Buying Botox Online Without a Prescription?

It is absolutely not safe (or legal) to buy Botox online without a prescription. Botox, although it has become very common in recent years, is still a prescription grade medication that should only be injected by a very skilled, board certified dermatologist or plastic surgeon. The potential consequences of trying to inject yourself or a friend are too high to risk. Plus, who knows if the “Botox” sold online is actually Botox or not? It could be a knockoff and could be actively dangerous. There are many horror stories of people who have tried to inject themselves with product sold online and ended up in the hospital or worse. If you are considering Botox, please only have it done with a legitimate professional.

Thank you for your question. I would not buy or administer your Botox online as it will not be a reputable source. In addition, there is a lot of education and training that is required to inject Botox. Please refer to a board certified plastic surgeon or dermatologist to do your injections.

Botox is only legally available to purchase by licensed medical professionals through the manufacturer. It should only be dispensed and injected by a medical professional. It is highly unlikely that the product that is available online is genuinely Botox. For safety reasons, you should only receive Botox through your physician.

I would not recommend buying Botox online. It is a prescription medication, which means you require a medical assessment by a licensed physician prior to treatment.Who knows where the Botox online is from? Has it been stored properly? Is it expired? It is actually Botox and not a knockoff?  

Buying Botox on-line is unsafe and illegal.  This is actually a patient safety issue.  There are multiple incidences of bogus Botox hurting people. You don't know what you are getting in the bottle.  There are many excellent forgeries of the bottle out there.   Also, this is not something that should be injected by a layperson in his kitchen.

This is concerns your health.  Don't do it on the cheap.  Get the real drug and have an experienced injector put it where it should be.

In addition to the legality of purchasing a product like Botox online (it's not legal to get it anywhere other than from a physician's office), it could be a very big health risk to do so.  

Botulinum toxin is a very dangerous compound when not properly controlled.  Anyone selling "knockoff" Botox online is likely to not have the kind of manufacturing, shipping and quality controls in place to properly make, store and ship this kind of product.  That's the reason why the real thing is so much more expensive, because the way it's manufactured, handled and stored is extremely important to the quality.  In the best case, the product might not work for you.  In the worst case, it might kill you.

Some of our competitors purchase Botox from overseas and we honestly pray for their patients that they do not get a "bad" batch.

Whatever this charlatan is selling, it's definitely not Botox. It may well be a botulinum toxin, but let's hope it's not. The dangers of injecting illegal so-called "botox Freeze" and these other products are almost too numerous to count, but include massive overdose and non-sterile packaging.

Think I'm just blowing smoke? The suckers in central Florida who tried a similar scam ended up with tracheostomies and were on ventilators for months when the "research-grade" botulinum toxin turned out to be a dose 500 times greater than what they thought they were injecting. Google "Bach McComb Eric Kaplan botox" for their story. Dr. McComb is doing a three-year stretch in prison now that he's off the ventilator.

Caveat emptor,

--DCP

Do not do this. You are jeopardizing your health. Do not trust any botulinum toxin unless it comes from the FDA –approved source. There have been serious complications when people injected a laboratory dose of Botulism.

Botulinum toxin, commonly known as botox, should only be purchased by a qualified physician for its injection.

Short list of problems with imitation botox:

1. Illegal - Is it worth it to save a few dollars?

2. Likely not going to be effective - I have many patients who are injected with presumed "botox" in other countries where it doesn't work. Pay a little more for a known quantitiy.

3. Technique - While injecting Botox looks easy, there are actually a lot of nuances and individual anatomy involved. This can be seen by all of the patients injected with poor technique with strange expressions and brows walking on the streets. Someone purchasing pseudo Botox is likely going to have poor technique and results.

4. Safety - Why risk your health by having someone who is not qualified to inject you with unknown and not tested product?

Hi T,
I am seldom left speechless, but I now am left without words to describe what I just watched at discountmedspa.com. The self injection "instruction" video along with the $149 per 100 units of "Botoxin" makes me think that maybe I haven't "seen and heard it all".
I cannot believe that this site and business is operating in the face of the diasters that have resulted from "bogus" botulinum toxin use. There will be problems. People who use this product will be playing "Russian Roulette", not knowing what they are getting, and "asking for trouble".
I guess coming soon with be the do it yourself rhinoplasty.
I would strongly advise people to stay away from these products.
Dr. P