Botox is widely known therapy for treatment of strabismus, blepharospasm, cervical dystonia, severe primary axillary hyperhidrosis and glabellar lines.

Botox® is in fact, a popular brand name owned by Irvine, California based American company Allergan, Inc. Allergan is a globally known and esteemed pharmaceutical company that produces eye care, skin care and neuromuscular treatment products. The pharma actually sells the potent neurotoxin, Botulinum toxin type A, under the brand name Botox.

Botox and Botrox Cosmetic got the U.S. FDA’s nod for treatment of strabismus, blepharospasm, cervical dystonia, severe primary axillary hyperhidrosis and glabellar lines respectively in 1989.

Botrox Cosmetic has shown brilliant success against moderate to severe glabellar lines associated with corrugators and/or procures muscle activity in adult patients. Glabellar lines are the frown lines between the eyebrows appeared to soften following treatment for eye muscle disorders.

Botox has had a great success as an effective treatment for Cervical Dystonia, Strabismus, Blepharospasm and Severe Axillary Hyperhidrosis.

Cervical Dystonia (CD) is the neuromuscular disorder that belongs to disorders known as focal dystonias. The CD in its severe form can cause abnormal head position and severe neck pain. It’s also known as spasmodic torticollis.

Strabismus is the disorder of crossed eyes. It is a neuromuscular disorder that causes a deviation in alignment of one eye from the other. It can occur gradually or rapidly in adults. Esotropia and Exotropia are two forms of Strabismus. The Esotropia (convergent strabismus) causes the eyes to turn towards the nose and Exotropia (divergent strabismus) causes the eyes to turn away from the nose. The eyes may also turn up and down.

Blepharospasm in simple words is an uncontrollable blinking. It is a neuromuscular disorder related to dystonia including essential blepharospasm or VII nerve disorder in patients 12 years of age and above. It affects the muscles that control eyelid movement and causes uncontrollable blinking. Its severe form can cause functional blindness.

Severe Axillary Hyperhidrosis in simple words is the severe underarm sweating. The condition involves hyperactive sweat glands that cause over-sweating.

In the beginning the botox therapy was used in the treatment of certain ophthalmic movement disorders, but presently it’s been used quite commonly against many therapeutic neuromuscular disorders, pain related to cosmetic facial aesthetics. Its use in the treatment of migraine headaches (chronic headache and chronic musculoskeletal pain) has considerably increased.

The researchers reckon that ‘botulinum toxin type A’, can potentially be used to treat urinary incontinence, anal fissure, spastic disorders associated with injury or disease of the central nervous system including trauma, stroke, multiple sclerosis, or cerebral palsy and focal dystonias affecting the limbs, face, jaw, or vocal cords. There’re also evidences that botrox can help in weight loss by increasing the gastric emptying time, but the FDA hasn’t given green signal yet.

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Just about everyone has, at one time or another, heard about Botox Injections.
Botox is the most popular non-invasive procedure on the market today because the
Benefits of Botox are great with little risk involved.

Botox blocks your nerve impulses, temporarily paralyzing the muscles that
cause wrinkles. This will give your skin a smoother, more rejuvenated
appearance. That is all and well, but what are the draw backs to Botox? The only
drawbacks are almost non existent when weighed with the obvious benefit of
reducing the appearance of age defining wrinkles. Your Botox injection may take
15 years worth of wrinkles off your neck or face, but regrettably, it will
certainly not last forever. You will have to receive further injections on a
fairly regular basis. Around every four months you will need to go back in and
get a refresher injection. Some people choose to turn this into an advantage by
converting the cosmetic procedure into a social event called a Botox party. A
Botox party is in essence, a group of people sharing the Botox experience with
one another usually for company over the simple joy of finger food in a catered
lobby of a lucky doctor. Sharing your exsperiance may help to ease some of the
fear involved with trying something new. You are also able to see live Before
and After demonstrations. If after all of this you still are not pleased with
your youthful new appearance, then you are in luck because the drawback is also
your advantage. You will not have a terribly long wait for the effects to wear
off.

Botox is very safe when administered by a competent professional in a medical
setting. Botox injections are for good reason the fastest-growing cosmetic
procedure in the industry, according to the American Society for Aesthetic
Plastic Surgery (ASAPS). In 2001, more than 1.6 million people received
injections, an increase of 46 percent over the previous year. Botox has been FDA
approved since April 2002 and was found to officially reduce the severity of
frown lines for up to 120 days.

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BOTOX® is part of a family of drugs called “botulinum toxins”. Specifically, it is the Registered Trademark and brand name for “botulinum toxin type A” which is manufactured by a company called “Allergan”. Nothing else that is made by any other company is allowed to be called BOTOX®.

Botox is actually a first cousin to the dreaded botulism food poisoning that is caused by the evil bacterium Clostridium botulinum.

Yikes! That sounds scary enough to make you stop reading right now — but don’t run away quite yet. Just as atomic energy can be used for good and bad, there’s room in your life for Botox if used and administered properly.

Although you may have only heard of it recently, Botox has been around since the early 1960’s when it was first approved for use as a treatment for Strabismus (crossed eyes). It later received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as a treatment for three specific medical conditions known as blepharospasm, strabismus, and cervical dystonia. Essentially, each of these conditions involve the appearance of involuntary muscle contractions.

In order for a muscle to move, it must receive a signal from your brain. That signal is carried to the muscle by a chemical called acetylcholin. If your body produces too much acetylcholine then the affected muscles will go into “spasm” or begin twitching. BOTOX® blocks the release of acetylcholine to the affected muscle which stops or reduces the spasm. Since Botox is injected only into the affected muscle the rest of the body is not affected.

Unless you have one of the diseases that regular Botox is designed to treat, the chances are your real interest is in a derivative called “BOTOX® Cosmetic”. Although most people simply refer to this derivative as Botox, there is a marked difference. BOTOX® Cosmetic is a protein which is produced by the Clostridium botulinum bacterium. It is FDA approved for reducing the activity of the muscles that cause “frown lines”.

According to the manufacturer, “Treatment with BOTOX® Cosmetic can visibly smooth and soften moderate to severe frown lines between your brows. An improvement can be seen within days and may last up to 4 months, although results may vary. In clinical trials, nearly 90% of men and women surveyed rated the improvement in the appearance of frown lines between their brows as moderate to better 1 month after treatment.”

This means that while BOTOX Cosmetic doesn’t work for everyone, there is a 90% chance that it will work for you. BOTOX Cosmetic is administered by injection directly into the muscles that are causing your frown lines. The process takes 10 minutes or less and there is no “recovery period”. That makes it perfect to get done during your lunch break or anytime that you have a free 10 minutes.

A “normal” treatment can last for up to 4 months although this time period varies widely among different people. Regardless, the manufacturer recommends that you get treatments no more frequently than every 4 months.

Here are some guidelines for you to consider:

BOTOX Cosmetic may not be for you if you have any diseases that affect your nerves or muscles or if you are pregnant, planning to become pregnant soon, or are nursing.

Be sure to give your doctor a COMPLETE listing of all medications that you are taking prior to receiving a BOTOX Cosmetic treatment.

Once you stop treatment your frown lines will gradually reappear until they look the same as before you began the BOTOX Cosmetic program.

It is not a permanent cure for your wrinkles!

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