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| August 24, 2006 | COPYRIGHT 2005 United Press International. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: KATE WALKER

A team of researchers from New York's University of Buffalo have found that Botox can be used to help ease post-surgical facial scarring.

The scientists injected Botox into patients recovering from surgery on their foreheads, an area prone to scarring, as the surgical wounds were healing, and found that Botox injections led to reduced scarring.

Professor David Sherris, who led the study, said: "The reason this works is because wide scars are the result of the local muscles pulling the wound apart during the healing phase.

"Botunlinum toxin (botox) temporarily weakens the surrounding muscles, thereby lessening the pull on the wound during the acute healing phase of the first two to four months."

The reduced levels of scarring were independently assessed by two plastic surgeons not linked with the…

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