2023-09-02 22:05:26
Doctors have warned that the high demand for what is known as “Barbie Botox” among young women in their twenties may have consequences in the future, and they said that “subjecting to procedures that depend on a biological poison to obtain an appearance similar to the heroine of the movie, Margot Robbie, may lead to resistance within their bodies and obstructing the medical use of the substance.”
The procedure, also known as “traptox”, is widely used by doctors to inject drugs, including Botox, into the trapezius muscle of the upper back to treat migraine headaches and shoulder pain. But since the release of the movie “Barbie” in theaters in July, there has been an increase in demand, but for cosmetic purposes. And the hashtag “Barbie Botox” scored 11.2 million views on the “Tik Tok” application. “The procedure is supposed to make the neck slender, and it was somehow attributed to the actress who plays Barbie,” said Dustin Sjotts, president of Revance Therapeutics. “They don’t want wrinkles or sagging skin, they want to reduce the circumference of their neck, and they want a slimmer, more eye-catching neck,” said Scott Glasberg, president-elect of the Foundation for Cosmetic Plastic Surgery and a physician in New York.
And authorizing injections for cosmetic purposes is limited only to procedures performed on the face, which makes the use of injections into the trapezius muscle “medically inappropriate.”
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