The Botox Babies
By Christopher Booroff
Department of Acosmetic Surgery, University of London, UK.
The Beginning
Since the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Botox in 1989 it has been used widely for medical purposes. In 2002, however, the FDA approved Botox for use in the removal of frown lines and as a result the drug has been part of the recent boom in cosmetic surgery. Since then its use has become so widespread that the word Botox is now synonymous with plastic surgery itself, but not without cost.
Botox is a protein produced by the Clostridium botulinum bacterium and works by blocking nerve pulses to the offending muscle which is causing the frown lines, thus visibly reducing the wrinkle. The treatment does not drastically alter the facial appearance of the patient, at least, so they say. However, with the Botox age well and truly upon us, a startling consequence of the procedure has emerged and is rapidly spreading. Botox Babies are the genetic response to persistent usage of Botox by the child’s mother
Since the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Botox in 1989 it has been used widely for medical purposes. In 2002, however, the FDA approved Botox for use in the removal of frown lines and as a result the drug has been part of the recent boom in cosmetic surgery. Since then its use has become so widespread that the word Botox is now synonymous with plastic surgery itself, but not without cost.
Botox is a protein produced by the Clostridium botulinum bacterium and works by blocking nerve pulses to the offending muscle which is causing the frown lines, thus visibly reducing the wrinkle. The treatment does not drastically alter the facial appearance of the patient, at least, so they say. However, with the Botox age well and truly upon us, a startling consequence of the procedure has emerged and is rapidly spreading. Botox Babies are the genetic response to persistent usage of Botox by the child’s mother