Posted by Iansf on May 26, 2006, at 2:12:16
In reply to Re: Botox for depression? Bizarre..., posted by Phillipa on May 25, 2006, at 20:01:20
> Botox injections paralyze the muscles so how can something that is only surface skin affect your depression. It makes absoulutely no sense to me. Only if the person had a huge issue with the frown lines and being gone felt better. Love Phillipa
There are at least two ways it could make sense.
One possibility is a feedback loop. You feel depressed and frown, and your mind eventually makes a connection between being down and frowning. So if you're not frowning, your mind assumes you're not depressed. And voila, you're not depressed.
The other possibility is that botox actually has antidepressant properties, which is not such a stretch. For many people (myself included) novocaine has an antidepressant effect, so why not botox?
I don't know that either of these possibilities is true, only that they're possibilities.
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