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1. Different Uses for Botox

2. • Botox is the trade name for botulinum toxin, which is a
common treatment for several different conditions. Botox
is essentially a paralytic agent that blocks the nerves
responsible for making muscles function. It also assists in
helping muscles in constant spasm to relax. Botox is
injected into the muscle or just under the skin of the
affected area when it is used as a treatment.
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• Most people probably recognize Botox as a cosmetic
treatment, but it also has several other uses.

3. Wrinkles and Fine Lines
• This is the cosmetic application for Botox. If you have fine
lines and wrinkles around your eyes, between your eyes
or around your mouth, you can ask your doctor for Botox
injections to take them away.
• Your doctor will inject Botox into the area and the resulting
paralysis will help reduce the appearance of the lines or
wrinkles you don’t want anyone to see. People generally
use Botox as a cosmetic treatment when they wish to look
more youthful or recapture their look from before the age
and lines started to show.

4. Pain Relief
• Botox is also an effective treatment for the prevention of migraine headaches. The
injections work to relax the muscles that are commonly associated with migraine, which
often reduces the frequency and severity of the headaches. About half of the migraine
sufferers that have Botox as a treatment are able to reduce the amount of medication
they take for migraines. The migraine injections are usually given in seven areas
around the forehead, temples, neck and shoulders.
• When someone has a migraine, blood vessel spasms and erratic nerve firing results in
a lot of pain and discomfort. Botox interrupts the signals to the nerves that cause the
contractions that start the whole process. After each injection, the frequency of
migraine attacks is generally reduced for about three months. With the pain, dizziness,
light sensitivity and nausea of migraines reduced, patients can start to live more normal
lives and take part in regular daily activities again.

5. Excessive Sweating
• Botox is also approved for use to combat excessive underarm
sweating. Excessive sweating can be a particularly embarrassing
situation for many people, especially when it happens at work or on
the train or some other time that’s horribly inconvenient.
• When Botox is used, it blocks the release of the specific chemical
that’s responsible for stimulation of sweat glands. The doctor injects
the Botox just under the skin where the sweat glands are located, and
then the sweating will usually subside for up to seven months.
Further injections are required to keep it away after that.

6. Other Uses
• Not all of the different uses for Botox are wisely used, and some
aren’t even approved for use by the FDA and other regulatory bodies.
Some of the other conditions that Botox has been used to treat
include:
• Muscle stiffness in the finger, wrist or elbow
• Neck pain and abnormal head position caused by cervical dystonia
• Eye muscle issues such as abnormal eyelid spasms or ‘blepharospasm’
• Urine leakage caused by an overactive bladder due to neurological disease
• Crossed eyes or ‘strabismus’
• Arm spasms after having a stroke
• Foot deformity in pediatric cerebral palsy patients

7. • Botox is one of the most researched medicines on earth, which is why it is
successfully used for so many different conditions. The safety issue is
definitely a concern for many people, as having injections of a paralytic agent
into various parts of the body can certainly be a concern. The fact that it is
researched so much can give you some peace of mind as to the safety of
Botox. More and more physicians are prescribing it for all of the conditions
listed above, with a great deal of success.
• If you are considering having Botox injections to combat a particular
condition, speak to your doctor about all the different possibilities to determine
if Botox is the right choice. Take the time to do some reading and learn about
it before you decide, then you’ll be well-educated and you’ll be making an
educated choice about your treatment and your health.