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No botox for me please

Botulinum neurotoxin is one of the most poisonous naturally occurring substances in the world!

You might know it as Botox. Botox disrupts nerve signalling by targeting a protein that helps carry neurotransmitters between adjacent nerve cells. It causes botulism, a paralytic illness that can be fatal.

The drug is loved by celebrities around the world for its wrinkle-removing properties. Unfortunately, it is currently the subject of a safety review because of fears that it can spread to the brain, leading to breathing difficulties and death.

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I’d rather the wrinkles personally. Read more here or here.

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One Response to “No botox for me please”

  1. pKay Says:
    April 4, 2008 at 8:57 pm

    Might explain why some celebs go cookoo bananas? Hah, theyre not getting away that easily with their crazyness!!

    Won’t be long though, before they find someway around it… gotta keep up the buisiness ey?

    Cheers!
    pKay.

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