Botox may have more to offer than the stymieing of the ageing process. Those who suffer from herpes simplex 1 may in the future be pumped with the siliceous fluid to treat the cold sores which appear as a symptom of the virus.
Currently, Botox is being examined as a treatment for this type of cold sore by the researchers from the Chicago Centre for Facial Plastic Surgery. Participants will be injected with Botox, thus inducing the paralysis of muscles in the lip for a period of duration of 3 months. The researchers are analysing whether or not the virus will be blocked as a result of the paralysis. The paralysis in theory would force the virus to maintain its dormancy as the muscles would not be in use.
Since the virus is impossible to eradicate, it is promising that we may gain some control over these annoying symptoms and maybe look a little younger in the process.