I WAS looking for Botox in all the wrong places. In my quest to find a doctor who uses the neurotoxin for pain management, I came across a lot of young women at dermatologist offices across Karachi getting all kinds of anti-ageing treatments. I wouldn’t have really thought much of it but a comment by a dermatologist about how many young women he treats for “fillers gone wrong” made me take note. And learn that I needed to see a neurologist for the Botox I wanted.

Then I came across the term FOGO (fear of getting older) by fashion writer Alyson Walsh commenting on the lengths people are taking to prevent ageing. This is not new but it’s frightening to hear that the age of women using injectables as a preventative is getting younger as I noted in various clinics.

Money and privilege can buy you anything including slowing the ageing process as tech entrepreneur Bryan Johnson is attempting. The founder of this new health protocol wakes up at 4.30am, has his last meal by 11am, and sleeps at 8.30pm, alone. He also takes 100 pills a day, uses LED light on his body and sits on a high-intensity electromagnetic device to strengthen his pelvic floor, according to his interview to the Guardian. He practises a highly........

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