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Botox - more uses than you
think
Dr Luke Gordon
Botox Fame
Discovered by Jean and Alastair Carruthers
1987
Jean was an ophthalmologist
Treated spasm of the eyelid muscles
Patient asked for it for her forehead
Asked why - because the skin was so smooth
Thats how Botox was discovered
Botox Uses
 Neck spasms
 Excessive sweating
 Overactive bladder
 Lazy eye
 Migraines
 Laryngeal dystonia
 Pain in the jaw muscles
 Spasm of the facial muscles
Uses in the head and neck
 Temperomandibular joint disorders
 Grinding of the teeth
 Rhinitis
 Vocal tics
 Stuttering
 Freys sysndrome
More unusual uses
 Cerebral-palsy symptoms
 Adult hand tremors
 Squint
 Depresson
 Premature ejaculation
 Abnormal heartbeat
 Painful sex
 Severely cold hands
 Cleft lip scars in babies
 Painful sex
Conclusion
 Botox is the wonderdrug for wrinkles
 Little known fact: multitude of uses
 Scientists are finding more and more uses.
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Dr Luke Gordon - Botox Wonderdrug

  • 1. Botox - more uses than you think Dr Luke Gordon
  • 2. Botox Fame Discovered by Jean and Alastair Carruthers 1987 Jean was an ophthalmologist Treated spasm of the eyelid muscles Patient asked for it for her forehead Asked why - because the skin was so smooth Thats how Botox was discovered
  • 3. Botox Uses Neck spasms Excessive sweating Overactive bladder Lazy eye Migraines Laryngeal dystonia Pain in the jaw muscles Spasm of the facial muscles
  • 4. Uses in the head and neck Temperomandibular joint disorders Grinding of the teeth Rhinitis Vocal tics Stuttering Freys sysndrome
  • 5. More unusual uses Cerebral-palsy symptoms Adult hand tremors Squint Depresson Premature ejaculation Abnormal heartbeat Painful sex Severely cold hands Cleft lip scars in babies Painful sex
  • 6. Conclusion Botox is the wonderdrug for wrinkles Little known fact: multitude of uses Scientists are finding more and more uses.