So Botox Isn’t Just Skin Deep

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/12/business/12botox.html?ref=health

So, yes, apaprently Botox ISN'T just skin deep. Apparently, in addition to botox being used to treat wrinkles, it is being used for: migranes, speech impediments, oily skin and redness, chewing problems, swallowing problems, pelvic muscle spasms, drooling, hair loss, anal fissures (whatever THAT is), pain from missing limbs, biological weapons, excessive sweating, musle spasms and stroke victims. What's next? Will people be using Botox to enhance their breasts or penis size? Will they be using it to gain brain capacity and increase memory? Will they be taking it to increase fertility or cure cancer? Or cure HIV/AIDS?

Seriously... it seems like Allergan discovered this amazing substance to fix wrinkles and now it's being injected into every part of the body! Is there a part of the body it hasn't been injected into? To be honest, I think it's really cool that Allergen, together with the FDA and medical researchers, have been able to find such a plethora of uses for this one, very simple drug. But it also kind of freaks me out that paralyzers, which is what Botox is, is being injected into almost every part of the human body without fail.

And what's worse is that thanks to celebrities and their excessive use of Botox, the American public seems to be falling head-first for the miracle drug, the love of their life: Botox. Americans are throwing caution to the wind and letting doctors inject every part of their body to fix every problem, from sweating, to wrinkles to speech impediments. But do we really know the effects of this drug? Afterall, it is a paralyzer. That seems scary to me. Maybe we should be doing a little more research before sticking this "miracle drug" into every muscle of our body?