One of the deadliest poisons known to man is now used to treat wrinkles, migraines, and even, maybe, depression. How did that happen? This is a special episode from <a href="https://www.vox.com/unexplainable">Unexplainable</a>  podcast from Vox and the Vox Media Network. Guests: <a href="https://carrutherscosmetic.com/about/meet-dr-jean/">Jean Carruthers</a>, ophthalmologist and “godmother” of cosmetic Botox. <a href="https://profiles.mountsinai.org/david-m-simpson">David Simpson</a>, neurologist at Mount Sinai hospital in New York. <a href="https://www.asklepios.com/ach/profil~prId=28655~">Axel Wollmer</a>, psychiatrist at the Asklepios clinic in Hamburg, Germany.

One of the deadliest poisons known to man is now used to treat wrinkles, migraines, and even, maybe, depression.

One of the deadliest poisons known to man is now used to treat wrinkles, migraines, and even, maybe, depression. How did that happen? 

This is a special episode from <a href="https://www.vox.com/unexplainable">Unexplainable</a>  podcast from Vox and the Vox Media Network. 

Guests: 

<a href="https://carrutherscosmetic.com/about/meet-dr-jean/">Jean Carruthers</a>, ophthalmologist and “godmother” of cosmetic Botox. 

<a href="https://profiles.mountsinai.org/david-m-simpson">David Simpson</a>, neurologist at Mount Sinai hospital in New York. 

<a href="https://www.asklepios.com/ach/profil~prId=28655~">Axel Wollmer</a>, psychiatrist at the Asklepios clinic in Hamburg, Germany.

The Accidental Rise of Botox

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