First the beauty girls gave up their monthly shellac manicures. Then they gave up being blonde, growing out their ashy highlights in favour of mousy brown roots. Now, the latest recession indicator? People are doing their own Botox.
Across TikTok, content creators have begun sharing videos of themselves injecting themselves with Botox-like-products purchased online. “I just got sick and tired of spending all [my money and] having to go into get it corrected,” one TikToker wrote, sharing a video of herself wearing a candy pink T-shirt and a teal headband, injecting the clear liquid into her forehead.
