BOTULINUM TOXIN
Botulinum Toxin. Botulinum toxin type A is known as Botox, a neurotoxin produced by the Clostridium Botulinum bacterium. The aesthetic use of this goes back to the 90s, when Jean Carruthers, an ophthalmologist, and her husband, Alastair Carruthers, a dermatologist, accidentally discovered that this neurotoxin causes the muscle relaxation effect of facial mimicry. The ability …