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Botox is the trade name for the medical derivative of the botulinum toxin. While botulinum toxin is the most potent neurotoxin known to man, botox is commonly used cosmetically. In minute, diluted doses, botox is injected to specific muscles, causing local flaccid paralysis. Botox is also available under the names Dysport, Myoblock, Xeomin, and Neuroblock. Read more on botox. Article by Leah Tait.

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