Laura Slattery: Injected and proud - the heavily botoxed look has become a status symbol

Unlicensed botox-type products, often originating in South Korea, are illegally imported into the State, an investigation by RTÉ found. Photograph: iStockhas been pencilled in for the near future, which is just as well, as the law covering these problem areas has been looking a bit saggy, a touch loose, for some years now.

The post-pandemic vogue is for sculpted features so defined and angular, they are said to be on the verge of the extra-terrestrial. It is now known in concerned quarters asBut at the risk of dating myself by plucking this cultural reference from the back of the VHS cabinet, the mainstreaming of such treatments is not exactly a case for Mulder and Scully.

But botox with a small B is also a catch-all term for any product containing botulinum toxin. And, as a six-month investigation by RTÉ has found, unlicensed botox-type products, often originating in South Korea, are routinely and illegally imported into the State, then injected into unsuspecting foreheads by unqualified individuals high on brazenness and low on qualms., which aired in the week of the referendums but remains available to watch on RTÉ Player.

Maybe demand will always be with us. Maybe a black market will always be poised to exploit it. But a Government that takes the trouble to create a sprawling new regulator to protect vulnerable groups from harmful online rabbit holes should probably address the supply side of the market once in a while. A robust crackdown on unlicensed operators would help.

Source: News Formal (newsformal.com)

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