Botox shots are utilized to avoid lines and wrinkles. However, this surgical procedure is unsafe to perform without having medical expertise. Nicholas Parkhouse, who is a consultant plastic surgeon from the McIndoe Surgical Centre in West Sussex, said to Sky that "The idea of self-administration is absolutely crackers." He added, "I would advise extreme caution when it comes to something like this.

It's not like injecting insulin if you are a diabetic, you really do need to have specific knowledge. The effects of the botulinum depend on getting tiny amounts into exactly the right place. Get it wrong and you could end up with weakness in your eye muscles and drooping eye-lids.

"We were appalled that we were able to buy a DIY Botox kit so easily and we are concerned that the Internet is becoming a marketplace for cut-price cosmetic treatments."