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Cosmetic surgeons sound the alarm and call on the authorities to better control the sale of hyaluronic acid. This product injected to fill wrinkles, in particular, can be delivered in pharmacies without a prescription. Misused, it can wreak havoc.
Today, she got her smile and her face back. Sarah Andrea was disfigured a year ago by hyaluronic acid injections. She wanted to plump up her lips and have a more refined nose. “After a few hours, in the evening and especially the next morning, I see that I am starting to be very swollen, that my face is disproportionate”she recalls.
Illegal injection offers explode on the internet
She was injected with hyaluronic acid by a woman she met on the internet. Everything seemed legal and safe to him. She had to undergo five operations to hide the sequelae, with a qualified specialist. Offers of illegal injections have exploded in recent years on the internet. Dr. Adel Louafi, president of the National Syndicate of Reconstructive and Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, asks, like 200 other surgeons, for the prohibition of over-the-counter use of this acid.
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