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Is Receiving Botox While Breastfeeding Safe?

It's not definitively known if the toxin in this injectable procedure passes into breast milk.
Two halfs of an orange sit side-by-side with milk coming from the ends against a background of botox needles.
Illustration by Jaelen Brock

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