Botulinum toxin, or Botox as it’s widely known, is famous for its ability to smooth away wrinkles. But hiding our frown lines from the world isn’t the reason early scientists started experimenting ...

Philip Crilly does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

Alastair Carruthers with his ophthalmologist wife Jean: ‘When my wife came home from work one day and suggested injecting my receptionist with the deadliest chemical known to humanity, my jaw dropped’ ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I have been contending with blepharospasm for years. I got some relief from Botox for around four years, but then it stopped working and my doctor moved me to Dysport, which was ...

When a medicine's side effects turn out to be more marketable than its intended purpose, people tend to forget what the intended purposes were. The "little blue pill" never quite became synonymous ...

Taking a dietary supplement of organic zinc and the enzyme phytase four days before receiving botulinum toxin injections made the toxin more effective in 93% of patients tested in a recent study at ...

Despite Botox becoming increasingly popular in India's aesthetic medicine landscape, several misconceptions continue to cloud public understanding. Addressing these myths with scientific evidence can ...

Hemifacial spasms happen when a blood vessel puts excess pressure on a facial nerve, per the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS). They can also be caused by external nerve ...