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WHY BOTOX NUMBS AWARENESS OF THE SOUL by Rose Rosetree May 2, 2002 Within a week of the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of Botox as safe, comes a warning from the Journal of the American Medical Association. Today’s issue publishes a study that shows the FDA has done its job so badly over the past 25 years that more than 10% of new drugs have turned out to be dangerous. It’s too early to tell if Botox will be counted among those drugs. But the botulism derivative may rival Viagra for popular appeal. Long before it was cleared by the government’s nearsighted oversight agency, Botox had become a bestselling cure for wrinkles. Dermatologists, women’s magazines, even your neighborhood beauty parlor, have been selling Botox treatments without troubling their pretty heads about consequences. A well aimed shot of Botox will relax your forehead muscles, we’re told, with the wonderful result that your wrinkles will magically disappear. “Relax,” of course, is a euphemism for numb. Maybe the numbing doesn’t stop at the surface of the head, either. Why would people be that desperate to remove forehead wrinkles? And wouldn’t common sense whisper that long-term effects of Botox could be worse than a small facial crinkle or two? As a face reader, I’ve found two schools of thought when it comes to vanity surgery. The “Go for it, honey” school urges us to do whatever it takes to look good—with “good” defined as appearing twenty-something and flawlessly picture perfect. As if any further argument were needed to bolster the cuteness supremacists, the following logic is offered to support every manner of vanity surgery: “When you look better, people respect you more. When they treat you better, your life improves. What could be better than that? Character, for one thing. That’s such an unpopular notion that the natural face advocates call their argument, “There’s something wrong with using Botox, I’m just not sure what.” Advocates of this viewpoint generally step forth timidly, worried they’ll be mistaken for the clueless and unattractive losers of America’s chronic ongoing beauty contest. For perspective, consider paying attention to the 3,000-year-old art of reading faces for character. Physiognomy helps people to gain insight into personal style in areas like work, communication, finance, intimacy, and relationship dynamics. As a professional physiognomist for the past 16 years, I’ve developed a system with an accuracy rate that soars far beyond the FDA’s pathetic standard for dependability. My students and clients have learned to read more of the wisdom that shows in faces. Some of the salespeople who’ve used my system have become millionaires, I’ve heard, and corporate executives have hired me to help them make decisions about hiring and mergers. Face reading can’t be done until the person being read is at least 18 years old. It takes that long for a face to become worth reading. With each passing decade, the information becomes more complex and meaningful. Face data that most people never have noticed, let alone interpreted, such as ear position, can shift in fascinating ways that reflect inner growth. All of us know compatible couples who’ve come to look alike; that’s just one example supporting the fact that face data reflects the soul and its free will, not mere genetics. Although wrinkles are noticed by everyone, they’re relatively minor changes when compared with the more numerous alterations to ears, cheeks, lips and other parts of the mature face. The older you are, the more your face reflects your soul. Unless, out of vanity, you pay to erase it. Doesn’t it make sense that a human face could have more to it than Mr. Potato Head? By erasing apparent imperfections, we lose the real perfection—how the physical face mirrors the soul. At least it does until that exquisite mirror is smashed, then reconstituted to have all the individuality of a Pringles potato chip.
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