Narrator: This is Science Today. In a case of scientific
serendipity, researchers at the University of California, San
Francisco discovered a cosmetic treatment called Botox that's
commonly used to alleviate facial wrinkles - may also relieve
migraines. Dermatologist Richard Glogau based the study on his
observation that patients receiving Botox injections to the
upper face also reported suffering fewer headaches. Glogau: And
these are patients that had been taking some fairly heavy series
medication for chronic migraine. So we started to actively track
it when patients came in and wanted wrinkle treatment we made a
note of whether or not they had migraine or history of what
medicine they were taking and then followed what their response
to the treatments were. Narrator: Glogau found Botox - which
temporarily paralyzes voluntary muscle movement - reduced
migraines for up to six months in three out of four of his
patients. Glogau: Clearly for a significant segment of the
population with headache, there's anoth