'Inappropriate' Botox procedures leave young women 'looking older than 40'

(Left to right) Dr Paul Kielty, Dr Mairead Browne and Dr Sarah Kate Quinlivan at the BOTOX demonstration session at the Irish Dentist Association conference in Killarney. Dr Mairead Browne pointed to a surge in interest among young women in having similar appearances to each other, pointing to a trend inspired last year by the hit film Barbie. Photo: Don MacMonagle

Young women are being left looking like they are "in their 40s" with no movement in their face due to inappropriate cosmetic procedures.

There has also been a surge in women as young as their late teens and early 20s demanding 'Barbie-Botox' procedures in an attempt to look like each other. That is according to Dr Mairead Browne, a general dental and aesthetic practitioner based in Cork City.