Beauty standards imposed on social media push women to take extreme risks. This is how they end up in the hands of amateurs, who claim to be able to perform aesthetic interventions. At best, they’re just losing money. At worst, they end up in the hospital.
Patience: I bought Botox from South Korea. I did about 8 injections in my forehead, and I did two injections in the corners of my mouth.
Negative examples of aesthetic interventions frequently appear on social networks, mostly by unqualified people.
Recently, the border police in Calafat seized more than 3,000 bottles of Botox solution, suspected of being counterfeit, and in Constanța, a woman is under criminal investigation for having done aesthetic interventions and injections without the right to practice. To avoid such situations, specialists recommend that patients check both the qualification of the doctor and the origin of the substances used.
A hyaluronic acid or botulinum toxin injection may seem like a simple procedure that only takes a few minutes. In reality, however, if the substance ends up in a blood vessel or is counterfeit, it can have extremely serious consequences.
Doctors specializing in plastic surgery only use approved substances, the provenance of which can be verified.
A client has been using beauty procedures for five years. The woman says she did a lot of research before taking this step and sought advice from several specialists.
Patience: I have heard many cases of failed treatments or adverse effects. I prefer to go safe, to know that I always have access to the doctor who treated me.
Mădălina Cristea – plastic surgery specialist: If you don’t go to a specialized clinic, you can end up with disastrous results, including mutilation. If it’s botulinum toxin, then an asymmetry can appear, we lose an eyelid, an eyebrow. With hyaluronic acid, the complications are quite severe, we can end up with blindness, vascular occlusion, necrosis.
People who make such injections at home or in unauthorized places risk ending up on the operating table.
Mădălina Cristea – plastic surgery specialist: I’ve had patients injected with non-injectable hyaluronic acid, I’ve had patients injected elsewhere with commercial, I don’t know, construction silicone. With some nasty reactions and we had to do surgery.
Counterfeit products or procedures performed by unqualified people can put our health at risk, experts warn.
