title: BOTOX: a review.
abstract: The history of medicine has many amazing stories of odd anecdotes for the treatment of a variety of ailments. Who would have thought that common mold would revolutionize the treatment of infection, or slimy leaches could assist in the resolution of venous congestion? When retching from the effects of food poisoning, or even worse, developing severe paralysis acquired from food contaminated with the anaerobic bacterium Clostridium Botulinum (Botulism), who could have guessed that toxins produced by this bacteria could be used as an effective cosmetic treatment for frown lines and wrinkles? Such is the story of medicine: always inventive and surprising, and sometimes downright odd.
authors.affiliation: Plastic Surgical Center, Omaha, NE, USA.
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Mendez-Eastman
mesh_terms: D019274:Botulinum Toxins, Type A / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000009:adverse effects; D003357:Cosmetic Techniques / Q000451:nursing; D006801:Humans; D007273:Injections, Intramuscular / Q000451:nursing; D009465:Neuromuscular Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000009:adverse effects; D015595:Skin Aging
chemical_list: D009465:Neuromuscular Agents; D019274:Botulinum Toxins, Type A