Hi all of you!
We read about the miracles of Botox, but is it a cure for getting older? Or is it a poison? Have found an article about Botox and I’m complitely terrified! Read it and I hope you will understand my emotions.
A dangerous new breed of company has emerged – DIY Botox for sale online. You have no idea where it comes from or who is selling it. And as this investigation reveals, it is potentially life-threatening.
Perhaps you’ve looked in the mirror recently and thought your face was looking a bit tired. Or even that your wrinkles were getting a little too deep-set.
We’ve all read about ‘miracle’ solutions such as Botox and facial fillers, but in these recession-hit times, who can afford ?200 or more for Botox injections?
Now, though, a dangerous new breed of company has sprung up on the internet, targeting vain and gullible women who believe that they can regain their youth with a few clicks of the mouse.
‘In the U.S. a couple of years ago, patients ended up in an intensive care unit by being given a form of Botox obtained through illegal channels, which were given in error in massive doses. Also, the provenance of the products when bought over the internet is unknown, and there may be a risk that the product you receive may is toxic or not sterile.’
It is also warned that in its freeze-dried powder form, Botox must be kept at below 4C for it to work. As the package I received was sent through the post in an envelope, it would probably have been inactive and therefore useless, (assuming it was the real thing in the first place).
I was keen to put all these points to the suppliers. But it is such a secretive operation that the only way I could contact them with these concerns was by email. I was hardly surprised when it didn’t reply. Attempts to discover where the company was based also failed.
It has a fax number in America, you send the money to Moldova and the drug is sent from the Ukraine. It’s impossible to get a head office address or even any contact details at all from their internet domain registrations because they have set it up through a front company.
Worryingly, despite its unscrupulous activities, the company did not break the law by selling me Botox as it is not based in Britain. In fact, the lack of regulation surrounding such cosmetic procedures is staggering.
