Every year, more and more people around the world join the plastic surgery army. Moreover, Australia has already surpassed the United States to become the country with the highest rate of cosmetic surgery, and the annual expenditure on cosmetic surgery is at least A $654.38 billion. According to statistics, in Australia, on average,10.6 million people have breast augmentation surgery and10.5 million people have liposuction surgery every year.

? Consumers who want to be beautiful,

? How many people have really inquired about the relevant qualifications of the hospital?

Under the temptation of huge profits, the medical beauty market is mixed, and many beauty clinics without relevant qualifications "expand sideline business" to provide large-scale operations such as Botox injection, laser treatment, breast augmentation, rhinoplasty, liposuction and face lift; Moreover, some private studios and even nail salons have begun to provide double eyelid catgut embedding, nose synthesis, liposuction and other operations.

In the plastic surgery industry, you can see physicians, surgeons, plastic surgeons and dermatologists. In fact, only the latter two are qualified practitioners who have obtained professional university certification after several years of professional training.

Although some clinics claim that surgeons have a basic medical degree, the training and experience in performing complex operations are not elegant at all.

Many institutions also take advantage of patients' inability to distinguish between professional plastic surgeons and surgeons. Anyone who graduated from medical school can call himself a plastic surgeon to do breast augmentation, liposuction and even facial plastic surgery.

Professional plastic surgeons say that this is equivalent to putting the patient's life in a child's play; Plastic surgeons say that plastic surgeons want to monopolize the plastic surgery market.

? So,

? What is the current status of the plastic surgery market in Australia?

injection beauty

There is a possibility of blindness.

Looking at the "frozen age" of celebrities, have you been tempted to take two injections of hyaluronic acid?

According to news.com.au, injection plastic surgery is now as common as manicure. Experts worry that people will underestimate the potential risks behind it more and more, leading to a sharp increase in surgical failure cases.

Australian authoritative plastic surgeons have warned that injected fillers may bring serious complications, leading to the risk of blindness or muscle tissue necrosis.

Mark Ashton, president of the Australian Plastic Surgery Association, said: "Injecting fillers is not a minor operation. A survey in 20 15 years showed that at least 100 cases were blind due to cosmetic injections. "

He also said that not only the eyes, but also any part of the face (such as lips) can cause blindness. If the doctor accidentally injects the filler into any artery, the filler can flow along the artery to the corner of the eye and finally enter the retina.

"Blindness caused by fillers is instantaneous and permanent. There is no successful case of curing this blindness. "

In addition to blindness, another risk is to cause soft tissue damage and "kill" some muscles on the face.

"If the filler enters the facial artery, it may also hurt muscle tissue or nasal cartilage. It can be seen that in the failure cases, some people have black noses and fall off, and some people have black foreheads, cheeks and lips. "

Visit a private studio

Beauty becomes ugly.

In 20 16, the Sydney Morning Herald reported that Helena Chen, a Chinese-American, had severely swollen eyes and was black and blue due to improper plastic surgery, and her eyes became "big and small eyes". And she will have to wait for the first half of the year to know whether this double eyelid surgery will permanently disfigure her.

Helena found Ms. Liu through WeChat at that time-she was not qualified to practice medicine in Australia. Every day, she publicizes by uploading some comparison pictures before and after plastic surgery in her circle of friends, attracting customers to Sydney's apartment, then lying on the bed or sofa, and directly starting the operation.

Helena said that Ms. Liu said that this kind of buried double eyelid was "fast and seamless, without surgery", and after some bargaining, she agreed to 1.500 Australian dollars.

As everyone knows, this minor operation, which should have taken no more than 1 hour, was tossed from 2 pm to 10: 30 in the evening. "They fiddled with my eyes for eight or nine hours! Like doing experiments on my eyes, it hurts me and makes me angry! "

Moreover, Helena's eyelids have been red and swollen after operation, covered with scars, and there is no sign of fading.

Then she went to see three other plastic surgeons, and they were all told that they would have to wait six months until the wound in her eye healed completely, so that they could accurately evaluate the damage to her eye.

So, angry, she submitted a complaint to the Health Care Complaints Committee.

The NSW health department then investigated Ms. Liu's studio and found that the place lacked infection prevention measures; Improper operation and other medical procedures; The injected drugs used are not registered; The overall decoration environment is not suitable for surgery.

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Finally, the Medical and Health Services Committee prohibited Ms. Liu from providing any surgery or medicine to any customer for a certain period of time.

The NSW Health Department suggested that customers who had undergone related operations at this address (14/239 Great North Road, Five Dock) should consult their family doctors and be tested for blood-borne viruses. It is unclear how many customers may be affected.

Revoked doctor

Still practicing aboveboard

In another investigation, the Medical and Health Services Complaints Committee found that Ian Haris, a former plastic surgeon whose license had been revoked, still pretended to be a regular legal doctor and performed cosmetic surgery in the clinic.

The clinic involved is VL Laser Beauty Company located in the center of Sydney. Ian Haris injected a guest with Botox without the supervision of a doctor, and argued that it was not his own fault that customers and employers mistook him for a doctor.

After investigation, Harris has injected Botox and hyaluronic acid into 10 guests in this store. To make matters worse, he misplaced one client and mistakenly injected air into another client's forehead-so he was complained by the client to the medical and health service Committee.

Although Harris was revoked his medical license 0/5 years ago, he directly told his clients and boss that he was a doctor, and allowed other institutions to advertise himself as a registered doctor online.

From 1994 to 2000, he made serious mistakes, including cutting off unnecessary parts of a guest's nose during surgery, having sex with a guest, and illegally using drugs. In addition, 20 15 was sanctioned by the court for using illegal Botox Indonesia for injection.

This time, Harris once again violated the code of conduct of unregistered health care doctors, posing a sustainable risk to public health and safety, and was sentenced to ban any cosmetic injection for at least three years.

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Regular plastic surgeon

Take over the "mess"

It is reported that more and more regular plastic surgeons began to accept patients with scars and bruises after surgery in private clinics, or were injected with unknown substances, resulting in uneven faces.

These unregistered operators are mainly aimed at Chinese Australians, new immigrants from China and overseas students. It is revealed that they inject customers with imported fake fillers, and the most common operations include double eyelids, rhinoplasty and liposuction.

"They often call themselves doctors or nurses, but in fact they have no qualifications." Zion Chan, a plastic surgeon in Sydney, said, "Customers seem to trust them and have no doubt."

"Now I see a new patient with complications every week. What they inject into the face is a poor imitation, which will form a lump under the skin or move around. "

Another Chinese plastic surgeon in Sydney also said that he treated as many as five patients with complications in one week, all of which were "masterpieces" of unregistered practitioners. "double eyelid surgery, in particular, is a test on the verge of blindness."

According to the Toxic Substances and Drugs Management Act of Australia, individuals who illegally manage botulinum toxin, hyaluronic acid and narcotic drugs will face a fine of $65,438 +0.650 or six months' imprisonment.

As for other prescription drugs, the punishment for related crimes can also reach a fine of 2,200 Australian dollars or imprisonment for up to two years.

However, these private clinics ignore Australian laws and openly attract customers on social platforms.

Anthony Yap, a plastic surgeon in Sydney, said: "Some businesses are very smart. They will be more subtle, only releasing beautiful pictures after surgery or photos of a group of beautiful women enjoying life. "

The unannounced video of Fairfax Media shows that the operations in these private clinics are directly carried out in a living room with only beds and sofas. One of the films shows that a woman is operating on a client, but a cat is passing behind her.

A doctor watched a short video of an operator stabbing a customer's forehead with a syringe and said, "This operation is likely to lead to bleeding and serious skin necrosis. The technique is very unprofessional. "

"And their customers' English ability is limited. If something goes wrong, they don't know how to complain to the relevant departments. Finally, they can only find a way to solve it. "

Although the NSW Health Care Complaints Committee has issued a public warning and cracked down, even if private clinics are raided, operators can only disappear for a while and reopen at another location.

The health protection department of NSW Health Department can only appeal to the public: Never go to these places.

Before plastic surgery

Related precautions

There are still some loopholes in Australian plastic surgery laws and regulations, and more and more complaints have prompted the Australian Medical Council to conduct a comprehensive review of the plastic surgery industry.

The Australian Medical Council bluntly stated that it would introduce a series of new regulations to strengthen norms, protect public interests and reduce the accident rate. In the future, all plastic surgery industries must abide by the following guidelines:

The new guidelines are applicable to all professional plastic surgeons, cosmetic plastic surgeons and medical practitioners, regardless of their qualifications.

If you consider plastic surgery, you should be responsible for yourself and search for institutions in advance to ensure that operators have corresponding qualifications. You can search the registration records of Australian health practitioners' regulatory agencies through the following websites to verify whether the practitioners are registered:

https://www.ahpra.gov.au

In addition, remember to ask your surgeon first:

-What qualifications and experience do you have?

-What are the risks or hidden dangers of this operation?

-What would you do if you made a mistake during the operation?

-What is the postoperative care plan?

-Is there any record of improper operation?

If you are not satisfied with the surgical results, or have questions about doctors or institutions, you can contact the Health Care Complaints Committee:

1800 043 159

(9: 00 am to 5: 00 pm on weekdays)

The staff will give you advice and help. For more information, please visit the official website:

https://www.hccc.nsw.gov.au

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Finally, this article does not mean that "beauty" is risky, so don't try it. In fact, after a person's appearance is improved, it can really improve the influence of some aspects of life.

The operator of a clinic said frankly: "When you spend six figures on a laser therapeutic instrument and tens of thousands of yuan for maintenance, it is hard to refuse to come to consult a patient with rhinoplasty and honestly say to her,' Your nose is actually beautiful'."

In order to fully protect the rights and interests of patients, the entire cosmetic and plastic surgery industry needs more scientific external regulatory intervention, rather than relying solely on industry self-discipline.

Of course, the role of patients themselves is also very important. Before deciding on any cosmetic surgery, we should fully understand the actual effect of the surgery, instead of blindly believing in the advertising effect or having the illusion of "survivor bias".

Unfortunately, the research results show that people who undergo surgery usually overestimate the benefits and obviously underestimate the risks and injuries.

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