As I was surfing the internet I came across this story of a lady injecting her 8 year old daughter with Botox and Fillers.

There are so many problems with this story that I couldn’t mention them all. First of all, look at the picture. The child looks fine. She does not need Botox and Fillers. I find it unimaginable to believe that any 8 year old really does. Second of all, this mother is a beautician and is ordering products online. Where is she getting them? Are they safe? Are they real? Are they counterfeit products? Next, she isn’t a doctor or a nurse, she is a beautician! I do not know about the laws in England but certainly here this would be considered practicing medicine! Where are the child protective services as this is abusive!

I use tons of fillers in my southern New Jersey plastic surgery practice. I see ladies in their mid twenties through seventies who want to look and feel better. They are great products, but they are medications and always have some small risks involved. I do not inject these products in beauty salons (as some local docs do) because what happens when the one in a million allergic reaction happens and there are no emergency medications available? This mother is doing this at home and putting her child at risk.

Are parents in the United States doing this for their kids in beauty pageants? Sometimes truth can be stranger than fiction……