id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-351506-ubaoxxg0 Nestor, Mark S. “Masking” our emotions: Botulinum toxin, facial expression, and well‐being in the age of COVID‐19 2020-07-12 .txt text/plain 4826 274 52 CONCLUSIONS: Mask‐wearing in the wake of COVID‐19 brings new challenges to our ability to communicate and perceive emotion through full facial expression, our most effective and universally shared form of communication, and BTX may offer a positive solution to decrease negative emotions and promote well‐being for both the mask‐wearer and all who come in contact with that individual. 5 With these restrictions now being slowly lifted, patients are once again receiving this most common and valued aesthetic procedure for its desired effect of facial muscle paralysis to diminish or eliminate unwanted frown lines and "crow's feet." 6 Today however, these effects are now complemented by a mask that hides the lower half of the face, interfering with emotional processing and our ability to interpret each other's emotions through facial expression. ./cache/cord-351506-ubaoxxg0.txt ./txt/cord-351506-ubaoxxg0.txt