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Botox may ease chronic stuffy noses

tissue-boxA new German study shows Botox, known for smoothing wrinkles, may be able to help relieve runny and congested noses. Researchers soaked small sponges with Botox and stuck them up the noses of twenty patients with allergic rhinitis for half an hour. After three months, patients who got the Botox sponge treatment said their congestion had improved and they sneezed much less.

via Head & Face Medecine

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