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Side effects of Botox

Botox is among the main skin care and skin alteration procedures available today with an unparalleled facility to “remove” wrinkles and make the skin look younger and wrinkle-free. The treatment is helpful, but temporary, so that the plastic surgeon's offices regularly get customers revisiting for new injections of the compound. However, as popular as it is, botox is not always the safest choice for the type of skin care and beauty maintenance that it does. The name alone botox is a suggestion of the true nature of the substance: botulinum toxin type A. While the form injected into people's faces and used as a skin care tool is not the raw and potentially toxic form of the chemical, it can cause a number of unpleasant side effects.

Upper respiratory infection is frequently reported as a side effect of botox .This sign is often accompanied by hypertonia, back pain, dizziness, violent coughing fits and rhinitis. A general weakness has also been connected with this particular side effect of botox usually because the toxin is interacting with parts of the body outside the intended area. There are still enough poisonous elements in the typical plastic surgeon's botox formula, which is dangerous if it spreads beyond the intended area. According to statistics, approximately 12% of all botox cases suffer from this problem after being injected.

Another side effect is primary axillary hyperhidrosis, which causes excessive sweating, pain and the possibility of hemorrhage. There is also the increased risk of infection in the injected area along with other minor discomforts. These minor signs include flu symptoms: headaches, dizziness, pharyngitis and neck pain. The estimates of how many people develop these problems range from 3% to 10% though these numbers are subject to speculation, because the conditions of the clinical trials differ. Most experts do not take these trials to be indicative of the situation when put into actual medical practice.

Blepharophasm a condition where the eyelids close involuntarily is also often associated with botox as a side effect. The involuntary closing of the eyelids is often caused by muscle spasms. It may involve just one eye though it is more common for both eyes to have the problem. Eye dryness, which often accompanies blepharophasm, has also been associated with botox injection cases. The effects can last for several days after the injection itself but it has only been known to appear in roughly 4% of all botox procedures.

Also depending upon the dilution of the toxic components of botox in the formula the patient might show signs of being injected with botulinum toxin. According to some studies, the body developing an immune system response to the injection causes a number of side effects that come with botox injections. Essentially the body fights off the biological effects of the injections (something it is unable to do if the toxin is at full strength) and prevents it from doing what it is supposed to do. While there is no data on how this causes side effects, but it has been linked as the primary cause of the problem. There were some indications that the closer the formula is to its toxic origins, the lower the chances of a successful immune response.