With over 6 million treatments administered each every single year, Botox comes out as the most popular non-surgical cosmetic treatment. But what is really this Botox treatment and how is it administered? What is Botox? The word Botox comes from ‘botulous’, a word that means sausage. Botox is the trade name for a substance that is injected into the skin to inhibit or restrain [...]

Botox has been used in medicine for almost 30 years. Enough time to study possible side effects of the nerve agent. Conclusion: There are side effects, but these are negligible in modern esthetic treatment. So far, deadly overdoses have only existed in the treatment of movement disorders. So nobody has to run around with wrinkles on their face now? Not quite. The completely wrinkle-free [...]