The Botox dispute

Two hundred and something dollars is what I spotted on the cash register’s display. With my eyes closed I went on and swiped my card through the machine and I left the store with a bit of disbelief. Did I seriously just spend two hundred and something dollars on wrinkle cream? Secretly deep down I hardly believe this stuff works but hey, since 30 is right around the corner, I couldn’t resist surrendering to the world of ‘wrinkle free’ products. Why am I so appalled by them?

I don’t know the answer. All I know is that I made the conscious decision to not want them. Along with dozens of other women. Wait what am I saying? Millions of other women. Everyone wants their face to be smooth and wrinkle free. And because of our obsessions we paved a road for the every growing million dollar industry. The industry filled with overpriced creams, staying-youthful-pills, laser machines and those toxic syringes filled with: Botox. Instead of getting your ears pierced, I wouldn’t be surprised if fourteen year old girls are going to want to get Botox injections instead in the current state of the world we live in. Now I know I’m not too thrilled on ageing but Botox? Never. So hereby my list of reason to never ever cave in and get injected.

1. Paralyzed and ugly

Alright, so you’re pretty much paralyzing a muscle somewhere in your head. Result: your wrinkle disappears. But what are you left with? Something I personally find very unappealing. You can hardly move your face (and not in the good way like that one song from The Weeknd). And although there are doctors who have found a way to avoid the stoic paralyzed look, you will always see that horrid crippled piece of your skin. Yuk.

2. Insecurity billboard

This goes hand in hand with point one. If you’ve got a face full of Botox, you’re pretty much walking around with a big fat sign that screams “Hi I don’t ever want to age and I’m feeling rather insecure about it.” And you know what they say, the more you emphasize something, the worse it’ll get. It’s a lose-lose situation.

3. Poison. Literally.

Botulinium Toxin is what we refer to as Botox. In the medical world they refer to it as a ‘neuro toxic poison’. Yep, you read that correctly. It is literally poison. And yeah, they use it sometimes to save lives. For chemo for example – so thank God it exists. But injecting poison into your face for wrinkles? Come on guys, get a grip!

4. Heidi Montag or Jocelyn the cat lady. It can happen to you

‘Just a teeny tiny bit.’ That’s usually how it starts. We all want to get rid of that frown line. But unfortunately getting it done once doesn’t mean it won’t ever come back again. Botox is not permanent and it has been proven that 40% of Botox users become addicted. So be careful cause you might end up looking like Heidi Montag or that crazy cat lady Jocelyn. All because you wanted to get rid of that one small wrinkle.

5. It’s a lost cause

You can smear on as many expensive creams as you’d like or inject your entire face with as many toxins as possible but let’s be real. If you want to turn 100, you’ll spend at least the last 45 years of your life walking around like a dried up plum. Because when it comes to wrinkles, you’ll always come in second place. As much as I’d like to avoid it too, it’s inevitable. I’ll just stick to being very naïve and believing that the creams I buy are going to help me delay the process of getting a head full of life lines and once they do show up, I’ll embrace them with open arms. Sort of.