Kim Kardashian Gets Botox on TV

Kim Kardashian once said that she’d tried Botox but was far from happy with the results, therefore was dying for it to wear off. Not anymore, it would seem.

As Orange Country Register’s In Your Face column informs, the latest episode of “Keeping Up with the Kardashians” shows Kim, aged just 29, go to the doctor for Botox.

Not only do cameras document her ride to the doctor’s office, but also the procedure – as she’s getting it.

“Reality TV celebrity Kim Kardashian, 29, doesn’t just talk about using Botox as a technique for stopping wrinkles from forming,” IYF writes.

“At her young age, she sits down and gets the injections, without local anesthetic, and she does it on camera,” the same report goes.

As the cameras shoots Kim getting the jabs in her forehead and the area around the eyes, the star explains why she doesn’t need any anesthetic for it.

“I have a really high tolerance for pain,” Kim says of her refusal to have numbing cream applied on the areas she’s getting the shots.

Kim’s sister, Khloe, who is with her on her visit to the doctor’s, simply can’t understand why she would want the procedure in the first place, repeatedly telling her what she’s doing is “stupid.”

As the aforementioned e-zine notes, opinions on use of Botox at such an early age are divided, with some saying that it may prevent the appearance of wrinkles later on, while others claim other methods of wrinkle prevention would be far more appropriate.

“Botulinum toxin will indeed relax the same muscles that are responsible for the creation of overlying wrinkles. Early use of this medication is indeed likely to prevent the onset of wrinkles overlying that particular muscular region,” Dr. Christopher Zachary, chairman of the UC Irvine Department of Dermatology, believes.

“The people who get wrinkles the most are people who have animated foreheads and concentration frowns. It would make sense that suppressing this motion would block the formation of these wrinkles in this group,” Dr. Val Lambros of Newport Beach is also quoted as saying.

However, Dr. John Di Saia of San Clemente and Anaheim, says there’s not enough evidence to support such claims and that getting Botox at only 29 is a mistake because there are other, more adequate ways of preventing the appearance of wrinkles.

“The real dynamic in much of what we see as skin wrinkling is loss of tissue from aging and sun damage. Stopping cigarette smoking and limiting sun exposure may be more effective and would certainly be cheaper,” Dr. Di Saia argues.