Botox has been on its quest to eradicate all signs of age from every rich person’s face on the planet for about six years now. On the way, it’s made a ton of A-list friends and frenemies — people love the stuff, even though it’s made out of purified botulinum toxin and is widely known for its tendency to keep those who inject it from making facial expressions. Therefore, it’s not very surprising — although maybe a little long coming — that researchers have concocted a gentler alternative that claims to be “a no-toxin alternative that will freeze your wrinkles away instantly.”
That’s not a metaphor: iovera, or “Frotox,” as it’s been tenderly nicknamed, is a procedure in which liquid nitrogen is injected into the nerves that control wrinkle-causing muscles. According to my very nuanced and complete understanding of science, it’s exactly like Arnold Schwarzenegger’s character in that Batman movie, only his crime spree is directed against the aging process and not innocent civilians/a masked vigilante.