I just learned that botox is so toxic that it makes sarin gas look breathable, in fact according to the wikipedia list of toxins ordered by toxicity it is the single most dangerous toxin to life as we know it in the universe so far.
What on earth is done to it so that it can be injected into someones cheeks?
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I feel like the other answers don’t get directly at the issue.
There’s an old adage that “the dose makes the poison”. Everything is toxic in sufficient quantity. You can poison yourself to death with water if you drink enough in a short period of time (there have been several examples of this).
The reason Botox treatment doesn’t kill you is because they don’t inject enough to kill you. It’s still toxic, it works by paralyzing the targeted muscles, but the dose is small enough that some muscle paralysis is (hopefully) the only bad effect.
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