Good Afternoon.My name is Aruna Arnathan Krishnan and I will be giving a specch on Botox.Do you know that over one million Botox treatments carried out each year?.The newest beauty craze that has hit the middle age market is Botox. Botox injection therapy, although not completely new which has come out growing since being approved for use in cosmetic improvements in 2002.Botox is used to eliminate the look of aging by reducing the appearance of wrinkles on the face,neck and hands.Most commonly,patients use Botox to crow’s feet around the eyes,wrinkles on the forehead and the frown or laugh lines.It has become such a popular and user friendly alternative to cosmetic surgery. Recently some doctors have done research on Botox and they had come up with a new statement that Botox can be use as a pain controller.
In a study presented at the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) Plastic Surgery 2004 conference in Philadelphia, women injected with Botox in the pectoral muscles following the surgical removal of their breast experienced significantly less pain and shorter hospital stays. Nerve pain or also known as neuropathy, this type of pain that affects the hands, feet, and legs is common in diabetes. A study published in the journal Neurology found that 44 percent of patients with nerve pain found relief after Botox was injected into skin at the top of the foot.
Besides controlling the pain in the pectoral muscles and nerve pain,it is also use to improve pain and quality of life in people with chronic bilateral posterior neck and shoulder myofascial pain syndrome. When Botox is injected into muscles,it blocks the nerve signals that cause the tightening of muscle, leading to muscle relaxation.A patient name Christine,Canada comented on the doctor’s blog that,
“I have suffered with neck pain for many years.Botox has given me my life back.I have arthritis in my neck and Botox is the only thing that has given me relief”.
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