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Botox Could Do a Lot More Than Improving Your Looks
December 24, 2007 at 1:22 PM
Women Health News
In a preliminary study in 2005 of 350 headache suffers, Botox-treated subjects said they had 7.1 fewer migraines over a 30-day period, compared with a control group of headache sufferers who reported 3.7 fewer attacks.
Collagen, a natural substance found in connective tissue was approved in the United States in 1981 for filling out facesenter Zyplast and Zyderm. But it wasnt until Botox (approved for cosmetic use in 2002) that the market for youthifying drugs, facial skin fillers, and other nonsurgical devices took off. Today its plumped to well over $12 billion, says the popular internet magazine Health.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) first approved a Botox-like drug called Oculinum in 1989 to treat uncontrolled blinking and lazy eye.
In 2003, a filler called Restylane got a reputation for erasing nasolabial folds (the parentheses that contain the nose), smile lines, and creases above the mouth. Restylane has a hyaluronic acid (a naturally occurring lubricant found in joints) base.
After seeing how Botox works, some cosmetic surgeons and dermatologists s are trying long-wave pulsed-light-lasers, diode lasers, infrared light, and even radio frequency heat wave treatments in their efforts to repair the skin in this area.
This year, the FDA approved Juvéderm, a hyaluronic acidbased filler that claims to last a year. And in 2006, the agency OKd Radiesse (a semipermanent filler for nasolabial folds, marionette lines, and acne scars that can last as long as two years) and Artefill (the first permanent filler to get FDA
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