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Botox at 40: From medical curiosity to a wide range of uses

Summary by Hospital News
Originating in a lab in San Francisco in the 1970s, botulinum toxin  –  best known by its trade names Botox, Xeomin and Dysport  –  is well known for its cosmetic uses, being the most common cosmetic procedure performed worldwide. What many people do not know is that Botox was originally developed to treat ophthalmological and neurological conditions. In 1985, Dr. Stephen Kraft, a staff ophthalmologist at UHN’s Donald K. Johnson Eye Institute, t…
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Hospital News broke the news in on Thursday, July 3, 2025.
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