If you're freaked out by the idea of lines on your forehead or crow's feet around your eyes, and believe that a few injections will give you more self-confidence, then by all means do it. But don't believe that miracle injection is without a cost...
The inability to make certain facial expressions can make one appear cold, calculating, and simply disinterested in whatever activity the Botox user is partaking in. In addition, according to a recent New York Times article by Pamela Paul, Botox users have a decreased ability to empathize with others.
See http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/19/fashion/botox-reduces-the-ability-to-empathize-study-says.html?hpw. Based on the aforementioned article, politicians and theater actors, at the very least, may find that the non-monetary cost of undergoing the needle outweighs the superficial benefits of this anti-aging treatment.
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