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The Discovery of Botox

22/08/2017 GMT

BBC World Service - Witness History, The Discovery of Botox

How an ophthalmologist and a dermatologist discovered that a toxin could stop wrinkles

How two doctors in Canada discovered that small amounts of a deadly toxin could make frown lines disappear.

How an ophthalmologist and a dermatologist in Vancouver, Canada, discovered that small amounts of a deadly toxin could make frown lines disappear.  Chloe Hadjimatheou spoke to Drs Jean and Alastair Carruthers about their breakthrough.

 
Photo: Doctor injecting a woman's face with botulinum toxin. Copyright: Pascal Goetgheluck/Science Photo Library.

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