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One question that has been burning in my head: why in the hell would people ever use the most deadly toxin on Earth for therapeutic/cosmetic purposes?

Originally posted by TheGodKiller
One question that has been burning in my head: why in the hell would people ever use the most deadly toxin on Earth for therapeutic/cosmetic purposes? The idea they can look young forever why because some people care more about that than what they put into their bodies.

I think the UK should take all their nanny state bullshit and turn it on its head.

Originally posted by TheGodKiller
One question that has been burning in my head: why in the hell would people ever use the most deadly toxin on Earth for therapeutic/cosmetic purposes?

Maybe it represents man's triumphant contempt for nature?

Originally posted by Symmetric Chaos
Maybe it represents man's triumphant contempt for nature?

Or it makes you look more attractive (and therefore more worthwhile) in the eyes of your peers and that's one of the most powerful reasons humans do anything.

Botox is goood 300 nicker fer me lips in harley street a client paid. Nice!

Originally posted by Newjak
The idea they can look young forever why because some people care more about that than what they put into their bodies.
Originally posted by Symmetric Chaos
Maybe it represents man's triumphant contempt for nature?
Originally posted by Bardock42
Or it makes you look more attractive (and therefore more worthwhile) in the eyes of your peers and that's one of the most powerful reasons humans do anything.
I know all that, but do people realize(or even know) that a few micrograms of this stuff can cause death?

A few kilos of this stuff is enough to kill the entire human population, or so I have read in articles and academic papers I found online. This is the sort of sh1t that one would expect to be used in bioweapons or chemical warfare, not beauty treatments.

In fact, an episode of BBC's Sherlock had this poison used to commit a years old murder as part of the Moriarty's introduction plotline. Because of the extremely minute quantities in which it was used, it escaped detection in standard post-mortem toxicology forensic tests.

Originally posted by TheGodKiller
In fact, an episode of BBC's Sherlock had this poison used to commit a years old murder as part of the Moriarty's introduction plotline. Because of the extremely minute quantities in which it was used, it escaped detection in standard post-mortem toxicology forensic tests.

That's wrong science. IIRC, there is a way to detect botox in the blood by checking for the immunological markers.


However, you'd have to check specifically for that...possibly...maybe. So, yeah, it would escape detection for the most part.

A few kilos of Botox can kill the entire human population? And people put that in their face?

That's manly as all ****ing hell, that's like shaving your chin with a chainsaw levels of manly.

Originally posted by dadudemon
That's wrong science. IIRC, there is a way to detect botox in the blood by checking for the immunological markers.


However, you'd have to check specifically for that...possibly...maybe. So, yeah, it would escape detection for the most part.
Why would a specific test be performed in a standard autopsy.

Also, I misremembered as there was no mention of a toxicology test in the episode. All that Sherlock mentioned was: "It's virtually undetectable. Nobody would have been looking for it."

Originally posted by TheGodKiller
"Nobody would have been looking for it."

That makes more sense than saying they could not detect the metabolites in the blood stream.

The ad banners in the forum right now are about plastic surgery and this, pretty funny.

Originally posted by dadudemon
That makes more sense than saying they could not detect the metabolites in the blood stream.
He also stated "It's virtually undetectable" prior to that, and it was in response to Watson asking why it didn't show up in the autopsy report.

Bo tox, in the third person.

Originally posted by NemeBro
A few kilos of Botox can kill the entire human population?
Yep.

Originally posted by Epicurus
One question that has been burning in my head: why in the hell would people ever use the most deadly toxin on Earth for therapeutic/cosmetic purposes?

Vanity, and money.

Victorian era makeup, IIRC, was full of lead. Or it may have been some time prior to that. Point is, looking good is oftentimes a larger psychological motivator than fear of death.

Originally posted by Stealth Moose
Victorian era makeup, IIRC, was full of lead. Or it may have been some time prior to that. Point is, looking good is oftentimes a larger psychological motivator than fear of death.

I wonder if they even knew back then that lead was toxic? At least in comparably small amounts.

Originally posted by Epicurus
One question that has been burning in my head: why in the hell would people ever use the most deadly toxin on Earth for therapeutic/cosmetic purposes?
Botox A is used for cosmetic purposes, not the deadly ones.

Originally posted by Astner
Botox A is used for cosmetic purposes, not the deadly ones.
IIRC, even that can kill a human being in a quantity of 80 micrograms or such. Which makes it much less poisonous than the deadlier nanongram killing version, but still deadly in its own right./shrugs

I think the UK should take all their nanny state bullshit and turn it on its head.

Originally posted by Epicurus
One question that has been burning in my head: why in the hell would people ever use the most deadly toxin on Earth for therapeutic/cosmetic purposes?

Why do people smoke cigarettes then?

For the pleasure

Originally posted by Supra
Why do people smoke cigarettes then?

For the pleasure

So, Botox is pleasurable?