Most depressing story ever. Gotta love those Brit tabloids…
Her mother has turned herself into a ‘human Barbie’ with more than 150 cosmetic procedures costing £500,000.
Now teenager Hannah Burge has become Britain’s youngest user of Botox. She had her first injection of the toxin at 15 because she ‘didn’t want to look haggard’ by 25.
Her mother Sarah, who gives Hannah the injections herself, said she was ‘thrilled’ when her daughter asked for them. Sarah’s daughter was too young to have botox, especially as she is still growing! If her daughter was of the right age and decided that she would visit a place like the Victorian Cosmetic Institute Botox Melbourne when she got older, then that’s her own choice. But right now, this whole story just seems very wrong.
Hannah, now 16, had her first dose while on a family holiday in Marbella, Spain, last May, with her mother’s consent. Since then the schoolgirl has had two more Botox injections at home with Miss Burge, 49, who is a trained aesthetic practitioner.
She uses the same Botox on her daughter that she uses on herself. The only concession she makes for Hannah’s age is to give her half the usual dosage given to adults.
Hannah believes the toxin – which she calls “B” – will stop her developing wrinkles in the future.
She said: ‘I wanted to have Botox for two reasons: It prevents wrinkles and everyone at my school was talking about having B.
‘I had a couple of lines on my forehead and around my mouth, which I was unhappy about.
Appearance is important to me and I don’t want to look haggard and ugly by the time I’m 25.
‘Some of my friends told me that the earlier you start to have B, the fewer wrinkles you’ll have as an adult.’
Hannah, of St Neots, Cambridgeshire, has heard of girls having Botox at 16 but believes she is the youngest to start. She now wants her mother to give her lip fillers for a fuller pout.
She said: ‘I’ve met plenty of girls my age who are having these procedures behind their parents’ backs, which I think is pretty dangerous.
‘With (my mother’s) help, I won’t get that frozen-face look when I’m older and will never have a line or wrinkle on my face.’
Her mother, who has been married three times, regularly uses Botox herself, and has had her nose made smaller, her cheekbones made bigger, her breasts lifted, and the fat sucked from her face among other procedures.
She said: ‘I was thrilled Hannah was open and honest with me about having Botox.
‘I’d much rather know about it than have her do it behind my back.