I can't imagine even thinking twice about fine lines and wrinkles back when I was a senior in high school. Not so for UK resident Jodie King, who received her first Botox injection as an 18th-birthday present. Jodie's mother, Margaret King, who herself has spent approximately $72,000 on plastic surgery, told Closer magazine, "Jodie's forehead is like mine — she gets pronounced lines when she makes a facial expression. I knew Botox would solve the problem."
And now that Jodie is nearly 20, she still gets regular injections, mother in tow. "So what if I'm a teenage Botox addict? I can't think of anything worse than looking old. I'll always find a way to pay for Botox. Now [that] I've started, I can't stop," said Jodie. What about the implications? Besides the fact that an 18-year-old doesn't need Botox under normal circumstances, many surgeons advise against the procedure for those under the age of 30, as wrinkles haven't fully developed.
Plus, the shots can render the face expressionless — not a good look for a young lady, or anybody for that matter. Dr. Mazhar Mahmood, who recently started treating Jodie, defended himself, saying, "I felt that because she had already been having treatment it would be better for her to be treated by someone experienced." What do you think? When it comes to Botox, how young is too young?
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I can think of a hundred worse things than looking old. It's a shame that her mom helped push her down this road this early.
1I do not understand this at all! The only reason an 18 year old needs plastic surgery would be reconstructive plastic surgery. Not Botox!
Sheesh.
2Wow, its so obvious that the mother's fear of aging has rubbed off on the daughter (scary how she says she would aways find a way to pay for it. Like how far would she really go?)
3Its really sad, but this reminds me of the trend before where you got your daughter a boob job or a nose job for her Sweet 16.
Nice job, "mom"! Putting YOUR insecurities on to your daughter. Should make her feel proud. Way to help your child love herself and not obsess over such superficial things. Yeesh!
4Man, what a dumb family. New studies on botox say that sh*t can even cause memory loss. God knows what other side effects you'll get from injecting snake venom on your face.
As for the mother, major parenting FAIL.
5Aww. There's nothing wrong with a few wrinkles at 20...
6Ridiculous.
Let's see where she is in 20 years.
7wow- have you looked at the pictures of them?! (first link)
surely she'd look at her mother and realise she does not want to do the same things if she'll look even slightly like her!
8just looked at the pics- eek! Just have to wonder what other issues that mom has with family or men? They'll be sharing therapists soon along with botox docs.
9That's really shallow of the mother to think that there is nothing worse than looking old, it's a natural thing sweetie. That's what happens to everyone, unless you're Benjamin Button (which obviously isn't real)
10Sad that her daughter now thinks the same.
She sounds like a drug addict.
11Just saw the pics...her mom is scary!!
12wow, they both look awful in the pics!
13oh my damn, the mother's looks alone should discourage the daughter from considering plastic surgery. she looks hideous.
14really? she cant think of anything worse than looking old? how about poverty, starvation, human suffering, war?? some people need to get their head out of their asses
15Just plain screwed up.
16Lord have mercy @ that picture! You sure don't see women like that mom on billboards for plastic surgery, do you!
17I have a question- isn't the whole point of botox that it keeps you from GETTING wrinkles? It's not filling in lines you already have, it's keeping you from using muscles whose use would ordinarily cause wrinkles, right?
Obviously I would laugh at my teenager if she mentioned getting anything stuck in her face (piercings included
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18but waiting until you have wrinkles is kind of counter-intuitive to it's purpose. I'd guess that early 30s would be a good time because your skin will naturally thin a little bit and loose a little bit of elasticity so you wouldn't look as plastic as a perfectly tight teenage face?
* The "obviously" was for "obviously no botox," not "obviously no piercings." That sounded snooty.
19when did getting old become a bad thing? it means you are alive!
20Yeah, I wanna look like mom - NOT.
21That photo! The Horror!
22I can think of something worse than looking old... LOOKING LIKE HER MOM! Natural is always prettier than plastic! o.O
23Her mom's plastic surgery clearly isn't working, because I can't imagine how ANYONE could find that attractive. Who cares about a couple of lines? No 18 year old needs botox, plus to be honest, she has other things she should be spending that money on looks-wise. :/ I'm harsh! lol. But I would never even CONSIDER botox (I'm 20). The only people I know who have gotten it are 40-year olds or older.
24That's gotta be good for her self esteem. Instead of trying to comfort her daughter she feeds her insecurities. Great
25Her mother passed on a wonderful set of values...
When you make an expression, you are supposed to have a line(s) showing on your face. Hence, "expression." I will never grasp the idea of wanting a frozen face. It looks freaky and the thought of injecting chemicals into my face makes me want to vomit.
This is just insane that a mother finds it perfectly okay to let her daughter (of any age, let alone 18) think fillers, surgery and etc, are fabulous. How about going to therapy and overcoming the insecurities.
26Horrible, her mother looks so disgusting! Her daughter is cute, stop the botox now!
27Ridiculous...and disturbing. I agree that the mother isn't passing along very good values to her daughter.
28crazy!!!! in a couple of years she will look weird!!
29"Jodie, now nearly 20, earns £800 a month as a model, using the money to pay for Botox jabs."
shes a pretty fugly model
30MsChoo ... i wonder what kind of 'model' she is.
31this mom is nuts! don't we have lines when we make facial expressions?
32As someone who has had Restylane I'm not one to judge-at 18 no but I got it at 23 and had my dad pay for a birthday gift. I don't think there is anything wrong with that at least in my own personal experience.
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