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With all the publicity ‘Botox’ has garnered in the recent years, one would like to know exactly what it is and how it works. Well, here are the facts: Botox is one of the many trade names for the neurotoxin protein called botulinum toxin derived from the bacterium called Clostridium Botulinum. In large doses, the protein can cause botulism, a rare but serious paralytic illness. However, given in extremely small, therapeutic, localized doses, it can be used to treat several disorders by enabling controlled weakening or partial paralysis of muscles. It is effective in the treatme...

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