In this weekend’s Wall Street Journal, I review Death To Beauty, a new book by Dr. Eugene Helveston. It’s about the fascinating history of botulinum toxin and the California ophthalmologist, Alan ...
The recommended dose of Botox to help with migraine prevention is 155 units given in a series of 31 injections. These injections are typically given in the back of your neck, the area near your ...
In the last few years, you'd be hard pressed to find someone who hasn't become acutely aware of their face. With two straight years of staring at our faces in Zoom meetings behind us, it would be ...
Something weird is happening on my Instagram feed. Between posts of celebrities with perfect skin are pictures of regular people—my own friends!—looking just as good. They’re in their mid-30s, yet ...
Unlike the name suggests, hair botox doesn’t contain botulinum toxin or any other neuromodulators. Nothing is injected into your scalp. Rather, the focus is on your hair. “It 's really a cute title ...
Botox is FDA approved to treat cervical dystonia, a specific type of neck pain. While some doctors use it off-label to treat other conditions that cause neck pain, Botox does not appear to be ...
Dysport and Botox both work the same way, but the Dysport molecule is slightly smaller. Botox takes seven to 10 days to see the full effect, but Dysport can take as little as three. If you're getting ...
While the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) hasn’t approved Botox for trigeminal neuralgia, doctors may prescribe the drug off-label for this use. Several studies have looked into the effectiveness ...