Botox: More about botulinum toxin, real name of botox
For many, Botox is a miracle product that can erase wrinkles. But what is it exactly? What is Botox, how does it work and for how long?
The real name of Botox is “botulinum toxin.” “Botox is a registered trademark of Allergan laboratory, and found other commercialization of botulinum toxin under different names, as Dysport for the laboratory Ipsen-Biotech. However, in the current language, the word “botox” has replaced that of “botulinum toxin.”
The botulinum toxin, or botox, is one of the most powerful poisons known to this day. It blocks nerve transmission, causing paralysis and muscular. Before being used for cosmetic purposes, botox has been used (and is still used) for the fight against strabismus, blepharospasm, nystagmus and spasmodic torticollis. In 90 years, doctors realize that these treatments have side effect of temporarily erase wrinkles of the forehead. Therefore, research captures the phenomenon, and injections of botox to aim exclusively aesthetic are developed.
The botox is injected in some parts of the face, including the front. Paralysant muscles of the target area, botox eliminates wrinkles of expression, for a period of approximately 6 months. Injections of Botox are often enriched with hyaluronic acid, which has the virtue of filling of wrinkles. The effectiveness of Botox is more to prove today, and most American stars used routinely, despite the criticism that the principal can be made of this substance targeted paralysis of the facial muscles results in a loss ‘Expression, and produces a mask.
