What else is Botox Cosmetic effective in treating?
Botox Cosmetic injections have been found to effective in treating a variety of other conditions, however, he FDA has not approved it for these purposes. These include reducing the spasticity of muscles following a stroke, treatment of excessive sweating of the palms and soles, and reduction of masseter muscle hypertrophy. The latter is a condition where the muscle which closes the jaw becomes abnormally enlarged causing prominence of the lower cheeks. It is also used for abnormal twitching of the chin or eyelids and can improve facial symmetry. Botox Cosmetic? has also been found to be effective in treating dimpling of the chin.