Wrinkle erasing botox injections have come home to roost in the living rooms of average Americans from Arkansas to Arizona. Once thought to be accessible only by the wealthy and well-known, Botox, a drug derived from a poison called Botulinum toxin, has been used for years in doctors offices to help treat and prevent mild to severe facial wrinkles.
Botox treatments boast diluted samples of nerve blocking toxins, which prevent muscles from contracting during normal facial expressions and help to soften and relax facial wrinkling. For a culture bent on preternaturally youthful looks, this sounds like a miracle cure. Botox is fast, painless, relatively affordable, and its becoming a way for estheticians, dermatologists and cosmetic surgeons to grow their patient lists.
At a cost of about $350 per injection and a life span of approximately three months, for those of us with furrowed brows, laugh lines and crows feet and a large measure of vanity, Botox injections may seem like the discount fountain of youth- and with Botox parties growing in popularity, you can get it in the Jones living room along with hors doeuvres and a glass of Chardonnay.
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