BEFORE: Crow's feet before Botox injection, with the patient squinting. BEFORE: Crow's feet before Botox injection, with the patient relaxing her face. AFTER: Crow's feet 1 week after Botox injection, with the patient squinting. AFTER: Crow's feet 1 week after Botox injection, with the patient relaxing her face.
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Botox (Botulinum Toxin) 

Picture of Botox (Botulinum Toxin): BEFORE: Crow's feet before Botox injection, with the patient squinting. Divider line
BEFORE: Crow's feet before Botox injection, with the patient squinting.
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Overview
Aging gracefully is not desirable to some people when there are many effective and safe cosmetic procedures that can temporarily reduce a very prominent sign of aging: wrinkles. One such procedure involves the use of botulinum toxin injections. Botulinum toxin is produced by the fermentation of a type of bacteria called Clostridium botulinum. The most widely used form of botulinum toxin is Type A (Botox® Cosmetic, Allergan, Inc). Botulinum toxin, what we will now refer to simply as Botox, used cosmetically, works by temporarily preventing the nerve from activating the muscle responsible for wrinkling the skin.
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Last Modified: 22 Dec 2008
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