Are There Reported Deaths of People Who've Gotten Botox for Cosmetic Purposes?

There have been cases in which providers have used non FDA approved botulinum toxin with serious complications. I am not aware of fatalities from cosmetic uses of Allergan Botox Cosmetic or Dysport from Medicis.

As the others have mentioned, botox for cosmetic use is very safe. I've never heard of a death from it's use in standard cosmetic doses. The news stories about serious consequences of botox injection have been due to the use of much higher doses than normal or the use of non-FDA approved forms of the drug.

I am unaware of any deaths associated with Botox cosmetic, Dysport, or Xeomin (all form of Botulinum toxin type A used for cosmetic purposes), all of which are utilized in controlled, safe therapeutic doses.  A number of years ago, a Physician on the East coast of Florida injected a form of research grade Botulinum toxin type A (not Botox) into his own face in addition to several of his friends.  This misadventure landed the whole party in the ICU on ventilators.  It is believed that each individual received tens of thousands of units, inducing clinical botulism.  The average dose of Botox is about 20-60 units, which is very safe.  Having performed this procedure thousands of times, I have never seen any serious complications.

First, you should understand that Allergan (the company that makes the stuff) distinguishes between Botox Cosmetic, which we use for facial wrinkles, and Botox which is used for functional issues like hyperhydrosis, torticollis, headaches, cerebral palsy spasm, and a hole host of other sites.  Botox Cosmetic has not had any deaths.  I am personally aware of only three times that significant problems hit the news cycle concerning Botox Cosmetic, and in each case, the practitioner got the medication from some bogus source.  Each of those events also prompted an internal review of  Allergan and their track record, and each time they came out without involvement or product danger.   The drug continued with a clean record.

An interesting study just hit the news as well, which found that botox might exert some influence in muscles distant from the injection.  But the truth is, the study was done in lab animals and may not translate to humans at all, and was found only to change a test behavior of the distant muscle without actually influencing it's overall function.  In other words, much ado about nothing.  

Botox is as safe of a drug as you can find right now.

As the panel member indicated, there are no reported cases of deaths related to the use of Botox Cosmetic.  For medicinal use wherein adverse outcomes or an allegation that death was related to the use of medicinal Botox, the factors involved were high doses of product for therapeutic benefits wherein risks vs. benefits were considered, and patients had co-existing medical conditions that attributed to poor health or immunocompromised systems.

On a side note, the safety issue is imperative when consumers are tempted to seek out services based upon the cheapest price available.  Always make certain that the product comes directly from the manufacturer (Allergan) and that treatments are always administered by a licensed Registered Nurse, Nurse Practitioner, Physician Assistance, Medical Doctor.