Rapturous applause greeted Dr Jean Carruthers as she closed her keynote speech with the words “… and the rest is history!” at September’s annual conference of the British College of Aesthetic Medicine (BCAM). The BCAM is both a professional body and a charity advocating safe and ethical practice in aesthetic medicine and Jean, 74, an oculoplastic surgeon from Canada, is something of a celebrity in these circles.
Also known as “the godmother of Botox”, Jean had just recounted for the BCAM board and assembled press the “aha” moment she had in the 1980s on realising that botulinum toxin, which she was using to treat patients with blepharospasm (frequent blinking or
