With more people all over the world embracing plastic surgery, scientists have cautioned those seeking the services to beware of the health impact associated with certain cosmetic procedures.
Going by the findings of a new study conducted in South Korea, people have gone blind from using injectable dermal fillers, which are gel-like substances used to carry out cosmetic surgery.
The study, which was published in the ‘Journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons’, examined patients who suffered vision loss after being injected with those fillers.
Typical fillers include hyaluronic acid, poly-L-lactic acid, and other substances, according to the researchers.
The American Board of Cosmetic Surgery, which issued the warning, stated that injectable dermal fillers are “gel-like substances that are injected beneath the skin to restore lost volume, smooth lines and soften creases, or enhance facial contours.” Plastic surgery business globally and in Nigeria is now a viable industry with more people seeking the services.
Recently, the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, released its annual plastic surgery statistics, stating that nearly 1.8 million surgical cosmetic procedures and about 15.5 million minimally invasive procedures were performed in the United States (U.S). last year, reported the ‘CNN’. The top five surgical procedures were breast augmentation, liposuction, nose reshaping, eyelid surgeries, and face lifts.
After studying total of nine female patients between the ages of 26 and 45 who were injected with hyaluronic acid, the researchers found the patients all suffered permanent vision loss.
Reacting to the development, a Professor of Community Health and Public Health Physician at the College of Medicine University of Lagos (CMUL), Bayo Onajole, said although, no one could actually deter people from seeking cosmetic surgery services including breast transplant, tummy tuck, bum-bum expansion enhancement, among others, “all these procedures have their own implications.”
While recalling the case of the late Mrs Stella Obasanjo, who lost her life in the course of a cosmetic surgery that became complicated, Onajole said, “many people have been doing cosmetic surgery in the country but she did it and died.
“A lot more people are also dying from such procedures but because they are not public figures, we may not know them.”
He admitted that some of the substances used in carrying out the surgeries have their own shortcoming.
He noted that while care providers may assure consumers that the substances used in the procedures will not cause reactions, “some individuals, for one reason or the other may react to them and sometimes they may react to the extent that they may die.”
Onajole however urged all that are seeking plastic surgery services to be aware of the risks they are taking.
“In trying to enhance their beauty, they should also realise that there could be consequences from the procedures. There could be skin reaction and some metabolic reactions due to the absorption of some of the cosmetic ingredient constituents into the body.”
Similarly, the ‘Yahoohealth’ quoted the President of the Australian Society of Plastic Surgeons, Dr. Mark Ashton, as warning ‘people on the need “to be aware that the use of fillers and anti-wrinkle injections are essentially invasive procedures and are not risk-free.”
By: Appolonia Adeyemi
New Telegraph News
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