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"light medical beauty" is considered by many consumers to be simple to operate and has a quick recovery, so it is called "fast food beauty."the "light" in "light medical beauty" often makes people mistakenly believe that the risk is extremely low, and some consumers dare to receive "light medical beauty" services in just any beauty salon.

in fact, "light medical beauty" is also a medical act and must be carried out in an institution that has obtained a medical institution practice license issued by the health administration department. at the same time, my country also stipulates that doctors engaged in the medical beauty industry must have the qualification of a chief beauty doctor in addition to the qualification of a practicing physician.

at present, there are many institutions engaged in medical cosmetology in the market. do they have the corresponding legal qualifications?

behind the door to wealth of "light medical beauty"

mysterious wechat group claims to sell regular medical beauty products

for some time, "light medical beauty" has become a popular term on major short video platforms to recommend women's entrepreneurship tracks.in the eyes of some so-called successful people, "light medical beauty" seems to be a golden key that can easily open the door to wealth.

being able to become beautiful and earn money easily is what many young women dream of. it was under this kind of publicity that ms. zhao from lanzhou entered the so-called "light medical beauty" track through the introduction of others.

ms. zhao, a practitioner of "light medical beauty":i used to do wechat business and run a bar. then i met my sister, who happened to run a beauty salon. i thought she was pretty capable and she loved beauty, so i thought about starting a side job and learning from her.

according to ms. zhao, although she has no medical experience, her friends in the same industry will help her introduce relevant suppliers. after adding them to the wechat group, she can secure the supply source of medical beauty drugs.

ms. zhao, a practitioner of "light medical beauty":he said that there are medical beauty products, including tutorials, in the circle of friends. through the people around you, one by one, you can recommend one, and then you can join the group.

the supplier introduced to ms. zhao by a colleague is named “medical beauty expert” on wechat.

his moments contain many videos and texts on identifying botulinum toxin and hyaluronic acid products. the top photo on his moments is a picture of a business license, medical device business license, second-class medical device business registration certificate and other qualification certificates, which looks very formal.

however, although ms. zhao was introduced to the wechat group by an acquaintance in the industry, she was still cautious when looking for "medical beauty expert" to purchase goods.

ms. zhao, a practitioner of "light medical beauty":he is quite cautious, including every time we send medicine from him. every time i ask him to run errands, he won't let me do it. you give him the address and he will send you sf express intra-city express.

why is this supplier named "medical beauty expert" so cautious? who is he?while tracking other cases, the police from the food and drug investigation team of the public security detachment of the lanzhou municipal public security bureau discovered that the behavior of mr. and mrs. gong, who lived in the urban area of ​​lanzhou, was very suspicious every night.

wang hongbin, deputy captain of the food and drug investigation team of the public security detachment of lanzhou public security bureau of gansu province:when receiving and sending express deliveries, the couple gong and liu deliberately avoided their own residences and agreed on a meeting place with the couriers in advance at a place far away from their homes.

the suspects, mr. and mrs. gong, were not only secretive in the delivery process, but also very cautious in the process of communicating with customers and negotiating prices. the police found in their chat records that the wechat account used by mr. and mrs. gong for sales was the same wechat merchant who supplied ms. zhao with the goods - medical beauty expert.when it comes to trading categories, they only use vague words such as red, jade, and meat.

kang yanzhong, a police officer from the food and drug investigation team of the public security detachment of lanzhou public security bureau of gansu province:in order to evade crackdowns by public security, they collectively refer to botulinum toxin as white meat, jade meat, new powder, pink meat, etc., and do not directly tell the downstream customers the full name of the drugs they are selling.

the botulinum toxin mentioned in the chat record has the effect of slimming the face and removing wrinkles in clinical use, so it has become one of the most popular projects in "light medical beauty".botulinum toxin has strong neurotoxicity, so my country has strict regulatory requirements and regulations on the production, sales, transportation, storage, and use of botulinum toxin.

under the guidance of the food, drug and environmental protection investigation team of the gansu provincial public security department, the police officers of the public security brigade of lanzhou municipal public security bureau inspected the warehouse of mr. and mrs. gong. at the scene, the police officers found more than ten kinds of botulinum toxin packages, all piled on the shelves in a room.

these products do not maintain a constant temperature of 2~6℃ during storage and transportation in accordance with relevant national regulations.

wang hongbin, deputy captain of the food and drug investigation team of the public security detachment of lanzhou public security bureau of gansu province:what kind of harm will drugs do to the human body if they fail to meet the storage and transportation standards and become spoiled? do you know? you still swear that you can't hurt people. do you think that if you pile botulinum toxin on the shelves like this, can you guarantee that the toxic drugs injected can reach the temperature specified by the state? can you guarantee cold chain transportation?

according to the criminal suspects, these products all came from south korea, did not have any formal import qualification documents, and some were even difficult to tell whether they were genuine.

xie pengdong, captain of the food and drug investigation team of the public security detachment of lanzhou public security bureau of gansu province:a large number of different brands of botulinum toxin were seized at the scene, such as the one i hold in my hand. you can see that this is fake. you can see that the bottom shows dry powder. if it is real, it will show a circle of circles stuck to the bottom, which is very obvious. once compared, everyone can tell the authenticity.

these botulinum toxins, named after the color of the outer packaging boxes, have unknown sources, no formal qualifications, and their storage and transportation conditions do not meet the regulations.however, the suspects, mr. and mrs. gong, deceived many people engaged in "light medical beauty" through their circle of friends and made them buy goods.

ms. zhao, a practitioner of "light medical beauty":including the certificate on his wechat moments, which means his medicines have all the certificates, so i feel it is quite formal. he posts on wechat moments every day about the differences between genuine medicines and fake medicines, so i think his medicines should be suitable.

the police confirmed that the suspects, gong and his wife, sent and received more than 1,000 express deliveries per month, with an average monthly sales of more than 300,000 yuan. they had 32 downline agents in lanzhou alone and 83 downline agents across the country.

in my country, the formally approvedthe market price of domestic botulinum toxin is about 750 yuan, and the price of imported botulinum toxin is about 2,000 yuan.these offline agents receivedthe purchase price is only 200~300 yuan, and the price difference is 2 to 10 times that of regular products. these price differences have become the high profits for so-called "light medical beauty" practitioners like ms. zhao.it is precisely because of the high profits that many businesses such as ms. zhao have been attracted to engage in the "light medical beauty" industry.

wang hongbin, deputy captain of the food and drug investigation team of the public security detachment of lanzhou public security bureau of gansu province:because the procurement channels are irregular, the end users are all unqualified practitioners who have no medical background, training experience, or relevant certificates, but they give intramuscular injections to consumers and customers.

the process of injecting botulinum toxin and hyaluronic acid may seem simple, but if it is not done by a qualified and experienced doctor, once the injection site is not in place or deviates, it is likely to cause serious adverse reactions, leading to muscle atrophy or facial paralysis.

through further investigation, the police found that after these various botulinum toxin products that may pose health risks to users are mailed to beauty salons or beauty studios engaged in "light medical beauty", users often have their own set of operations to avoid consumers discovering that the products are of irregular origin.

wang hongbin, deputy captain of the food and drug investigation team of the public security detachment of lanzhou public security bureau of gansu province:when preparing for injections for customers, they will deliberately dilute the medicine in advance in another operating room and draw it into the syringe first, so that consumers cannot see the relevant packaging of the medicine, and thus they will not know the source and brand of the medicine.

the reporter investigated unlicensed "light medical beauty" practitioners like ms. zhao and learned that they could not buy regular medical beauty drugs from regular medical sales channels because they did not have the qualifications of doctors. therefore, in addition to purchasing the drugs they used through the wechat business channels provided by the suspects gong and his wife, they also had another purchasing channel, which was the beauty expos frequently held in various places.

the product ingredients are unclear

"light medical beauty" has become the main means of illegal profiteering

regular medical institutions have very strict control over botulinum toxin, and doctors with the qualification to manage "toxic anesthetics" must re-examine every two years before they can take up their posts. during the investigation, the reporter found that using medical beauty drugs with unknown sources and unguaranteed quality to carry out "light medical beauty" projects has become the main means for some beauty salons and beauty parlors to make illegal profits.

at the beauty trade fairs in various places, which are regarded as treasure lands for purchasing goods by industry insiders, the reporter was attracted by the big words "two yuan a bottle" on this stall.

after a while, when the reporter asked again what was in the bottles, the answer was different again.

the product, which costs two yuan per bottle, contains cell fluid or umbilical cord blood, excluding the cost of the glass ampoule and packaging. why did the stall owner tell the reporter that the ingredients of the same product were different at different times? the stall owner smiled and said nothing. after several twists and turns, the reporter got the answer from another stall owner.

in my country, cosmetics factories can only produce cosmetics with a "makeup" mark on them, while products with a "medical device" mark are medical devices produced by factories that have undergone strict review. the hyaluronic acid, botulinum toxin and other medical beauty drugs that we commonly use and are injected into the human body belong to the highest category of medical device classification management - class iii medical devices, which means that their safety and effectiveness must be strictly controlled.

cosmetics with a "makeup" mark and medical devices with a "medical device" mark are two completely different categories of products.how could the two be confused?industry experts told reporters that many of the products sold here are often just a gimmickthe buyers don’t even know what the ingredients are in the products. after returning home, they will use the products based on the effects claimed by the stall owners when purchasing, which may ultimately cause irreparable harm to the consumers.

li jun, chairman of the medical cosmetology committee of the china maternal and child health association:without obtaining the corresponding qualifications through formal and legal channels, this thing has no therapeutic effect as claimed. another type is that they will mix several things together, package them with a more fancy name and tell the patient, and then inject them into the patient. for this kind of thing, it is difficult for the repair doctor to determine what it is and how to deal with it.

ms. wang from shuyang, jiangsu, was deceived by a beautician into injecting a so-called water light injection and a contour fixation substance while doing skin care beauty treatment at a beauty salon. however, after the injection, her face not only did not become better looking, but on the contrary, a large area of ​​swelling appeared at the injection site, which made her afraid to go out.

ms. wang, a consumer of the “light medical beauty” project:it hurts a bit. blisters have appeared on my face and it is swollen like a pig's head. who dares to go out and see people?

when ms. wang contacted the beautician at the beauty salon to seek an explanation, the beautician blocked her wechat account. ms. wang had no choice but to go to a regular hospital to seek help from a doctor.

qiu wenli, director of the medical cosmetology department of shuyang hospital affiliated to xuzhou medical university:she injected this unknown injection, and this thing is left in her tissue and has become adhered. at present, the patient is quite entangled, and our advice to her is to have surgery to remove it. but because it is an unknown injection, when it is removed, it may be like sand, and some parts will still remain. what will happen next is unknown.

according to the doctor, similar to ms. wang,there are many cases where people were deceived into doing "light medical beauty" projects in beauty salons and were harmedsince the beginning of this year, the number of cases their hospital receives each month has shown a significant upward trend.

in order to explore the process of consumers receiving so-called "light medical beauty" services in non-medical beauty institutions and being injected with unknown substances and being harmed, the reporter conducted an undercover visit to some beauty salons. on the second floor of this beauty and nail studio, various medical beauty equipment and various injection products can be seen everywhere. the store owner, who does not have a doctor's qualification, was ready to inject the reporter with so-called collagen in this place that is not a medical institution.

the reporter noticed that the so-called collagen recommended by the store owner had a production license with the batch number of a cosmetics production license, and the outer packaging clearly stated that the method of use was to apply an appropriate amount evenly to the facial skin until it was absorbed. in other words, the store owner injected the skin care products recommended for application on the surface of the skin into the reporter's deep skin, and repeatedly claimed that it was safe.

when the reporter raised questions about this, the store owner told the reporter nonchalantly that they did not care whether the product injected into the consumer's body was a medical device or a cosmetic product, as long as it said collagen on the packaging.

when the reporter asked the store owner what remedial measures they would take if problems arose from their practice of mixing cosmetic products with medical products and skirting the rules,the store owner could not name any measures to ensure consumer safety and could only use his so-called honest persona to deceive reporters.

beauty shop owner:we run a shop to make money. if you have any problems, do we have to pay for them? so we worry about more problems than you do, but we will only do any project for you if it is safe.

they are injecting cosmetics that are labeled as cosmetic products into consumers’ bodies as injectable products, and they repeatedly claim that they are safe. at the same time, the reporter also found that in order to avoid being discovered and investigated by relevant law enforcement departments, many institutions and beauty salons do not place these products at the so-called "light medical beauty" sites.

industry experts told reporters that there are problems such as the sale of injectable drugs of unknown origin on wechat, the mixing of cosmetic products and medical device products at beauty fairs and beauty salons, and unqualified practitioners illegally carrying out "light medical beauty" projects.in fact, criminals take advantage of consumers' poor understanding of the medical beauty industry and take risks to make illegal profits.

li jun, chairman of the medical cosmetology committee of the china maternal and child health association:for example, some people will do double eyelid surgery in hotels, and some people will do medical aesthetics photon and water light treatments in small offices, which will bring a series of problems. i think this is something that the regulatory authorities need to further supervise.

in june last year, the state administration for market regulation issued guidance on further strengthening the supervision of the medical beauty industry, and put forward detailed supervision requirements on strengthening the access management of the medical beauty industry, strengthening comprehensive supervision during and after the event, and strengthening the supervision of related fields and industries. relevant experts also reminded consumers to keep their eyes open and consume cautiously. when carrying out medical beauty projects, they must go to regular medical institutions, choose regular medical beauty products, and let regular doctors with corresponding qualifications operate them. don't believe that "light medical beauty" can easily make you beautiful.