How do botox injections prevent you from sweating?

Question

I’ve heard that if you have a severe sweating problem you can get botox injections and it will prevent you from sweating so much. How does that work?

In: Biology

Answer 1

By blocking the nerve signal to your pores telling them to sweat. Just like it reduces wrinkles by block nerve signals to muscles that cause your skin to wrinkle.

It’s a neurotoxin that paralyzes, which is also how it kills when it stops you from breathing.