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Getting Botox from Canada, or anywhere else, hurts a little… but sounds really weird as well.

When the needle pricks your skin, you can actually hear the tip penetrating—it sounds like a teeny tiny bag of potato chips is being popped.

The doctor injected a half dozen times in between my brows and on my forehead before he pronounced me done.

Pain wise, an eyebrow wax is worse. For two weeks after the .procedure I didn’t notice anything, but after that, it kicked into high gear.

My number 11’s vanished and the two lines along my brow were gone. I looked like a slightly more refined and taut ME.

That was when I was showing no expression; while my face was at rest. When I tried to frown, it was another story. Nothing happened.I felt like I was trying really hard to scowl, but my forehead wouldn’t register even the slightly effort.

Because imported Botox stuns the nerves, you can try with all your might to make the facial muscles move, but they can’t. Raising my eyebrows was even weirder—I could not register shock or surprise. A friend of mine said my face was robotic.

That’s when I started to realize Botox (or Dysport) was not all it was cracked up to be. For starters, it’s pricey. It doesn’t last (thank goodness, in my case) and return visits need to occur every four months. Sure, they may SAY you’ll look natural, and unless you request “The Nicole Kidman”, you probably will look normal—when you’re not trying to express any serious emotion.

Shocked by something someone did? You’ll have to vocalize it, because your eyebrows will refuse to go sky-high.

Think about it—when was the last time you saw Joan Rivers look genuinely surprised? When the Botox had worn off, I realized something. I didn’t regret getting it—it was an interesting experience, especially since it was temporary and free. But would I ever pay for it? No way.

For starters, I think the cosmetic surgery industry is pretty evil, but that’s a whole other rant.

I also don’t understand such an intense fear of aging—sure, I probably will dye away some gray hairs in the future, but ridding my face of the lines formed by a lifetime of experience? Nah.