Sunday, October 19, 2025

TOO MUCH BOTOX!

What are people doing to their faces! I'm a dermatologist. This is my take on one of today's many distorted priorities.

Take a look at Pete Hegseth. Not the Brylcreem slash Butchwax hair-do. It's his brow I'm referring to. He's got a scowl without the usual and normal furrow lines. A smooth scowl, like his personality: slick-n-smooth.



I've seen lots of patients who have received Botox injections between their eyebrows. The paralysis of the 'corrugator' muscle is supposed to smooth out the brow to create a younger look. But what happens frequently is that it gets rid of the wrinkle lines but creates a different scowl. I'm wondering, does Pete think this looks good? 

And did you see George Santos's post-commuted-sentence photos? He's got the same thing. A brow with no wrinkles but with the outer reaches of his brow pulled up like a string puppet. Did he get Botox while in prison? Does it instill trust? And again, is this a good look?



It has been said that you have two options: you can look old – or weird.

Give me an honest furrowed brow with real wrinkle lines any day. It says you care about something more than your face.

Now, if medical records indicate no history of Botox in either of these two fine gentlemen, please accept my apologies. But be forewarned that outcomes after cosmetic procedures are not always the ones you were expecting.

Thank you.

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