After a routine visit for an injection to the buttocks of polymethylmethacrylate, a top model and former Miss Argentina from Buenos Aires dies in 2009. It was found that the office she visited was improperly equipped to perform surgical procedures, in an autopsy following her death it was found that silicone was also present.
The aesthetic medicine industry still offer injections to the buttocks from improperly trained physicians containing polymethylmethacrylate and silicone. We would have expected the companies supplying and promoting these injections to have taken note after the media attention received by this celebrity and her horrific situation.
There are many non invasive procedures been offered by weekend trained nurses or doctors so it is likely that these injections are just the tip of the iceberg.
A nurse went into a Manhattan spa to remove fat from her abdomen and thighs through a minimal invasive liposuction treatment earlier this year. She never regained consciousness after suffering from a seizure whilst having the treatment. The spa in question was licensed for electrolysis and not as a medical facility. After her death the family lawyer reported that she was given Lidocaine and propofol, a drug that was believed to have contributed to the death of Michael Jackson and was given to induce sedation.
These so called minimally invasive procedures performed by practitioners need to legislated much tighter and extra training needs to be provided for these practitioners. For anyone considering having any treatment you must look at the what ifs. Does the practise have a license to perform the procedure, if not their insurance will be invalid. If there are any complications on the treatment table, can the doctor or nurse deal with and rectification them.
There are companies on the market offering complication insurance to surgeons and hospitals like Surgery Shield, so it would be a good idea to ensure that the surgeon or facility provide this cover. I would also recommend going to a qualified surgeon even if you are only considering having fillers as the surgeons will be better qualified and therefore safer. As 90% of a surgeons future cosmetic surgery clients come from non invasive treatments first, they will provide a good price so that they can retain you as a client.
Qualified surgeons who are registered with a society are required to visit conferences where they are kept up-to-date with new techniques and products available on the market. These conferences provide the surgeon with credits needed to keep their society membership. This is important when you consider the amount of fillers available on the market that are unregulated and the fact that many people receiving fillers and Botox are unaware of the product that the doctor or nurse has injected into them. You have to consider that many of these spa’s receive a financial incentive to stock and use a companies products rather than using a product that should be right for the patient.
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