Can Cosmetic Treatments Kill You?

Risks most likely abound in cosmetic treatments such as liposuction and plastic surgery; though a couple's life-threatening experience may dub one treatment the most dangerous of all: Botox.

Botox is a sanitized derivative of botulinum toxin Type A, which is a bacterium found in contaminated food. Certain types of Botox are used to smooth out wrinkles by freezing muscles in injected areas, while others can be used to treat crossed eyes, uncontrollable blinking and head and neck spasms.

One unidentified couple (in their 50s) went to a medical center where they were injected with a cosmetic treatment they were informed was Botox. The very next morning, the couple experienced fatigue and had trouble breathing and speaking to the extent that they were hospitalized on life-support.