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Veena Nair/Getty Images(NEW YORK) The latest trend to take hold on TikTok boasts flaxseed gel as a slimy addition to beauty routines, but medical experts are advising against it, saying it lacks scientific basis. Hundreds of TikTok users have claimed on the video sharing platform that homemade flaxseed gel is "basically nature s Botox." Courtney Snell was among those who posted a video using the homemade flaxseed gel, applying it as a mask to her face. "I made some flaxseed gel and we re gonna try it out," Snell says in the video, which she tagged #NaturesBotox, adding that she used to get Botox injections and recently hopped on this trend after watching others try the at-home concoction. She adds, "I saw this one girl [who tried this], and it literally looked like [she had] Botox." Snell documented the results of her flaxseed gel mask in a follow-up video, saying her forehead lines seemed to have been reduced. "This is such a difference,"

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