“I love Botox, I absolutely love it. I get it minimally, so I can still move my face, but I really do think it’s a savior.”
Jenny McCarthy, in an interview with Michigan Avenue magazine.
Now, I completely agree with her here — I think if it’s used in moderation, Botox can work wonders. I think it gets a bad rap because some people abuse it and look ridiculous. I don’t even have wrinkles, but I use it from time to time to lift my eyebrows and just generally improve my skin tone, and I swear by it. I tell all my girlfriends to get it and they’re like, “But I don’t have wrinkles!” and I’m like “It doesn’t matter!” Then they get it done and they’re like, “This is amazing! I can’t believe I didn’t know about this before.” So there’s your beauty tip of the day, ladies: You’re never too young for Botox! (Your rants go in the comments section.)
But what the hell is Michigan Avenue magazine? Is it like an upscale Chicago lifestyle magazine? Remember when Jenny “Wheat-Free” McCarthy was on the cover of real magazines?
she looks great
uh, no offense, but your eyebrows kinda make u look like just knocked the hair dryer into the bath. might wanna lay off the ‘tox.
it’s called airbrushing, you can’t thank botox completely.
botox isn’t just about looking good, it’s about injecting nasty chemicals under your skin – gross! it’s hard to reconcile putting something so inorganic into your body while professing the virtues of leading a vegan lifestyle.
LOL too right.
Being vegan doesn’t NECESSARILY have anything to do with being natural–if you’re vegan for ethical and not health reasons, it has to do with reducing the suffering of animals.
That said, though, botox is actually made of animal ingredients and the result of tons of vivisection, so it is pretty unfriendly to a vegan lifestyle (if you’re doing it for ethical reasons)–kind of like using animal tested cosmetics.
That’s really up to Beet, though–maybe she just eats a vegan diet, which is still pretty awesome and makes a huge difference.
You’re quite right Canaduck, I think I was a bit quick of the mark with that one.
But I still stand by my comment that it’s not all botox for Jenny but a little of the ole airbrush too.
Never too young… never too stupid.
Gee, sorry not all of us work for — what is it you work for, besides this site I’m taking out of my reader? Yahoo? A print pub isn’t “real enough” for you?
oh gawd boobies
your eyebrows always do look too high, i thought it was from bad plucking but now i know. That is so sad that you’re so young and getting botox.
You are injecting poisons…. into your body. to raise an eyebrow.
Gross. and Ugly.
Usually she looks decent, I’m not a fan of this picture though.
I wasn’t aware that Botox was getting so mainstream. Hmm.
This is the dumbest post i’ve ever read from you.
Thats pretty hard to be – given your extra large file of b.s. Lohan stories.
Bravo.
Sasha uses botex? Give me a break, you have a horrible complexion and who are you trying to impress anyways?
Wow, this is impressive. The word “Botox” was spelled correctly several times in that post, and, yet, you still managed to misspell it in your comment. That’s a really remarkable lack of attention to detail. I’ll go ahead and discard your opinion.
Beet you look great, have a wonderful sense of humor, and a way with words; don’t let some anonymous internet asshole who can’t spell or figure out how to use the spell check that is built into every web browser tell you otherwise.
wow, everyone is being so mean – it’s a personal choice…simple as.
um, beet can be pretty mean too. give some, get some.
My full name and contact information is available in the sidebar of this website. You guys are completely anonymous. That’s a big difference. Put your real name and email address in your comment, THEN talk shit about me.
yeah, to people who are rich and don’t care.
why does it even make a difference??
haha beet i love you! i think your brow and forehead look great. and to the person who said that its against her vegan lifestyle or whatever, i highly doubt that by beet getting a few botox injections here and there can be considered harmful to our environment and animals.
you really do look odd sometimes. im sorry because i looooove you, but stop it.
Beet, you and your eyebrows look great! I don’t understand why these people are going apeshit rude on you. It’s normal to want to look good, and if a little Botox here and there works then why the hell not use it?
You’re hilarious and I love the Lindsay posts! So there.
don’t worry beet, you’re pretty. people should separate thoughts on botox and about you
Where do we draw the line, hey? We do all sorts of inorganic things to our bodies. What’s the big botoxing deal. Beet- did it cost a small fortune? How long did it last. I’ve been blessed with an oily complexion (Thanks a lot Dad!) but I’ve got a big worry crease in between my eyebrows.. i want that mofugga out of there!
No, it doesn’t cost a small fortune if you’re young and you don’t need a shitload of units injected. I only get it done every 3-4 months, and I only get a tiny bit, and it can definitely take care of your worry crease! If that’s all you want done, you can probably do it for less than $200 per visit, which is less than what you’d pay for a couple of visits to a upscale salon to get your hair dyed. It’s funny — I stopped going to a salon about a year ago. I dye my own hair now and just go to Great Clips, and the money I save from salon visits more than pays for the Botox. I was always unhappy with the fact that my eyebrows have two different shapes — one is straighter than the other. It’s annoyed me since I was a little girl. I never thought I could get it fixed without surgery, but a friend suggested Botox, and it just worked wonders! I think if you have one thing about yourself that really bothers you — like your worry crease — and there’s an easy solution like this? You should do it. It’ll work wonders for your confidence.
what does botox do for one’s complexion? I’ve never heard of anything like that. And it just lifts your eyebrows? Or it makes one straighter? I’m confused.
I don’t think botox is wrong or that weird, but I don’t want to start something like that this young. ugh I’d probably get all addicted then end up looking scary
Actually, I totally get that. I used to work this really stressful job, and one day I switched off my computer monitor and caught myself in the reflection: I realized I just permanently frown while I work. I kind of tried to unflex my eyebrows, and as much as I concentrated on it, I just couldn’t completely relax them — I mean, I’d basically been frowning for three solid years, so.
I guess I’d totally pay money to stop frowning the whole time I’m at a desk.
And just like most things in this economy, there are botox bargains out there, the price is going down.
Friends in their 20’s get it, just a small amount like Beet says. It really is pretty mainstream.
Beet, you look fine. Finer than fine. Let the critics post THEIR photos.
“Let the critics post THEIR photos.”
Exactly. I know I look awesome. Them? I’m not so sure. :)
I think I should ask my mom for Botox injections since she is the one that pointed out the worry lines on my forehead and how horrible they were getting. I didn’t realize that it was for anyone under 40. This is great news! Thanks Beet! (And yes, you look fabulous, especially on your latest ski trip).
Seriously peeps, life is short, do what makes you happy= Jenny McCarthy seems happy.
Wow, there is nothing wrong with Botox. Chill.
It lifts eyebrows? – me want.
c’mon folks, spare the outrage. Ever tried a lip plumper? Ever gotten waxed? Culturally speaking, those procedures are just as potent as getting pricked by a few well placed needles. Boy soldiers are “sad”, holding hands while jumping off the twin towers is “sad”.
ok, seriously, I am not anti-botox or anything, but it is NOT the same as using a limp plumper or getting waxed. you are injecting something foreign into your body. It’s just more serious.
To each her own. Some people’s constitutions reject some chemicals though so girls should beware and be careful when using unnatural substances.
I’ve pretty much accepted that I’ll be getting a small nose job by my mid-40s (you know your nose and ears never stop growing!) but getting wrinkles never really scared me.
I know self-image is a huge thing with my age demographic but I guess I never actually realized people my age were using Botox.
…on a side note, the word ‘Botox’… always makes me think TOXIC… I get the image of the stickers with the tongues sticking out my mom used to put on the cleaners under the sink.
Botox is literally “botulinum toxin”.
People are such fucking retards. You’re shooting botulism toxin into your face so that you can look odd and surprised constantly. Hearing Beet uses it definitely explains her eyebrows.
lol i agree. I mean i dont have a problem with people getting it done, to each their own. For some people it looks very natural but for people who do it when it makes them look weird just make no sense to me. I really thought Beet had naturally terrible eyebrows, but like you said knowing she botoxs definitely explains it…ewwwww Beet you should stop pronto.
You guys are ridiculous. You must look like models if you are going to be giving Beet crap about her eyebrows. Give me a break. I think she’s gorgeous. Probably better looking than you fools.
the thing that really gets to me is that jenny is constantly talking about how kids should not get vaccinations because they ’cause autism’ and then shes getting botox! that is just outrageous to me. its so insulting. ill get botox and do whatever else unnatural i like to myself BUT DO NOT GET MMR’S FOR YOUR KIDS! what a wench.
I just did a bit of searching to find out whether or not Botox is vegan or not. I didn’t really find a proper response but I did see (from numerous sites) that Botox is most definitely tested on lab mice and rats.
Vegan for health reasons – I guess Botox is ok.
Vegan for moral reasons – Botox is really hypocritical.
Beet, you are 26, you don’t need to inject poison in your face.
Eh lay off. Just like some people choose to be vegetarian, some people choose to be vegan, some people chose to use Botox. Personally, I wouldn’t use it cause I’m not comfortable injecting poison into my system, but, okay, Alcohol is a poison too and plenty of people put that in their bodies. Freedom of choice. Beet, you look great. Do whatever the hell you want with YOUR life.
Beet – luv ur brows. Have you found a trusted Botox’er in Seattle?
ps – hi to Leo. :)
Yup! I love the folks at the Larrabee Center downtown, especially Sheila! She’s always booked at least a month out, but worth the wait!
I work in the vanity industry and am well educated on this subject, before people freak out and behave like the sky is falling if Beet gets botox, educate yourself on the topic. Understand what you are talking about before you make judgements.
Cosmetically desirable effects of Botox were first discovered by Vancouver-based cosmetic surgeons Drs. Alastair and Jean Carruthers. The serendipitous discovery occurred when the husband-and-wife team observed the softening of patients’ frown lines following treatment for eye muscle disorders, leading to clinical trials and subsequent FDA approval for cosmetic use in April 2002. As of 2006, Botox injection is the most common cosmetic operation in the United States. All cosmetic treatments are of limited duration, and can be as short a period as six weeks, but usually one reckons with an effective period of between 3 and 8 months. At the extremely low doses used medicinally, botulinum toxin has a very low degree of toxicity. Botox has also been approved for the treatment of excessive underarm sweating. The acceptance of Botox use for the treatment of spasticity and muscle pain disorders is growing, with approvals pending in many European countries and studies on headaches (including migraine), prostatic symptoms, asthma, obesity and many other possible indications are ongoing.
Between 1817 and 1822 the German physician and poet Justinus Kerner described botulinium toxin, using the terms “sausage poison” and “fatty poison”, as this bacterium often causes poisoning by growing in badly handled or prepared meat products. He first conceived a possible therapeutic use of botulinium toxin. In 1870, Muller (another German physician) coined the name botulism, from Latin botulus = “sausage”. In 1895, Emile van Ermengem first isolated the bacterium Clostridium botulinum. In 1944, Edward Schantz cultured Clostridium botulinum and isolated the toxin, and, in 1949, Burgen’s group discovered that botulinum toxin blocks neuromuscular transmission.
Botox has been around for a very long time, and is very safe when injected by trained professionals.
It is so idiotic to me that people actually give a crap if others have this procedure done. Why do you care? If you don’t like it, then don’t do it. If someone else wants to, GREAT, it’s their face!
I hate when people cut and paste to make themselves sound smart
http://www.3dchem.com/molecules.asp?ID=426
ThatLisa: Your comment made my day!
thanks. I just knew it couldn’t have been from Shasta. Her blog is ridiculous. In a bad way.
No plagiarism Shasta! You get an F on this paper!
the “vanity industry”
Snort!
If you want you eyebrows lifted don’t turn to botox because it will make your eyebrow muscles weak…you need those muscles to hold up eyebrows! Continuous botox will just make them weaker and weaker. Maybe you could try facercise to lift an eyebrow? I don’t know if it legitimately works but it is an option. Also, mabye you should try other injetables like Restylane or fat because they are a safer option and have the same result.
So I talked to my girlfriend about this last night… And she told me SHE has had Botox!! She’s beautiful and has absolutely no reason to do that!
I don’t know Beet at all and can’t possibly care is she injects crap into her face, but it actually made me kinda mad at her lol. We’re both 26 and have been into modeling for a while, she has already had a nose job, boob job and Botox!!
It doesn’t matter I still love her :)
Beet, do the people that love you get mad at you for Botoxing??
beet, you are young and don’t need it…you aren’t even 30! but aren’t you afraid that as you age you’ll need it more and more, and then end up looking like nicole kidman or something? and there are other (safer) ways to keep your skin nice and wrinkle free: don’t smoke, use sunblock, drink lots of water, etc. i do those things, i am 42 and people always think i am about 8-10 years younger. i just think botox is a slippery slope.
I have to wonder how many of these posters smoke. Or occasionally go tanning, or eat at McDonalds (or eat any proccessed food), or go out for a rip-snortin good time at the bar. Those aren’t good for us either.
Wow, I can’t believe how worked up people get about botox. I think you’re eyebrows look like, well, mine. hahah
I would never get botox done. I prefer being able to move my face and also aging naturally.
If you don’t want wrinkles take better care of your skin.