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Is Botox ‘the sunny side of self-harm’?
Dannii Minogue has said she's used Botox to hide her true feelings from the outside world during difficult times - but how much are beauty treatments being used as a mask to hide emotional as well as physical imperfections? And does it end up making people happier or just more sad?
Psychoanalyst and writer Anouchka Grose – who has called Botox “the sunny side of self-harm” - and Dr Michael Lewis of Cardiff University School of Psychology discuss the psychological impact of injecting such treatments into your face.
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