The women having Botox to fit into boots but doctors warn it could kill you

Zara Marchant, 30, is unhappy with her calves She has opted to pay 300 to have them injected with Botox Calf Botox is a fast-growing area of the multi-million-pound Botox market The treatment could potentially prove fatal It can hamper the muscles ability to pump blood towards the heart Gillian Higgin, 49, has no regrets about her calf Botox treatment Gillian was motivated by a desire to fit into a pair of long, winter boots It was painless, quick and cheaper than many treatments, she says

By India Sturgis for the Daily Mail

Published: 17:07 EST, 7 December 2014 | Updated: 04:45 EST, 8 December 2014

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The setting is a plush, private treatment room in Londons Harley Street, where Zara Marchant is about to be injected with Botox.

To her right is a brightly lit clinical bed and a trolley piled with needles and vials. So far, so normal.

But what happens next is far from standard. Take off your tights, instructs Dr Carolyn Berry, snapping on a pair of white, latex gloves, while Zara, 30, a marketing manager from South-West London, peels off her hosiery.

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