• You have to heal the wound before it [starts to] ignore the medicine

    African Proverb

  • For there is hope for a tree if it is cut down, that it will sprout again, and that its shoots will not cease

    Job 14:7

  • Let water cleanse your soul

    “Creed of We”. The Seven Paths: Changing One’s Way of Walking in the World. The Anasazi Foundation

  • We think so often that we are helpless, but we are not. We always have the power of our minds. Claim and consciously use your Power

    Louise Hay

  • ...Look at its fruit when it yields and its ripening. Indeed in that are signs for a people who believe

    Surat Al-An’am

  • Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship

    Buddha

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Aging Gracefully: Nutrition vs. Botox

In September 2023, the government reported that they were launching an inquiry into unregulated cosmetic activities, in an effort to protect consumers from “botched” procedures like Botox. The UK government news report went on to say that there were around 900,000 Botox injections each year, and in 2022 there were over 2,000 complaints related to the injection.

But were these complaints for botched procedures? Botox, short for botulinum toxin, is derived from clostridium botulinum, a bacterium that produces dangerous biological substances that attack the nervous system. Specifically, Botox blocks the release of acetylcholine, a neurotransmitter responsible for muscle contraction. While orthodox medicine uses Botox in medical management[i] (despite there being far less toxic alternatives), more commonly, it’s used as an aesthetic treatment to reduce the appearance of wrinkles. This article will discuss the long-term consequences of Botox, and why consumers may truly be unhappy with the results, and it’s not because it needs further regulation.

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