Posts Tagged ‘migraines’

Woman has frown muscle removed to prevent migraines

Thursday, December 29th, 2011

Botox can be used to reduce the pain associated with migraines, but one woman has gone a step further and had her frown muscle removed.

Pamela Mason, 47, who has suffered with migraines since the age of 14, was diagnosed as a regular sufferer and was advised to have her corrugator facial muscle removed. This is the muscle that allows a person to frown and is the muscle often targeted with Botox to relieve the pain of migraines.

In an interview with the Daily Mail, Mrs Mason said: “It is wonderful. I have my life back again.

“I suffered for so long and I always thought that was just how life was going to be. I would spend days on end in bed, unable to move or do anything,” she added.

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Botox approved to ease migraines as well as wrinkles

Tuesday, July 13th, 2010

Enjoying long success as an effective treatment for people wanting to reduce the appearance of wrinkles, Botox also has a number of other benefits – and has now been approved by UK regulators as a means to alleviate chronic headaches. (more…)