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Botox
[ boh-toks ]
- a purified form of botulinum, a neurotoxin causing botulism, injected in minute amounts especially to treat muscle spasms and relax facial muscles in order to reduce wrinkles.
Botox
/ ˈbəʊtɒks /
noun
- a preparation of botulinum toxin used to treat muscle spasm and to remove wrinkles
Word History and Origins
Origin of Botox1
Word History and Origins
Origin of Botox1
Example Sentences
While Botox received FDA approval to fight existing wrinkles in 2002, experts say preventive injections are a more recent trend, fueled in part by influencers on social media and advertisements targeting younger people.
But as consumers grew up, Abercrombie—much like its Botox-addicted CEO—refused to age with them.
I have Botox and Restylane once every few months by the best doctor in New York, Pat Wexler.
Maybe you think Botox is no big deal—a quick lunchtime jab to freshen up the face?
Practitioners recommend that Botox should start as early as our 20s so that wrinkles do not have the chance to form.
The owner of the spa where Gwyneth reportedly gets venomized says she uses this stuff instead of Botox.
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