How to distinguish a real filler from a fake and not spoil your health in the beautician's office
The content of the article:
- When do you need a filler?
- Why do complications appear?
- Proven fillers
- Fillers hazardous to health
- How to protect yourself from fake and low-quality fillers?
The ability to carry out face correction without plastic surgery, and thanks to injections alone, opened a new era in aesthetic cosmetology. The first truly safe means for contouring invasive plastics were fillers based on hyaluronic acid. They help to increase the volume of the lips, correct the oval of the face, reshape the nose, chin and cheeks. Unfortunately, where there is popularity and cash flow, there are bound to be scammers. So it happened with fillers. The drugs began to be counterfeited and low quality fillers were produced. This leads to serious health consequences.
When do you need a filler?
The decision to take a "beauty shot" is not based on medical indications. It is always the patient's decision. As a rule, filler injection is justified in such cases:
- the appearance of wrinkles;
- loss of facial skin elasticity;
- pronounced nasolabial folds;
- laxity of the skin in the neck and décolleté;
- congenital or acquired defects of the nose, cheekbones, cheeks.
The filler fills the entry area and attracts water. Just one milligram of hyaluronic acid can attract up to 70 milligrams of water. This effect is manifested in the fact that wrinkles are smoothed out, the face acquires a clear oval, and the volume of the lips increases.
At the same time, the effect directly depends on the quality of the filler.
Why do complications appear?
Complications have only three main reasons:
- incorrectly performed procedure;
- unexpected reaction of the body;
- drug injected under the skin.
The most serious complications arise from the introduction of low-quality fillers. It can be soft tissue necrosis, granulomas, allergies. More serious consequences also occur, such as permanent loss of vision. So, according to official statistics, since 2016, 48 cases have been registered when patients have completely lost their sight. This happened after an injection of an uncertified filler.
According to the data provided by the Allergan CIS company, a major dealer of pharmaceutical companies, more than 50,000 units of “gray” drugs are supplied annually. They are brought in in personal luggage, violating the rules of storage and transportation. All of them are sold through social networks and online stores.
Proven fillers
There are quite a few time-tested and certified European drugs on the beauty products market. So, the following fillers stand out:
- Austrian Princess Volume;
- German Belotero Basic;
- French Dermafill lips;
- Austrian Hyalax Base;
- French Surgiderm 30XP and others.
These fillers are often found in certified beauty parlors. They have a registration number, an official legal address.
Fillers hazardous to health
About 25% of the hyaluronic acid-based filler market is sold without registration in Ukraine, the Russian Federation and the countries of the Customs Union. They get to Europe through China and Mongolia. R such drugs include:
- Dermalax;
- Rejeunesse;
- Dermaren;
- Gana Ha Body.
Among these fillers, Dermaren and Gana Ha Body are especially dangerous because of their popularity. They do not have a marketing authorization, and the number and severity of side effects have already caused serious public debate on several occasions.
So, Dermaren from Akmedi Korea is produced on rented production lines. There is simply no quality guarantee as an official legal address. Finding out what is in the composition is impossible. This drug, along with other uncertified ones, cannot be considered an injection. Nevertheless, beauticians use it for invasive procedures.
How to protect yourself from fake and low-quality fillers?
When visiting a cosmetologist, you must make sure that he has the appropriate education and a certificate that allows him to perform contour invasive plastic surgery.
Before starting the procedure, make sure that the drug packaging is not unopened. Ask the beautician to provide information about the drug, carefully examine the information on the package. If there is no information on it in the official language of your country, then the filler came from abroad illegally.
The availability of information in an official language does not always guarantee the authenticity of a drug. So, you need to pay attention to:
- shelf life;
- full name of the product;
- batch number;
- protective elements;
- registration certificate number.
In the event that this data is available, it is recommended to additionally check the data in the registry. For example, in Russia and the CU countries, this can be done by visiting the official website of Roskomzdrav. In Ukraine, control is carried out by GosLekSluzhba, and you can find out about the presence or absence of registration on the website of the State Register of Medicines.
If the doctor avoids answering, does not want to hand over a package of filler, then it is better not to risk your health and leave the cosmetology office.
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