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Cosmetic surgery: “Don’t trust everything you see on the Internet,” warns Doctor Gérald Kierzek
Cosmetic surgery: “Don’t trust everything you see on the Internet,” warns Doctor Gérald Kierzek
(France 2)
Present on the set of 8 Heures, Thursday May 2, Doctor Gérald Kierzek discusses the dangers that certain cosmetic surgery procedures can present, in particular injections, while offers are multiplying on the Internet. It recalls the legal obligations of doctors.
On the Internet, cosmetic surgery offers are multiplyingt and can sometimes cause complications. “As soon as you give an injection, you enter the body, it is a medical procedure. There are risks of infection, necrosis. There are risks of injecting the wrong product in the wrong place”explains Doctor Gérald Kierzek, present on the set of 8 Heures, Thursday May 2.
Advertising banned for doctors
Gérald Kierzek points out that doctors have legal obligations, such as making a quote and providing an information sheet to anyone wishing to use aesthetic medicine. “There is informed consent that must be given”he continues, specifying that there is a period of reflection between the consultation and the act. “Don’t trust everything you see on the Internet, Instagram, etc. Be careful”warns Gérald Kierzek, recalling that advertising is prohibited for doctors.
