The Role of Zinc in Botox Treatment

Name: The Role of Zinc in Botox Treatment
Uploaded: 2024-05-03T12:00:51+00:00
Duration: 31 s
Channel: Dr. Charles Mok
Description: A short spoken segment (YouTube video) explaining that zinc is required for Botox to work, asserting healthy people are often zinc-depleted because…

3 May 2024 · 1 min

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A short spoken segment (YouTube video) explaining that zinc is required for Botox to work, asserting healthy people are often zinc-depleted because high-fiber diets (including grains/cereal) reduce zinc absorption, and suggesting avoiding grains about a day before or after treatment may modestly extend Botox’s effect. The speaker cautions the effect is generally small but may help when Botox seems less effective.

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Yes — the speaker states that Botox requires zinc to work.

About a day or so beforehand or a day or so afterward (speaker's phrasing).

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Another thing that can impact Botox's outcome is zinc. Now, Botox requires zinc to work. Healthy people are usually depleted in zinc. The reason is healthy people typically eat a lot of fiber. And fiber is an anti nutrient. It extracts nutrients from your body. That's why they put zinc in different elements in cereal. If you want your Botox to work longer, studies have shown that if you avoid grains a day or so beforehand or a day or so after, it might work a little bit better. Generally, it's not material, but somebody's not working as well. That's one thing you can do.