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The popularity of botox injections, to iron out wrinkles on the forehead and around the lips, is rocketing to new heights.

Considering Botox?

Botox is made from a weakened form of the same botulinum bacteria that causes botulism, and can cause problems if administered incorrectly. Here's what you should know.

Men need more Botox

While more men are seeking Botox treatment to remove signs of facial ageing, a new study shows they need a much higher dose than women do.

Paralysing vanity

Women who use Botox anti-wrinkle treatment have been warned by a leading medical journal that the treatment could lead to paralysis.

Botox to treat strokes

Banishing the furrowed brow is not the only use for Botox. Its manufacturer is seeking approval to use Botox to reduce spasticity in patients suffering from stroke.

Botox minimises scarring

In a possible breakthrough for plastic surgery, Botox has been found to help minimise scarring as facial wounds heal.

Botox and cerebral palsy

Partly paralysing dominant muscles gives physical therapists a window to work in for child sufferers.

A-Z of Botox

What is Botox? How does it work? How long will it last? Is Botox the solution to your problem? This is your complete A-Z guide to botox.

Botox basics

It’s become the short-hand term for non-surgical anti-ageing interventions. Just what is this toxin, Botox, that so many are turning to?

Botox for the birds?

Researchers have found a new job for Botox: They've used it to paralyse the vocal cords of songbirds as part of an unusual study on how neurons are born.

Amazing Botox graphic

This graphic explains exactly how Botox injections work.

Botox silences voice disorder

Botox injections help restore the voices of people with spasmodic dysphonia, a voice disorder caused by vocal cord muscle spasms, according to a University of Michigan study.

Unexpected uses for Botox

Among new potential applications for Botox are writer’s cramp, beating the blues, urination problems among older men, and excessive sweating.

Botox relief for headaches

The wonder-injection that prevents wrinkles may also bring relief for migraine sufferers

Botox and strokes

One of the most long-standing uses of Botox has still not received the official stamp of approval.

Botox, fillers and needles

Needles have become widely used in a variety of applications from Botox – the most commonly requested procedure of all – to injectable fillers, skin needling and mesotherapy.