http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2008/04/03/is-botox-running-amok-in-millions-of-peoples-bodies/ Quirky, funny, and surprising science news from the edge of the known universe. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:34:03 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2008/04/03/is-botox-running-amok-in-millions-of-peoples-bodies/comment-page-1/#comment-27756 Mo Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:33:17 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2008/04/03/is-botox-running-amok-in-millions-of-peoples-bodies/#comment-27756 Actually you are slightly wrong. Botulinum Neurotoxins are the most poisonous substances known. They work by blocking your nerve receptors rendering muscles useless. Botox is a highly diluted form of BoNT's which is used to "make wrinkles dissappear" what its actually doing is stopping those muscles from being worked at all. And if you dont use a muscle the skin around it will show no use, thus the "miracle of no longer having wrinkles." Actually you are slightly wrong. Botulinum Neurotoxins are the most poisonous substances known. They work by blocking your nerve receptors rendering muscles useless. Botox is a highly diluted form of BoNT’s which is used to “make wrinkles dissappear” what its actually doing is stopping those muscles from being worked at all. And if you dont use a muscle the skin around it will show no use, thus the “miracle of no longer having wrinkles.”

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2008/04/03/is-botox-running-amok-in-millions-of-peoples-bodies/comment-page-1/#comment-21337 Anton Benton Wed, 04 Mar 2009 12:22:43 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2008/04/03/is-botox-running-amok-in-millions-of-peoples-bodies/#comment-21337 Wow I know more about botullisim than I ever wanted to know. Wow I know more about botullisim than I ever wanted to know.

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2008/04/03/is-botox-running-amok-in-millions-of-peoples-bodies/comment-page-1/#comment-16585 massive unplanned experiment « Nachobé Mon, 27 Oct 2008 21:14:57 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2008/04/03/is-botox-running-amok-in-millions-of-peoples-bodies/#comment-16585 [...] According to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, in the United States doctors administer millions of injections of Botox each year, many of them to people’s faces. Haslinger’s research suggests that this is part of a [...] [...] According to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, in the United States doctors administer millions of injections of Botox each year, many of them to people’s faces. Haslinger’s research suggests that this is part of a [...]

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