November 15 is National Botox Day ---- WTF ???

[markbike528CBX]

Can't make this up:
BOTOX® Cosmetic (onabotulinumtoxinA) Day is Back Like Never Before
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/botox-cosmetic-onabotulinumtoxina-day-is-back-like-never-before-301973724.html
https://emergetulsa.com/botox-day/
https://hiatusspa.com/2023/11/14/national-botox-day-nov-15-2023/

Botox is more toxic than:
VX nerve gas
GB (sarin) nerve gas

"Botulinum toxin is 15,000 times as toxic as the nerve agent VX, and 100,000 times more toxic than sarin. "
https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/vx-nerve-agent

Unless you are willing to inject a nearly universally banned military war gas into your skin in amounts that are 15,000 (VX) to 100,000 Sarin (GB) times the weight of botox, then you may want to reconsider.

Why would one one to CELEBRATE this vanity (cosmetic) use?   

Sure, it has applications for migraine headaches.  Those applications have even higher risk for bad reactions.

I have been in enough pain to be tempted to tell the doc "sure, take a hatchet and chop it out". 
In such circumstances, anything that might work is a temptation to try.  Not necessarily a great idea.
In my case, some physical therapy worked way better than I thought it would.
I didn't have a migraine, but it was nerve related.

If your Botox skin smoothing does work for a long time, that just means you've damaged/killed nerve cells irreparably.

[Morning Glory]

It has other medical applications such as treating uncontrollable sweating and some gut motility issues, probably more that I'm not thinking of. Most of our medications are toxic in the wrong amounts, even something you think of as benign like Tylenol. 

Giving it a day is weird though.  I guess it's just marketing but I can think of more important medications to give a day to in terms of number of lives saved.

[ATtiny85]

Won't be long and there will be a generic weight-loss drug day. It will be fun to bring in donuts and cupcakes for it.

It has other medical applications such as treating uncontrollable sweating and some gut motility issues, probably more that I'm not thinking of.

Yeah, but from the links it is actually Botox Cosmetic Day, so all the actually useful uses are not what's being "celebrated".

[Davnasty]

It looks like Botox day didn't make the calendar... National Clean Out Your Refrigerator Day did though :)

https://www.nationaldaycalendar.com/what-day-is-it

[LD_TAndK]

...
https://www.nationaldaycalendar.com/what-day-is-it

That site is hilarious, I had no idea so many "day"s were vying for our attention every day.

[LennStar]

I would laugh if I hadn't killed my face muscles with Botox®

[Chris Pascale]

Why would one one to CELEBRATE this vanity (cosmetic) use?   

No wrinkles, duh!