Study Warns Of Botox Dangers, Toxin In The Brain
April 2, 2008
Boston (dbTechno) - A new study, which was published in the April 2 issue of the Journal of Neuroscience, has revealed new details about the dangers of Botox. Researchers have stated that injected botulinum toxin can travel from the face to the brain, causing damage.
Researchers tested the active ingredient in Boxton, botulinum toxin, in rats. They injected the rats in their whisker muscles.
With 72 hours of the injection, researchers found the toxin in the brain of the rats.
The author of the study, Matteo Caleo of the Italian National Research Council’s Institute of Neuroscience stated that this is a great cause for concern.
The researchers stated that the toxin managed to move from one end to the brain to another, breaking down proteins and causing damage.
It started in one hippocampus in the brain, and moved to the opposite side. It was also found that it remained in the brain up to six months after the injection.
The toxin also caused brain cell activity to be disturbed where the Botox injection took place.
Botox is a highly-popular treatment which was originally released back in 1989.
It is an anti-wrinkle treatment which lasts three to four months.
More research will be carried out to try and figure out how the toxin manages to travel through the brain, and how it can be prevented.
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I am so glad I read this! I saw a friend yesterday I have not seen for years. She looks so great, she has had botox. I was considering getting it done. I even talked to my aunt today and she said she has had it done, and she is very conservative. But, my inner instinct is telling me NOT to do it!! I get migraines, so I thought Botox would really benefit me.
The problem is, no one knows the long term side effects of Botox yet. That is quite scary to me. I have a son and would love to be a Grandmother one day!!
Hope anyone considering Botox will reconsider after reading this!