
There are five FDA-approved botulinum toxin cosmetic injectables. Here’s how to choose the one that’s right for you. When it comes to a scraped knee, you probably reach for a Band-Aid. Sneeze attack? Kleenex, please! Sometimes a brand is so good, so ubiquitous, that it ends up defining an industry. The same could be said for Botox. Botox is, as you are probably well aware by now, one type of botulinum toxin injectable. A quick science lesson: Botulinum toxin is a neuromodulator, which is the fancy name for a class of chemicals that interrupt the signals between nerves and muscles causing muscles to relax and wrinkles to subside. “Injections of botulinum toxin… read more