Britney Spears is ‘done with Botox’ and says she looks ‘beat up’

The plastic surgery industry is booming with filler, sculpting surgery and botox all seen as celebrity must-haves but Britney Spears is done with the injections.

Britney took to her social media to share her thoughts on the popular anti-ageing treatment, weeks after revealing she thought she was pregnant to fans.

The 41-year-old, whose two sons live in Hawaii with dad Kevin Federline, shared that she feels Botox makes her look like someone ‘beat me up’ while the swelling goes down.

Botox is short for Botulinum toxin, which relaxes and paralyses the muscles in your face, causing wrinkles to smooth out.

Instead, she raved about a new product, Sio, which doesn’t require needles and is cheaper at $43 (£33) for a claimed 10 uses.

She posted a video to her 42 million fans on Instagram wearing the product as the Toxic singer vowed to ditch Botox.

‘I did Botox and I wasn’t really happy with it because it swelled up my forehead and therefore made the heaviness of my eyelids droop over and it literally looked like someone beat me up and to pay that much money to look like someone beat you up for the first two weeks… what’s the point?’ revealed Britney in an Instagram video.

Pain and bruising around the injection site, droopy eyelids and eyebrows, and headaches are all common side effects of Botox injections.

In extreme cases, there is a risk of botulism, which can cause nerve damage and respiratory failure as the toxin can spread in the body.

Britney explained that her newfound treatment was better because it’s ‘like putty and it sticks’ meaning there’s ‘no needles’ and a much lower cost.

She added: ‘Perhaps, by chance, them doing too much Botox and making your eyes droop over and literally look like someone beat the s**t out of you. To pay four thousand dollars? It makes no sense at all. Sio my friends. Sio.’

Britney then went on to discuss her preferred city for injections was New York – not the popular Los Angeles.

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She wrote in her Instagram caption: ‘OK… I have a big forehead and I seriously need bangs but I feel like I can’t see sometimes with bangs !!! I’m sharing this because it actually really does work.

‘Too many times, these so-called “best doctors” do amazing Botox. Never again in Los Angeles.

‘My first time, I just did lips in New York City. WAY different than LA… so subtle, it was an adorable pout !!!!’

Then, Britney shared how she felt about her own Botox, adding: ‘For probably 10 to 15 years, I haven’t had mine done right, and what’s with the times when one eyebrow is up and one is down?’

She revealed she ‘can’t even be seen’ for a fortnight after injections and her friend’s sisters would laugh at the outcome. for 2 weeks.

‘OK… so maybe in a movie like ‘Just Go with It’ where that girl’s eyebrows are messed up, that’s funny. But not in real life when one eye is black and blue and way higher than the other,’ the pop icon continued.

‘I cried and then I’m like, when is this gonna go away? “Oh, just give it a week or two”. Sometimes the nerves act that way and have a reverse effect, and I’m like, “I look like somebody beat the s*** out of me” !!!

‘So of course, I go back and show the doctor. She says that’s completely normal, and I said, “Then why can’t I go anywhere for two weeks?” and my friend’s sisters laughed.’

Brtiney concluded her message by saying: ‘F*** BOTOX, it is horrific !!! Sio is unbelievable (sic).’

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