Botox for teens

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On another thread, the appropriateness of plastic surgery as an admissions essay topic was raised. The procedure was Botox injections for a young teen for cosmetic reasons.

Is the procedure of Botox for teens shocking to you? Or is it the expected progression of Sweet-16 rhinoplasties & breast augmentations – yawn…

FYI
Teen 'toxing parties
http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/teen-toxing-teenage-girls-copying-95890

And one by one, the young partygoers queue up to let her jab them in the face with a hypodermic needle and inject a paralysing bacteria that can cause double vision, muscle atrophy and permanent facial weakness. The fresh-faced girls, some as young as 15, are having Botox injections.

“Teen toxing” is the latest craze among Britain’s image-conscious and celebrity-obsessed teenagers.

** for slimming a square jawline **
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2010/08/12/fashion/12SKIN.html?referer=&_r=0

In an interview on Philippine television, Dr. Belo said that she injected her patient to narrow her face and target enlarged jaw muscles that made her look “mataba,” or fat. In other words, she used Botox to reshape Ms. Pempengco’s face.