In has been in many newspapers today. Here’s a brief article seen in UK freesheet Metro about it.
Cut down on your trips to the loo- Botox your bladder
It may be most popular with those who want to iron out wrinkles- but Botox could help those who need too many tinkles….
Injections of the beauty treatment can help treat a weak bladder- and those given a single shot in the organ are less likely to wet themselves, rush to the toilet or ‘leak’ urine. Incontinence fell from six times a day to just once in female patients, while the number of urgent trips to the toilet also dropped from eight to three times a day, studies show.
A third were still continent six months after treatment. Study leader Dr Douglas Tincello, of the University of Leicester, said it can cause paralysis in the bladder muscle but Botox ‘works so much better than the drugs we have.’
More on this here. (WARNING: Very long article!!!)