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Botox: Why Injecting Poison Works (RE-RELEASE)

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Botox Botulinum Toxin Into Your Face

It's essentially a cellular biology Lesson so what happens is when you get Botox botulism toxin injected into your Scantulinum toxin botulinum. It actually is able to be through endocytosis absorbed into the axon of Specific neurons that use acetylcholine as their neurotransmitter. So it does degrade over time and there are no serious complications but in rare cases can cause bruising or even death.

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