The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives has all the things that an addictingly juicy actuality TV present wants and extra: A salacious intercourse scandal, swinging momfluencers, and, in fact, a wholesome dose of catty gossip. And whereas there’s loads of wild drama packed into Hulu’s buzzy new collection, there’s one scene, particularly, that’s obtained some viewers (us) elevating their eyebrows.

Within the third episode, a number of of the solid members determined to get Botox—which isn’t precisely groundbreaking today. However what was stunning? All of them inhaled laughing fuel (a.ok.a. nitrous oxide) earlier than the pictures. “It’s a celebration,” one of many wives, Whitney Leavitt, stated whereas laughing. And when producers requested her if the group “comes for the Botox or the laughing fuel,” Leavitt responded, “For each.”

For those who’ve ever tried Botox, chances are high you weren’t provided this selection. (I do know I wasn’t.) That’s as a result of it’s tremendous unusual, Rawn E. Bosley, MD, board-certified dermatologist and supervising doctor at Ever/Physique in Dallas, tells SELF. “I’ve been injecting for over a decade, and I’ve by no means used or heard of different dermatology or facial plastic colleagues commonly providing laughing fuel for Botox,” Dr. Bosley says.

Now, a small quantity of nitrous oxide (so, not sufficient to make you move out) might make it easier to chill out, Joshua Zeichner, MD, a board-certified dermatologist in New York Metropolis, tells SELF—which is perhaps particularly interesting if you happen to take care of a worry of needles. “Laughing fuel can put sufferers in a short-term altered psychological state, in order that they gained’t course of discomfort and stress as they might usually,” Dr. Zeichner explains.

Nevertheless, he normally saves this delicate anesthetic for extra painful procedures like lasers and microneedling relatively than Botox, which each specialists think about fairly tolerable. “The method is fast—lower than two minutes generally,” Dr. Bosley provides. “And it takes a number of minutes for the nitrous oxide to kick in anyway,” which means the therapy would probably be over earlier than you even began feeling the sedative’s euphoric results.

Apart from being a waste of time (and in some instances, extra cash), laughing fuel additionally comes with severe security dangers to think about. Some people, based on Dr. Bosley, might take care of complications or nausea. To not point out, being crazy may make the expertise extra “enjoyable,” certain, but it surely might additionally trigger you to maneuver unpredictably, Dr. Zeichner provides—not perfect when there’s a needle so near your face! (For those who watched the episode in query, you noticed how the ladies giggled and squirmed of their seats.)

For all these causes, each derms suggest asking your injector for extra frequent (and safer) strategies to ease ache or anxiousness, like topical numbing lotions or vibration units (which might distract you from the sharp pokes). “In my view, the advantages of laughing fuel don’t outweigh the dangers, which is why most locations don’t even provide it for Botox,” Dr. Bosley says. So, as with every actuality present, take what you see on The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives with a grain of salt—and don’t anticipate your subsequent injectable appointment to be a giggly, nitrous-fueled social gathering.

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