In recent years, the popularity of the medical cosmetology industry has not decreased, and the publicity in some medical cosmetology advertisements has intensified the appearance anxiety of the society. There are many incredible plastic surgery projects, and some people are still eager to try them.
There is a breast enhancement project that claims that "no surgery, no hospitalization, one injection will enlarge the breast and beautify the body." Consumer Lan Lan was moved by such propaganda and spent hundreds of thousands of yuan on breast augmentation injections, only to find animal-derived ingredients such as camels.
Spend hundreds of thousands of yuan on "autologous" breast augmentation
The filler turned out to be a prosthesis
In 2022, Lan Lan went to a cosmetic plastic surgery institution called "Chu Meiren" in Beijing at the introduction of a friend, and they claimed that there is a so-called "CRT autologous collagen regeneration patented technology breast augmentation", which does not require surgery, does not need to fill prostheses, only needs to extract the breast augmenter's own blood tissue for culture, and the breast can be enlarged in 20 minutes.
The person in charge of the institution said that their technology enjoys an exclusive patent in the country, and the cost of surgery is as high as 1.94 million yuan, but because of the introduction of acquaintances, the operation fee can be directly reduced to 540,000 yuan.
With a longing for beauty, Lan Lan paid 546,800 yuan for the operation. The operation was as the person in charge of the agency said, it only took 20 minutes before and after, there was no incision on the chest, and the postoperative effect was as she expected.
But as time went by, Lan Lan gradually found that the originally symmetrical chest appeared one high and one low, and she often felt pain and discomfort. At first, she didn't care, but during a physical examination, the breast ultrasound doctor detected that she had a prosthesis in her body.
Lan Lan recalled: "The doctor who did the breast ultrasound said, why do you show that you have a prosthesis? I said that I have done breast augmentation, but it is my own, and he said that this is definitely not my own, and it is recommended to go to a big hospital to have a look." This sentence scared me. ”
Animal-derived associated proteins were detected in the fillers
There may be unpredictable risks in the future
In the days that followed, Lan Lan felt a constant tingling pain in her chest and an irregular lump appeared.
In the first half of 2023, she had examinations in two hospitals, and the diagnostic report of one hospital showed that the double breast prosthesis had changed after surgery, and there were multiple abnormal signals around the prosthesis, which was considered to be leaking, while the examination results of the other hospital also showed that the unidentified injection filler on Lanlan's chest was not autologous tissue, but a prosthesis.
Considering the uncertainty of the nature of the unknown injection, the doctor advised Lan Lan to remove the injection as soon as possible and undergo breast reconstruction surgery.
According to the surgeon, "Most of the injections are yellow ointment-like things, and the amount taken out is about 200 ml. After the removal, the implant was re-implanted to maintain the shape of her breast. ”
It is understood that the removal of unknown injections and the implantation of prostheses cost Lanlan more than 200,000 yuan in surgical costs. The doctor revealed that despite the maximum amount of rinsing, there are still a small number of unidentified fillers that cannot be completely removed, and there may be some unpredictable health risks in the future.
After testing, the Lanlan breast filler sample matched the protein substances of related animal sources, such as camels, bats, chimpanzees and other species.
The reporter learned in medical institutions that the injection of animal collagen into the human chest may have health hazards such as allergies and infections.
Currently, Lan Lan is 7 months pregnant, and the side effects of breast augmentation surgery have made her anxious about future breastfeeding. "No doctor said it would be clean, which is unacceptable to me. ”
The court awarded nearly 750,000 yuan in damages
The head of the beauty establishment disappeared
The reporter inquired on the website of the State Intellectual Property Office and found that in 2010, Bai Jin, the doctor who performed breast augmentation surgery for Lanlan, had applied to the National Patent Office for the related technology of "autologous collagen regeneration", but it was not passed.
Not only that, Dr. Bai Jin, who operated on Lanlan's surgery, was only a general surgeon at a tertiary hospital in Beijing, and there was no multi-agency practice filing information in addition to this, which violated the relevant regulations that doctors must have multi-agency practice filing information for multi-site practice.
Not long ago, when the reporter came to Chu Meiren again to investigate and interview, he found that the door was locked and the building was empty.
In order to protect her own rights and interests, Lan Lan sued the "First Beauty" beauty and plastic surgery agency in court. A few days ago, the court of first instance ruled in favor of Lan Lan. It was decided that the defendant company should refund the plaintiff a total of 744228 yuan for medical services, examination fees, and testing fees. Although the case was won, because the beauty agency closed down and the person in charge disappeared, Lan Lan's losses were not recovered.
It is understood that not long after Lan Lan had breast augmentation surgery, her mother also found this cosmetic plastic surgery team and spent more than 600,000 yuan to do the same breast augmentation surgery. At present, there is also a tingling deformity in the chest.
At present, the relevant departments are jointly carrying out special rectification of outstanding problems in medical practice activities to protect the health and safety of consumers. Here, we also remind consumers to look at the effect of medical beauty rationally, not to ignore the risks, and not to let the same "artificial beauty" occupy all the colors of life.
Source: CCTV News