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Botox in the face may reduce orgasm intensity in women, and it can affect depression scores depending on where you get injected. (PMID 30283017)
36 women: 24 got actual Botox and 12 got other cosmetic treatments as controls. A significant drop in the orgasm domain for the Botox group was found on the Female Sexual Function Index. No change in the controls.
"Reducing the ability to make the facial expressions associated with sexual pleasure leads to a reduction in the reported feeling of pleasure associated with it. The results suggest that the facial expressions do not occur simply to communicate pleasure to a partner but they are an integral part of the feeling of pleasure and are important in the process of achieving orgasm."
The results for depression went in two different directions:
Injecting the crow's feet (laugh lines) worsened depression scores.
Injecting the glabellar frown lines improved them.
Small sample size, and these findings haven't been replicated or refuted yet.
I still think this is enough to make you think twice about Botox in the upper face, especially frown lines, crow's feet, and laugh lines.
More research is needed, but this is pretty concerning.


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