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Mom Gives Daughter, 8, Botox

'I wish I'd had the same advantages,' says beautician mother

By Mary Papenfuss,  Newser Staff

Posted Mar 24, 2011 3:45 AM CDT

(Newser) – An addled mom is boasting that she injects Botox into her 8-year-old daughter's face every three months so she can be a "star." She also arranges body waxes for her girl. "I wish that I'd had the same advantages when I was younger," mom Kerry Campbell tells the Sun. "I know one day she will be a model, actress, or singer, and having these treatments will ensure she stays looking baby-faced for longer," adds the British beautician who now lives in San Francisco. Campbell buys the Botox and Restalyne on the Internet and first tests them on herself.

Experts warn Botox is considered safe only for adults, yet there are no laws making it illegal to inject it into children, notes the Sun. Little Britney Campbell, a frequent beauty pageant contestant, says she no longer "cries that much" during the injections, and she's looking foward to a "boob and nose job soon, so that I can be a star."
Bottle of Botox.
Bottle of Botox.   (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
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APRIL_FOOLj
Mar 26, 2011 2:42 PM CDT
April Fool: This is SO obviously SATIRE -- an April Fool's joke, just a few days early for extra impact. There are some many clues here that it's a joke. The writers have picked an ugly child who could never make it, botox or not. Plus a fat mother. Plus they've added an implausibly old father (79 when she was born). And on and on. The San Francisco angle so the mother can't be tracked down . The name "Britney." The comments by the mother about making her daughter a "superstar." Quite a creative April Fools, cheating a bit to have it a week early, but why not. Well done Sun journalist, a job at The Onion awaits you. How could people fall for this. So incredibly gullible. APRIL FOOLS, all of you!
Riffran
Mar 25, 2011 3:51 AM CDT
That's just plain ole sick.... Poor kid ;(
scallywag
Mar 25, 2011 1:15 AM CDT
“I also want a boob and nose job soon, so that I can be a star.” Hmm. Sounds like Britney knows got her heart set on a bright future. Which leads me to wonder, why be a vain older woman scanning for wrinkles when you can be an ambitious 8 year old girl dreaming about her first boob job and impending box office movie role? http://scallywagandvagabond.com/2011/03/mom-injects-8-year-old-daughter-with-botox-and-gives-her-“virgin”-waxes/

 
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