“It’s my forehead, but from a decade ago”

Laura Kennedy shares her first experience of the most recognised injectable aesthetic treatment in the world and considers why it’s still taboo when so many of us are getting it.

Botox remains a taboo subject for many, despite its widespread use.

As a beauty editor, you can’t just go and quietly ‘get’ Botox, then keep that information to yourself. Don’t get me wrong – plenty do. So do some influencers and even more celebrities, the latter often before putting their age-defyingly smooth foreheads and eye areas down to an obscure Peruvian root sprinkled on their morning bowls of chia husks and fern milk. While there are rare and lucky genetic lottery winners in the world, in ...