{"id":94575,"date":"2026-10-21T06:59:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T22:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=94575"},"modified":"2026-10-21T06:59:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T22:59:00","slug":"commentary-do-botox-and-fillers-belong-in-a-self-care-routine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=94575","title":{"rendered":"Commentary: Do Botox and fillers belong in a self-care routine?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<h2><span lang=\"EN-GB\">ARE FILLERS THE NEW FACIALS?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\">The other day, a friend mentioned that she is going for some injectables in Seoul with friends. She said this as casually as someone talking about a girls\u2019 spa-cation or facial.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\">That has become the language of aesthetic injectables today. Clinics call it \u201clunchtime fix\u201d and \u201cbaby Botox\u201d. Patients have likened it to a gift to themselves \u2013 the same way one picks up a new outfit for a special occasion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Broader shifts in attitude have taken place over the years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\">In 2010, Kim Kardashian sparked controversy by undergoing Botox on her reality TV show Keeping Up With The Kardashians and experiencing bruising afterwards. Some viewers questioned her decision to get cosmetic Botox at the age of 29.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Since then, growing openness around Botox and fillers has reframed these treatments as regular beauty maintenance, though they remain medical procedures.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Aesthetic injectables come with a different set of risks compared to routine products such as sunscreen, retinol and facials. Singapore\u2019s Health Sciences Authority classifies dermal fillers as Class D medical devices \u2013 its highest risk category. Serious complications, though relatively rare, include infection, tissue death and blindness.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Botox, meanwhile, is regulated as a prescription-only medicine. Potential complications include drooping eyelids and eyebrows, an uneven smile and muscle weakness.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.channelnewsasia.com\/commentary\/botox-dermal-filler-injectable-beauty-routine-6474861\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n<p><center><script>\n  atOptions = {\n    'key' : 'ab8cc34fbebd96e6c135978b4baca540',\n    'format' : 'iframe',\n    'height' : 90,\n    'width' : 728,\n    'params' : {}\n  };\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highrevenueformat.com\/ab8cc34fbebd96e6c135978b4baca540\/invoke.js\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ARE FILLERS THE NEW FACIALS? The other day, a friend mentioned that she is going for some injectables in Seoul with friends. She said this&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":94576,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dam.mediacorp.sg\/image\/upload\/s--ScPpe0PW--\/c_crop,h_1133,w_2014,x_389,y_1\/c_fill,g_auto,h_676,w_1200\/f_auto,q_auto\/v1\/mediacorp\/cna\/image\/2023\/09\/16\/istock-1648641666.jpg?itok=j7bwV-Fy","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[24218,31977,1126,31978,19007,23429],"class_list":["post-94575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-news-sg-global","tag-belong","tag-botox","tag-commentary","tag-fillers","tag-routine","tag-selfcare","wpcat-2-id"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94575","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=94575"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94575\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/94576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=94575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=94575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=94575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}