the gendarmerie is appealing for witnesses to find possible victims

The gendarmerie is appealing for witnesses as part of “judicial investigations carried out by the Lille research section under the direction of the Valenciennes public prosecutor’s office”, she said in a press release sent Monday, May 15 to franceinfo. The investigation focuses on “the activities of several people practicing injections of hyaluronic acid and botox in the North of France as well as in the Paris region.”

Services offered on social networks

People who have used or have a member of their entourage who has used this type of service, in particular “via Instagram handles “injection_lille” and Snapchat “doctor LOUGAYNE”, are invited to contact the research section of Lille by sending an email to the following address: [email protected].

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These types of advertisements offering illegal botox injections, in particular to obtain plump lips or fill in wrinkles, are “swarming and doing damage”, had alerted in the Talk franceinfo on Twitch on March 8 the journalist Elsa Mari, co-author of the book “Generation Bistouri: investigation into the ravages of cosmetic surgery among young people” (JC Lattès). While the sale of hyaluronic acid is not regulated, the National Union of Plastic and Aesthetic Surgery calls for the prohibition of the free sale of this product.