronic migraine - a condition that causes headaches for more than 14 days a month, have migraines at least eight days on these days.
Some doctors use Botox to treat other conditions such as back pain, bladder dysfunction, pelvic floor disorders and more.
But need more evidence on the effectiveness of Botox for this condition before it will be considered as a standard treatment into consideration.
Botox Cosmetic
Botox Cosmetic can temporarily relax the muscles of the face and the underlying cause of wrinkles, so it makes fine lines.
The FDA has approved Botox as a temporary treatment of moderate to severe wrinkles between the eyebrows.
However, Botox can also be used to treat facial wrinkles, such as lines from the corners of the eyes (wrinkles) and wrinkles on the forehead.
Botox can not be restored creases or wrinkles caused by sun damage.
In addition, Botox is also occasionally used lines and wrinkles around the mouth to remove because the muscles need to eat around the mouth and speak.
Skin type, skin thickness and degree of wrinkling all play a role in determining whether Botox injections are effective for you or not.
