Do Not Buy Botox Online

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Submitted by Adriana Rae on May 7, 2009 - 08:18.

The Daily Mail has a frightening article today about companies that are selling Botox, Restylane, and banned skin-lightening creams online.

It's illegal to do this in countries such as the US or UK, but this doesn't stop companies based elsewhere to try to sell these medical products online.

It's hard to believe anyone would want to try to inject themselves with something that arrives in the mail from unknown sources. But even if you were 100% sure this was legit botox it is extremely risky to try to do it yourself. One doctor says;

If the toxin is not injected in precisely the right place, you can paralyse the wrong muscles, causing drooping of the eyelid or eyebrow or even paralysing the muscles that move the eyeball, causing impaired vision.

'With applications of Botox in the lower face and neck it is also possible to cause inability to speak or swallow, and there has been at least one death reported in America. While these are rare complications in the hands of an expert, they are potentially life threatening in unqualified hands.'

See the Poison by Post article on these frightening developments.


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botx yourself
Submitted by Dean (not verified) on November 15, 2009 - 21:07.

I don't beleive that injecting yourself with botox is dangerous...i think that is all such hype because i saved so much money by buying botox online and injecting myself. Its not hard to educate yourself on the muscle groups that make your face work the way it does and so long as you leave a safe distace from your eyes and eye brows the botox that you inject will work perfectly. Don't beleive what a doctors says until you have done a little bit of research yourself. they just want more money for expensive holidays!

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Submitted by Jacqui (not verified) on October 20, 2009 - 16:26.
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Thanks for warning!
Submitted by Samantha (not verified) on May 8, 2009 - 12:42.

Thanks for warning!

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Don't Tread On My Injectibles!!!!
Submitted by Hmmm (not verified) on November 15, 2009 - 13:14.

What they fail to tell you about the deaths is that they were injected into the lower extremeties of small children who had neuro muscular disorders. There was one death among millions of injections, and this was for clinical purposes, not cosmetic so dosage etc....was much different. The powers that be rely on the publics fear and want you to stay in awe of doctors and afraid of the big bad wolf (the former often lines the pocket of the later to keep their interest vested). Regulation is huge (especially under the current idiotic administration, not because big brother wants to protect you, but wants to keep the money in the pockets of the powers that be).

Yes, botulin A can temporarily paralyze your eyelid if you put it too closer than one cm of your eye, a steak knife can turn sinister rather quickly if used as a weapon to extract a vital organ rather than a meat cutting tool, aspirin can kill if you take 200 at once,and a small hair styling appliaance can fry you into oblivion if tossed in the tub while you bath, so I am waiting for a ban on Ginsu's, Chi irons and Bayer in the near future....but no. Those are not banned because the money is not there my friends. No one can claim that only an "expert" can use any of the above because that one we can be easily seen through.

I have been doing my own botulin toxin A injections (botuloin A is the substance commonly known as Botox produced by the company Allergan-it is much like generic aspirin vs. Bayer)with amazing results. I do think some things take more expertise, say open heart surgery or mole removal even, but a simple injection into the muscle is not an issue anymore than injecting insulin. Also until only recently Allergan, again the producers of Botox, had no competetion until Dysport came on the market. Competetion and the free market is good as the last time I checked it serves to keep everyone on their toes as far as innovation goes and prices down.

Excercise common sense, become familiar with the product and injection techniques and you will be as fine. It is not rocket science nor does it require 10 years of school to learn to do. Geez...You are not stupid nor a sheep, do not be spoon feed but gather information and make an informed decision based on logic not fear.

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hi ! how do you do it
Submitted by Guest (not verified) on November 19, 2009 - 16:16.

hi ! how do you do it please? thank you suzanne.

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