What is BoTox?
BOTOX® is a trade name for Botulinum Toxin A, which has been used in a variety of ways by the medical establishment for the last thirty years. Now of course, it is most commonly used as an ‘anti-aging’ solution. It is injected into the face using a tiny micro needle to limit the activity of certain wrinkle-causing facial muscles. The effects last for about three months.
BOTOX is the brand name for Botulinum Toxin Type A. This is a protein made in the laboratory from the toxin of a bacterium called Clostridium Botulinum. The toxin is a potent poison. The protein is not. During the manufacturing process, the toxin is diluted, processed and purified. The resulting protein is absorbed completely by the muscles into which it is injected. The body does not absorb the protein and this is why BOTOX is so safe. Because it is not absorbed, BOTOX does not affect the body, only the muscles into which it is injected. After 3 to 6 months, BOTOX disappears from the body without leaving a trace.
Botox is a formulation of botulinum toxin type A, which is a protein produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum. When used as an injectable form of sterile, purified botulinum toxin for medicinal purposes, small doses of the toxin are injected into the affected muscles and block the release of the chemical Acetylcholine, which signals the muscle to contract. The toxin thus paralyzes or weakens the injected muscle.
). Phenol has been used for the past 20 years, but has certain disadvantages when compared with Botox. The injections are quite painful, and may cause muscle tenderness for several days. There is also a small amount of permanent muscle damage caused by the injections. As a result, Phenol injections are giving way to Botox, which appears to be safer and is certainly less painful.
