While most people try to avoid any contact with snakes, Euoko, a Canadian cosmetic company has taken the venom from the temple viper and created an anti-aging face cream. Women have been flocking to high-end retailers such as Saks Fifth Avenue, Harrods and Barneys to shell out $525 for 30 ml of face cream.

The Y-30 Intense Lift Concentrate cream contains a synthetic form of Waglerin 1, which is a powerful anti-aging peptide found in the snake venom. The face cream is designed to work like Botox by freezing muscles to prevent fine lines, but markets itself as the “painless and convenient” version as it doesn’t involve the hassle of injections.

As a twentysomething female, I can’t say that fighting wrinkles is my top priority right now. I am also in no position to bash the women who are snapping up this face cream with bite; after all, maybe in a few years, I may feel the need or desire to have youthful-looking skin at any cost. But that’s just it—the cost.