How Botox Works and How to Prepare for the Procedure
Botox can be used for a variety of reasons, ranging from cosmetic to medical. The way Botox works is that it uses a toxin called onobotulinumtoxinA to temporarily prevent a muscle from moving. The microbe that causes botulism is how the toxin is produced. Interestingly enough, botulism is technically a type of food poisoning. The first drug to use botulinum toxin was Botox. Other products now include abobotulinumtoxinA (Dysport), rimabotulinumtoxinB (Myobloc) and incobotulinu