[nasty] What is Botox? ‘Produced by a bacterium called Clostridium botulinum , Botox – or Botulinum toxin, to give it its full name – is a nerve impulse ‘blocker’, a medication used to temporarily paralyse muscle function. This has been useful in the treatment of illnesses such as MS and cerebral palsy, but more recently has been used to cure that plague of affluent Western civilisation: wrinkles.’
What is Botox?
This entry was posted on Sunday, January 28th, 2001 at 11:28 am and is filed under Health, Science.
« Archive Of Brendan McCarthy’s Artoons Matthew Smith Interviewed… »