About this episode

This episode discusses the trend of young women performing DIY Botox injections using counterfeit drugs and the implications of this practice.

Botox treatments can be expensive. Young women are sourcing counterfeit drugs, injecting their own faces, and posting tutorials online. Lori Wilson reads The Uncomfortable Rise of DIY Botox by Wendy Kaur. Wendy Kaur is a Toronto-based journalist whose work has been published by the Globe and Mail, the Toronto Star, Elle US, Elle Canada, and others.

People in this episode

Host: Lori Wilson

Topics covered

• DIY Botox
• counterfeit drugs
• beauty treatments
• health risks
• social media influence

Keywords

• Botox
• DIY
• counterfeit
• injections
• beauty
• health
• social media

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, Elle US, Elle Canada

Places: Toronto

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