Comments on: Botox May Deaden Not Just Nerves, But Emotions, Too

By: film festival

film festival — Fri, 06 May 2011 21:35:44 +0000

As being a Freshman, I’m always doing a search online for articles which will help me get further ahead.

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 23:44:03 +0000

When I was young, I was a very violent and angry boy that fought incessantly (not as a bully but as one that wouldn’t put up with bullies and tormentors). I punched one too many classmates and was sent to a psychologist. During the sessions, he noticed that my fists were always clenched. He taught me to open my hands when I was angry. Long story short, it worked. Was fist clenching part of a feedback loop? Or was the conscious decision to force my hands open what broke the cycle? Hmm. At any rate, I can understand where these researchers are coming from. Cool.

By: LouAnn

LouAnn — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 01:39:10 +0000

Sub-in “botox” for “technology” …

Technology is the knack of so arranging the world that we don’t have to experience it.
– Max Frisch

By: Tony

Tony — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 18:05:43 +0000

Wow! Take away my anger and my ability to read it in others sounds great! The best part is I can always be happy now! A happy, subservient employee for this Capitalist society! I would become the model consumer for my country and it would be considered my patriotic duty!

By: Robert

Robert — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 15:58:00 +0000

Could there be priming involved? Perhaps people who feel themselves to be more youthful looking than previously are less angry and/or sad than before and therefore slower to respond to related stimuli. “A little bit more time” doesn’t sound like a big effect.

By: Dr. Rose Jeans

Dr. Rose Jeans — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 15:47:36 +0000

Speaking as someone who uses Botox both personally and on my clients, I would like to point out that the report quoted in the study concluded that Botox decreased negative emotions, not positive ones. The time to read the positive statements was unchanged after Botox treatments.

Don’t you think that the world is stressful enough that a little treatment that makes you look better and feel less sad and angry is a good thing? Botox has been shown to improve mood in patients with severe depression. Isn’t that a good thing?

We use Botox very selectively to relax muscles that create wrinkles. Many facial expressions are preserved. You probably don’t recognize all the people around you who have a little Botox because they just look a little fresher, not mask-like.

My subjective experience is that Botox users read social cues just as well as anyone else. You would have to prove to me with a much better study that “mild … cognitive blindness” has any sort of negative impact on how we interact with each other.

Maybe someone should do a study to see if Botox reduces road rage? Wouldn’t that have a huge benefit for society?

By: Ernie M. Brewer

Ernie M. Brewer — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:05:03 +0000

Of course. I individual must be able to express emotions to recieve emotional cues. If this study demonstartes the above, then what is our society heading if we look into the face of an individual an cognize absolutely nothing?