False hyaluronic acid sold to plastic surgery institutions through exhibitions may cause serious infection when injected into the body.

In recent years, cases of cosmetic disfigurement of consumers have occurred from time to time. Yesterday, CCTV's Weekly Quality Report reported that Ogilvy, commonly known as "artificial fat", still passed off as a cosmetic raw material with hyaluronic acid after it was banned in 2006. Experts said that this is caused by the low illegal cost of the plastic surgery industry. Many departments need to control the source of sales so that unqualified individuals and institutions can't buy all kinds of materials needed for plastic surgery.

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After rhinoplasty, the nose is red, swollen and purulent

A year ago, Ms. Wang from Shandong had a rhinoplasty in a local beauty salon. Unexpectedly, her nose becomes hard, red and swollen, and sometimes it will discharge pus. After she came to a regular hospital for examination, she was told that the material used for rhinoplasty was not hyaluronic acid.

Hyaluronic acid is a kind of natural polysaccharide, which widely exists in the dermis of human skin. Officially approved hyaluronic acid can be finally absorbed by the human body 6 to 9 months after injection, with high safety. Therefore, it is widely used in rhinoplasty, breast augmentation, depression filling and other operations in plastic surgery. At present, there are only three varieties of hyaluronic acid products approved by the state for clinical use.

Experts from the Folk Branch of China Plastic Surgery Association judged that the so-called hyaluronic acid used by Ms. Wang for rhinoplasty was actually counterfeit with Ogilvy, a prohibited material. After Ogilvy's infection, the tissue is very dense and hard, which leads to scar contracture and the nose is severely deformed by scar.

Ms. Jiang from Nanjing was infected with mastitis after breast augmentation in a small clinic, and the cause of infection was the so-called "hyaluronic acid" used in her previous breast augmentation surgery. The doctor took out more than 2000 ml of various liquids from her right breast, including more than 800 ml of yellow pus and more than 200 ml of Ogilvy.

Ogilvy, scientific name "polyacrylamide hydrogel", is a colorless and transparent colloidal liquid substance. Since 1997, it has been approved as a long-term soft tissue filling material implanted in human body, which can be used for injection breast augmentation, cheek augmentation and hip augmentation.

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The banned Ogilvy is still secretly using it.

From 2002 to 2005 1 1 month, the National Adverse Drug Reaction Monitoring Center received 183 reports of adverse events related to polyacrylamide hydrogel for injection, including inflammation, infection, induration, lump, hardness, deformation, displacement and residue. On April 30, 2006, the State Food and Drug Administration revoked Ogilvy's medical device registration certificate and completely stopped its production, sale and use.

Since it was banned in 2006, Ogilvy should have disappeared from the market. However, the number of Ogilvy & Mather infected patients has gradually increased this year. From the experience of the victims, using Ogilvy as hyaluronic acid injection is the main channel for Ogilvy to be injected into beauty lovers.

According to the guidance of insiders, CCTV reporters began to look for such products at some plastic products fairs. At a trade fair, the reporter found that the specification of so-called hyaluronic acid sold by an exhibitor was 10 ml each. At present, the three specifications of hyaluronic acid approved in China are 1 ml. Not only is the specification different from that of regular hyaluronic acid, but compared with the price of regular hyaluronic acid ranging from 3000 to 6000 yuan per milliliter, the price of this hyaluronic acid is surprisingly cheap. A 10 ml of hyaluronic acid costs only 300 yuan and only 30 yuan per ml.

Sales staff told reporters bluntly that their products are not formal products and cannot be used in formal channels. The price is cheap because hyaluronic acid is mixed with Ogilvy or bone meal. It is understood that the current price of Ogilvy & Mather in the underground trading network is only 2 to 3 yuan per milliliter. After being processed into fake hyaluronic acid, it is sold at the wholesale price of 30 yuan per milliliter, and the profit is as high as 10 times. Fake hyaluronic acid is sold to plastic surgery institutions or plastic surgeons with ulterior motives through plastic surgery exhibitions and other platforms until it is injected into beauty lovers. The profit rate is as high as hundreds or even thousands of times.

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A beautician runs a small hotel.

In order to further understand how fake hyaluronic acid is traded on the black market, CCTV reporters found an injection beautician who claimed to be experienced online. However, the beautician took the reporter to a small hotel, opened a room and prepared to start the injection. The so-called beautician said that the price of an injection here is only about 2,000 yuan, far lower than that of a regular hospital. And her so-called preoperative disinfection, simply put, is to wipe with alcohol.

Relevant industry experts pointed out that the key to Ogilvy becoming hyaluronic acid again is the low illegal cost of plastic surgery industry. In this regard, in addition to strengthening the crackdown, it is also necessary for multiple departments to control the source of sales, so that those unqualified individuals and institutions can not buy all kinds of materials needed for plastic surgery. At the same time, consumers also need to strengthen their discrimination ability and find a formal medical institution to avoid undue harm.

According to the weekly quality report

According to CCTV video screenshot

Beijing responded.

Illegal beauty handed over to public security

Morning News (Reporter)

Xu Jingjing) Yesterday, the reporter learned from the Beijing Municipal Health Supervision Department that in response to the chaos in the plastic surgery market exposed by CCTV, many districts and counties in this city launched a special rectification of injecting hyaluronic acid into life beauty institutions. In the rectification action, law enforcement will be strengthened, and the filing procedure will be started in time when illegal acts are found, and the suspected illegal crimes will be handed over to the public security organs.

The health supervision department said that injection plastic surgery belongs to the category of medical beauty. According to the national "Medical Beauty Service Management Measures", institutions engaged in medical beauty must obtain the "Practice License for Medical Institutions" before they can practice, and employees must have the qualification of practicing doctors. The rectification will be aimed at life beauty institutions that have been complained and reported to have illegal medical practice in the past; Life beauty institutions that publish medical advertisements without authorization; Life beauty institutions that publish medical and health care service information without authorization through the Internet; As well as the life and beauty institutions in the main streets and areas under the jurisdiction, there are life and beauty institutions with publicity signs such as injections and operations for centralized rectification.