Risks
However, Botox also has a number of disadvantages. On the one hand, the application has to be repeated every few months, as the effect of the neurotoxin diminishes. This is always associated with costs, and the dose may have to be increased further.
Furthermore, botulinum toxin is currently the most deadly poison known to man. Statisticians claim to have found out that a fingernail-sized dose would be enough to kill the entire world population. Botox is applied in nanogram doses, i.e. in the billionths of a gram range.
Slightly increased doses, or even the addition of a tens digit can have fatal consequences. Again and again, cases of doctors, or even self-proclaimed doctors, have been known to cause permanent damage to their patients, even death. Therefore, it is especially important to consult a qualified, experienced physician and not always directly accept the most favorable offer. A Botox treatment in Germany costs between 150 and 250€ per session depending on the region.
Miscellaneous
Other names for the “frown line” are also thinker’s butterflies and, in medical jargon, “glabellar fold”. While “frown line” admittedly does not sound very flattering, thinker’s wrinkle and glabella wrinkle do sound much more graceful. A short-term removal of the frown line by means of Botox always bears the danger of giving the face a certain “mask-like appearance”, since certain mimic movements are no longer possible.
This should always be considered before a therapy with Botox.In Germany, a real shopping trend towards “small” improvements to the body has developed due to the easy accessibility and comparatively low costs. Every intervention on the body – no matter how small it may be – is dangerous and should be well considered.