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This article is taken from The American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
April 15th marked the
10-year anniversary of the approval of Botox Cosmetic by the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration (FDA). Since its inception as a cosmetic injectable, Botox has
been used by thousands to reduce sweat in various areas of the body as well as
eliminate or decrease wrinkle lines around the eyes and mouth. However, many
people who receive Botox treatments or are considering the injectable medicine
may not know much about Botox's long history.
According to CBS,
San Francisco ophthalmologist Dr. Alan Scott is credited with creating Botox as
a treatment for crossed eyes. And while the injections worked for those with
the eye disorder, an unexpected side effect made the drug famous.
"Some of these
patients that would come would kind of joke and say, 'Oh, doctor, I've come to
get the lines out,'" Scott told the news source about his eye patients who
were among the first people to receive Botox. "And I would laugh, 'Ha-ha,'
but I really wasn't that tuned into the practical, and valuable aspect of
that."
A few years later, in
1990, Scott sold his Botox creation to pharmaceutical company Allergan, and CBS
reports that the company received a pretty good bargain. While Allergan paid $8
million for the drug, today the Botox industry is pulling in around $1 billion
year, and showing no signs of slowing.
Botox wouldn't have achieved the
popularity it knows today if it hadn't been for the approval by the FDA 10
years ago, The Inquisitr
reports. That landmark moment allowed the injectable medicine to be used for
cosmetic purposes, changing the face of cosmetic procedures
forever.
"When approved by
the FDA in 2002, Botox Cosmetic changed the way that physicians could treat
patients who were interested in improving the appearance of their vertical
frown lines between the brows," said David E.I. Pyott, President and CEO
of Allergan, Inc., according to the news source. "Botox Cosmetic has
become the number-one neuromodulator in the United States."
According to the American
Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS), Botulinum Toxin Type
A was the most popular nonsurgical cosmetic procedure in 2011, with approximately
2,619,739 procedures performed by a qualified physician over the course of the
year.
