Your Botox is to Blame for Your Emotionless Tactics
Botox is the injection responsible for keeping millions of people appearing youthful. Wrinkles are almost a rare sight these days, thanks to the injection. What a beautiful thing, right? Who would want wrinkles anyway? Just pay a couple thousand, and kiss those lines and frown marks goodbye. Arguably, it’s more typical to have the cosmetic procedure done than not. Botox has several other positive benefits besides preserving beauty. For example, botox shots are used to treat neck and other muscle spasms, lazy eyes, excessive sweating, migraines, and bladder problems. So, what could go wrong….? A lot, actually. With every pro, there is always a con. Trying to maintain your youth may come with many disadvantages.
Studies suggest that Botox injections in the forehead alter how people interpret emotions. So if you’re wondering why your wrinkle-free mom has been such a b*tch lately, maybe she needs to cut back on the Botox—just kidding (not really). I know this sounds unbelievable, but I thought this was fake as I came across it on someone’s Instagram story. But technology has proved that Botox does indeed interfere with different emotions in the brain. Psychiatrists Dr. Tillman Krüger and Dr. Marc Axel Wollmer discovered this through the use of an MRI. They found that negative moods are depicted on the face in the glabellar region, the area near your forehead between your eyebrows.
When people become annoyed or mad, two types of muscles contract, then that’s where frown lines appear. When people get Botox injections in the glabellar area, it paralyzes the muscles between the eyebrows. Facial expressions, emotions, and your overall mental state are nearly related. As a result, the intensity of emotions is reduced. If the muscles are paralyzed, you are unable to make facial expressions, which lessens your emotion. As our facial muscles mock other peoples’ grimaces or smiles, the muscles send signals to the amygdala and fusiform gyrus parts of the brain, which interpret emotions.
Since Botox limits muscle activity, it could disturb the transmission between the facial muscles, amygdala, and fusiform gyrus. Dr. Fernando Marmolejo-Ramos from the University of South Australia told NewScientist, “You might not be able to experience someone else’s emotions as intensely or vividly as you would like to.” In no way am I discouraging the use of Botox because there are plenty of advantages to the injection as well. But, before jumping into this, you may want to research the disadvantages and see if this is truly the best option for you.
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Lili Jahromi
Lili Jahromi is a Content Writer for Strike Magazine Boca. She spends an unnecessary amount of her time idolizing Lady Gaga, sharing intimate moments with her friends, and beachin’ it with her b*tches. You can reach her at jahromilrose@yahoo.com
