Comments on: Is Botox Bad For Your Brain?

By: Lori

Lori — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 23:45:43 +0000

Thanks for all this info. I also believe the negative hype is worse than the product itself. This seems to happen all the time.
As for the Galvanic Spa with ageLOC gels, I have one and used one for 6 months – did NOT remove any wrinkles!!! I concentrated on my wrinkles and nothing went away. Another waste of money. I finally went for Botox at 1/2 the cost of the Spa and this works and lasts 3 – 4 months. A no-brainer!

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Pam — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 15:01:33 +0000

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By: Marsha

Marsha — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 22:54:31 +0000

Josi, your answer is best of all, since it’s very factual, scientific, as well as containing much common sense! Brenda, though I enjoyed reading everything else you said, I do not agree that most scientific therories are “crap” or untrue – rather, it’s how the media presents their findings to us, or how we misinterpret the results. Thanks, Josi, for your concise and thought-provoking info which should settle this debate. I’m currently on oral medications for headaches proven to be safe, yet I know how much these drugs significantly affect my memory. Many medications can pass through the blood-brain barrier into the Central Nervous System, but no one seems too worried about such drugs (though maybe they should), and we all know alcohol kills our (mostly irreplaceable) brain cells. Science is constantly changing its findings, only because it constantly self-corrects itself; when new evidence arises that contradicts old theories, the old theories must then be discarded to make way for the new facts. Science must admit it was wrong. So, to feel perfectly safe about using anything may be an impossibility. Botox, though apparently safe, has not been on the market long enough to know everything about it. One has to go with the facts as they are today – tomorrow any kind of knowledge could change. One must measure the ratio of benefit to the risks; if Botox helps severe and debilitating headaches, I say go for it. It’s not just Botox that would cause side effects. Josi is right.

By: josi

josi — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 17:33:48 +0000

just so people know…it was not BOTOX specifically injected into the rats in the Italian study, it was botulism toxin. Yes, BOTOX is made from botulism toxin…but let’s be clear…it was not BOTOX that was injected. What is injected into faces cosmetically is not in the same unit doses as what was comparatively injected into the rats whisker area…or what is injected in people for medical reasons.
The study was not to test the safety of BOTOX. It was not BOTOX that travelled back to the brain either…it was a protein marker…traces of the protein marker were found in the brain. This is not to say further investigation is not warranted…but do take what the media hypes with a grain of salt people.
Even the scientist that ran the Italian study does not see concern in folks using BOTOX.
Do people not realize that many drugs alter the brain and its chemistry? Does anyone realize that drinking and smoking also kill brain cells? That many hormonal drugs and antidepression drugs change the brain too?
People need to look outside the bubble.