Discount Medspa Going to Jail
By Jayita, Gaea News NetworkSaturday, December 5, 2009
New York- A website called Discount Medspa (discountmedspa.com) is going to jail for selling of prescription drug similar to Botox without any prescription.
Discount Medspa even gives a how-to video, so you can inject the Botox unto your face yourself, without the aid of a doctor or a nurse. Laurie D’Alleva, a lady from Texas, who appears to be the site’s proprietor, performs treatments on herself in this self-made video.
Laurie asked her customers to follow YouTube.com where the video appears, to know the secret of recreating their face as they want to look like.
After following Laurie’s advice, many women are complaining mishaps caused by over-injecting the drug.
Some of them are reported having half closed and swollen eye, and look ready for Halloween!
Discountmedspa sells a variety of other DIY cosmetic treatments, including prescription Renova, and lip-filling gels. The botulinum toxin-derivative for sale on the site is Dysport, produced by the pharmaceutical company Ipsen. Ipsen is a competitor of Allergan’s Botox, which is the most popular cosmetic treatment in America.
In the U.S., it is illegal for anyone to prescribe drugs to patients with the exception of a doctor or nurse or practitioner. Moreover, only pharmacists can dispense drugs to people. Yet drug sellers on the internet routinely flout the FDA’s regulations. Botox is a prescription drug, so selling of Botox without prescription is illegal.
The domain discountmedspa.com is registered to Cristie Stone. The illegal selling of prescription drugs is now under investigation.
It’s really incredible how the site cheated more than its 2000 customers, it claims to have. People are gullible to this type of beauty treatment and quickly grasp it, without doing any research. Wired.com is guiding the customers from bad or fake drugs to ensure safety.
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September 26, 2010: 2:43 pm
I think the person posting under lauriefruit is the person from Mybasics.net, Kelly Reed, who claims to be centered in New Zealand but who is actually in Barrington, Illinois:). Hi Kelly. Still selling illegally? Also buyer beware, her stuff is bogus. |
 Patricia Delmore |
June 17, 2010: 4:21 pm
She did a great service selling Botox. Too bad she could not continue. No I do not believe she is going to jail. |
 Lauriuufruit |
January 27, 2010: 1:44 pm
Laurie, it is you replaying to negative posts and weh ave found a better company that puts you to shame. Laurie has been selling even after she got busted and I called the cops in her area and they are very interested. They are watching you Laurie and you are going to lose your son. |
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December 29, 2009: 2:58 pm
Janice Dickenson I have suffered with migraines and neck pain for many years. Botox has given me my life back. I have arthritis in my neck and Botox is the ONLY thing that has given me relief. Janice Dickenson |
 kim |
December 25, 2009: 7:54 pm
Yes Kim, you are gullable!! I don’t believe for a minute that you are an innocent victim! You were being paid!! You weren’t working for free!! SO GET OVER IT!!! I hope Laurie finds a way to get back into business!! She had a lot of loyal customers!! Good Luck Laurie!!! Your loyal customers miss you!! |
 kim |
December 22, 2009: 10:58 am
I used to work for the DMS I answere phones and im guilty of being gullable because I was told by her she was licensed by the texas med council and that in the state of texas it was legal for her as a spa owner to do so and geez everything was so open who wouldnt beleive it until I started getting all theeses calls from media looking for interveiws thats when I said Im done ,this is a lie and im now very upset!!! |
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