What Are Botox Injections?
Botox injections are a popular way to temporarily erase fine lines and wrinkles on the face. Unlike more invasive cosmetic surgery treatments such as a facelift, botox injections are quick, easy, relatively painless, and require no recovery time. The effects of botox do not last forever, but as long as you can afford to have botox injections every few months, you will be able to keep age at bay and stay looking youthful for as long as you like. What is botox and what are botox injections made from? Botox is the popular name for a substance called botulinum toxin A, a type of neurotoxin produced by Clostridium botulinum. Botulism is a very severe form of food poisoning whereby the toxins produced then attack the nervous system and cause paralysis, and in serious cases, this can prove fatal. But although the botulinum toxin A is a potentially fatal neurotoxin, it was first discovered in the late 1970s that the botulinum toxin had therapeutic applications and the toxin began to be used f