CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- People are going to great lengths to look young these days, but what we found will shock even die-hard plastic surgery junkies.
A Charlotte doctor is leading the fight against a Web site that offers step-by-step instructions to inject yourself with Botox.
"I am here today, I am going to show you how I do my Botox," says a woman in the video.
We found the video on a Web site that sells a product similar to Botox called Dysport.
"Just inject it in, a little squirt. It's that easy," the woman says. "I'm going to do three injections on each side of my eyes to get the crow's feet."
The woman, who appears to run the Web site, sells that product and more, including syringes and needles. In the video, she encourages would-be do-it-yourselfers to get friends in on the action.
"There's actually two, so you can have one for you and share this with a friend," she says.
Brandi Davis says she would never do Botox by herself.
"There's just too much room for error," she said. "I was shocked that someone would go online and promote this. To me, it seems very dangerous."
Charlotte plastic surgeon Dr. Monty Eaves also said he was "appalled" by the video.
Eaves is part of the group investigating the woman in the video. He's the president-elect of the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery.
"We felt this was a huge patient safety risk," Eaves said.
Eaves says while Botox is hugely popular and minimally invasive, injecting yourself is not a good idea.
"Injecting these requires some knowledge of the underlying anatomy," he said. "It's not just a matter of sticking a needle in a point and having it turn out right."
Botox, by definition, works by paralyzing the muscle.
"If you inject it into the wrong place you can have paralysis of a muscle you don't want," Eaves said. "You can have an eyelid out of position and doesn't open appropriately."
The woman in the online video claims to have worked in a med spa. Eaves and the ASAPS traced the woman -- identified as "Laurie" in the video -- to Texas.
We contacted the medical board there and were told she's not licensed as a doctor in that state. The Texas health department confirms they are now investigating, because it's illegal to sell Botox to anyone who doesn't have a prescription.
"We're just shocked this kind of thing happens, but unfortunately when there is money to be made there's people willing to put patients at risk," Eaves said.
Eaves says legally you can inject yourself with Botox, but it would be illegal to inject someone else -- like a friend, as suggested by the video.
Since we first found the video, it has been taken off the Web. The Web site has even changed names. We've tried getting comment but no one has ever returned our calls. We also tried reaching out to Dysport -- the Botox-like product supposedly sold on the site. No one from that company called us back either.
