Firstly, because of my young face, he questioned whether I was over 16. When I told him I was 18 he said “she looks young, doesn’t she?”. Yet within seconds, he was offering my young face Botox.

He told me that some people prefer filler to raise the eyes. I asked him what was more popular with people my age. He replied: “Botox. I think you should have Botox.”

He gave me a break down of what to do that evening (no alcohol, no sun), as though I had agreed to the treatment already. “I think I need to think about it more, rather than get it done today” I replied.

He was very persuasive, he drew diagrams, kept telling me how good it would make me look, offered me loads of different options, and I don’t think I would have known how to say no if I was a vulnerable teenager.

Overall, the whole experience has left me very confused about the industry. On the one hand you’ve got people with a moral compass and that’s great. But on the other you’ve got people who are just in it for money. It shows why we need to regulate the market, to protect vulnerable young people.

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This is why we need better regulation of the Botox industry