Botox concerns

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Botox is a toxic substance. Eternal youth from a shot is a toxic thought in itself, but Botox also appears to be “the most potent poison” in the world. Who would be so crazy to get involved in this? And why? At some point, your skin starts to change gently and the fine lines around your eyes haven't been so cute for years. Of course, you have women whose wrinkles look so beautiful, but usually not on... yourself.

Then you will look for opportunities to counteract the test of time. After a failed search for wrinkle-reducing creams, wrinkle massages, wrinkle nutrition and more. But at some point, you will really look for a real solution to your problem.

You carefully pulse your best friend: “Wrinkles are beautiful, right?” , and “you, wouldn't get filled with poison, would you?” She waves away your wrinkles like nonsense, but when you stand in front of the mirror again, something starts to gnaw at you. You 'secretly' surf the internet in front of a Botox clinic. Our website is even more beautiful than the other and youthful women laugh at you with shouts like “I should have done it ten years earlier” or “It really doesn't hurt and I look years younger” or “This Botox offer has changed my life”.

“Wow” you think. Ten years younger, injections that don't hurt, Botox change your life? This is too good to be true! Even on the “review sites”, the same enthusiastic experiences are repeated on behalf of “real people”. Against your better judgment, you make an appointment and walk into a clinic within a few days. Even before you finish your matcha latte, the house of cards collapses when your doctor turns out to be a talking mask with lips. With your girlfriend's voice in the back of your mind, you don't know how fast to get out of there, out of this rogue world.

Maybe grandma was right here too: if something seems too good to be true, it's too good to be true. But just when you thought you had put it behind you, it turns out that a number of girlfriends were secretly treated. And you didn't even notice it. And... there also appears to be a label (NVCG) that guarantees the quality of cosmetic doctors.

So it's possible anyway.