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According to Wikipedia, Botox is used in the treatment of migraine headaches, cervical dystonia, blepharospasm, severe primary axillary hyperhidrosis among other things. I primarily know it to be a cosmetic treatment as I hear it from some of my neighbors. These neighbors are in their 70s or so and probably have wrinkles all over, but I have not seen their wrinkels that much. Thanks probably to these treatments. Howstuffworks.com put its very effectively ‘If an area of the body can’t move, it can’t wrinkle.’

That’s how they stop the wrinkling. The more technical explanation involves acetylcholine, the neurotransmitter responsible for triggering muscle contractions. A series of proteins, VAMP, syntaxin and SNAP-25, are essential for the release of acetylcholine. Certain botulinum toxins attack these proteins. Botulinum toxin A (Botox) affects the SNAP-25. When all of these happen, your muscles do not contract.

The acceptance of cosmetic Botox, BTX-A as it is called in the labs, use for the treatment of spasticity and muscle pain disorders is growing, with approvals pending in many European countries and studies on headaches (including migraine), prostatic symptoms, asthma, obesity and many other possible indications are ongoing.

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