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Vue lecture

Welcome to the ‘peptide gray market’: where people are buying GLP-1s, Botox and filler on social media from China

Par :Amanda Peterson

14 janvier 2026 à 15:00

A new underground industry has emerged where people are buying raw compounds for Ozempic, Botox, filler and skin-tightening treatments directly from Chinese suppliers — and injecting them at home.

A box filled with unlabeled and DIY-labeled vials, some with yellow residue, including ones labeled "Nov 2025," "Keta is KING," and "MOTS-C 10 mg."

Vials, syringes and solutions for DIY injectable preparations are shown on a wooden surface

Max Radovanic, a young man with glasses and braces, smiles at the camera

Four vials of peptides with labels including Tesamorelin, SS-31 and Sermorelin.

Dr. Sarah Gibson, with long blond hair, smiles at the camera

Headshot of Dr. Adesola Oyewole, a black woman with long, dark, wavy hair, wearing a ruffled cream-colored blouse

A hand holds a plastic bag filled with vials of peptides, including GLP-1s, with labels visible stating "Research Use Only - Not FDA Approved."

A hand holds two vials of peptides labeled "Fountain of You Research"