What are the medical benefits of botox, ?

Many: May control migraine or tension headaches, neck sprains/strains, limb spasticity, areas of muscular tension, dystonias, bladder spasms, spasmodic dysphonia.

Growing numbers: Botox works to make target muscles weak. It has been shown to control migraine or tension headaches due to forehead muscle spasm, neck sprains/strains like torticollis , limb spasticity, areas of muscular tension, dystonias, bladder spasms, spasmodic dysphonia-voice muscle spams with voice changes. Botox has shown promise in healing anal fissures by relaxing the anal sphincter.

Wrinkle eraser: Botox is also fda approved to treat wrinkles in the glabella region (in between the eyes, in the forehead). Other wrinkles on the face may be treated by your plastic surgeon but these are off-label.

See below: Botox is a neurotoxin that paralyzes the muscle for 3 months. It is used to help reduce the muscle tone in patients with spasticity and now it's indicated for chronic migraines.