Over the weekend I came across a youtube video of a pageant mom injecting Botox to her 8-year old daughter. The interview on Good Morning America terrified me in terms of how far parents will go for their little girls to survive in the pageant world.
The mother explains that her daughter was complaining about her wrinkles on her face whenever she saw herself in the mirror. When she brought up the use of Botox, an anti-wrinkle formula usually used for older aging women, her daughter Britney was thrilled. She grew up watching her mother inject herself with Botox so the first time she got her first injection, ‘she was fine with it’. In addition, the mother admits to waxing her daughter’s legs because ‘girl’s legs look better without hair’.
The thing that strikes me the most is why an 8-year old girl needs this kind of cosmetic treatment to remove lines and wrinkles. I mean does she really have wrinkles that are recognizable? And how were the mother and their family okay with putting their youngest daughter through such excruciating pain?
When Lara Spencer, the interviewer, asked if there were any psychological damages done on Britney, the mother simply told her that Britney is a ‘normal’ 8-year old who is happy, smart, and likes to run around and play. She mentions the fact that she was influenced by some of the other pageant moms when they told her of the obvious lines and wrinkles on Britney’s face. She justifies her action by saying that other pageant moms do it as well and it’s a necessary step in order to compete in the pageant industry.
But if anyone sees the face of Britney before she got Botox, people will most definitely not say anything about her lines or her wrinkles; simply because they are barely recognizable. I mean have you ever seen an 8-year old girl with wrinkles? So why would this mother risk her daughter’s health and safety by injecting her with Botox? Is winning a pageant that serious?
I guess I understand why aging women use Botox to remove their lines and wrinkles because it boosts their self esteem and their confidence. However, the use of Botox on an 8-year old girl is just out of the question. Britney’s mom is only enforcing the fact that wrinkles and lines are ugly. How can Botox be beneficial to a little girl who barely knows what she got herself into?
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