Micro-plastic injection methods such as hyaluronic acid, whitening needle and water needle are highly sought after by women who love beauty. A dance teacher in Kunming wanted to have an oval face like Fan Bingbing's because she disliked her short chin, so she went to a beauty salon and injected an imported "growth factor". Since then, women's chins have become bigger and bigger. Even though she went to the hospital to have her extra chin removed, it continued to grow. The doctor reminds: Growth factor is just an external medicine, and it must not be used for injection.

1. What is a growth factor?

Growth factor is a cytokine that can differentiate and proliferate cells. Originally used in clinic to accelerate wound healing. It is generally used to promote the growth of skin tissue and achieve the effect of rapid healing after scald and burn. There are solvents, gels, sprays and other dosage forms, that is to say, growth factors are mainly used locally.

2. Growth factors cannot be injected.

Most of the growth factors approved for clinical use in China are for external use, and only one rat nerve growth factor can be used for injection, but it is mainly used to treat peripheral nerves poisoned by n-hexane. In the field of plastic surgery, there is no "growth factor" preparation approved for injection at all. In other words, it is illegal to use "growth factor" in injection plastic surgery.

3. Side effects of growth factors

Growth factors are not like hyaluronic acid. If you are not satisfied, you can use hyaluronic acid lysozyme to eliminate it. Its function is irreversible, and it can't be absorbed by itself after it grows. If the doctor is skilled, it is difficult to take it out. So the first side effect of injecting growth factor is plastic failure. Secondly, growth factors can easily lead to disorderly growth of cells, thus leading to tumors.