Wednesday, February 28, 2007

Botox

Last week, I joked about Luna getting Botox to take care of the wrinkles on her neck.  Well, last night I was flipping through the book “Why do dogs drink out of the toilet?” while watching the American Idol boys and came across a question asking about plastic surgery for dogs or what they refer to as “Bowser Botox.”

It turns out that Botox for pooches isn’t too far fetched.  Breeds that often have wrinkly faces, such as Pugs, Bulldogs, Shar-Peis and Pekingnese, often develop a problem where facial folds cause the eyelashes on their lower eyelids to fold into the eye.  This can be quite painful and if not treated can even result in vision loss.  The most popular way to treat this is currently via a surgical procedure, but it turns out that Botox has been used to also solve the problem.  Who knew?