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Top Surgeon Warns "Don't take Botox at Face Value!" Tuesday, 20 October 2009 12:17 ISAPS, The International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, recently surveyed 15,000 of its members. The survey showed that operative surgery was reduced in most members' figures but numbers showed that two thirds of surgeons had seen a 10-100% increase in injectables. However, nearly half of the respondents had heard negative stories and even a reported death as a result of injectables not being performed safely. Taking this into consideration it's not hard to understand why education of the public is paramount. The society's main consideration is patient's safety. According to Dai Davies, consultant plastic surgeon for Plastic Surgery Partners, "Injectables are medical procedures, and should be performed in a medical setting by qualified, trained and experienced medical personal. Trained nurses and physician assistants should only perform these procedures under direct supervision." According to the survey, in 54% of the countries performing injectable procedures, there are controls in situ enforced by the government over who can perform them. Only 10% of countries perform injectables in non-medical establishments such as spas and beauty salons, which unfortunately includes the United Kingdom. The risks of such treatment include: a.. Injecting a patient where they were unlikely to produce a good effect. b.. Poor injecting technique. c.. The lack of recognition of complications such as allergy and granulomas. A recent article in Plastic and Reconstructive surgery (The official journal to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons) highlighted the complication of injectable fillers. It raised the point that the use of fillers was tightly controlled in the United States of America by the FDA, which not only regulates what could be used but also where particular substances could be used on the body, whereas in the United Kingdom there are no such controls and therefore, sadly, many of the initial clinical studies on the introduction of injectables are being introduced firstly into the UK as a test ground. The report also found that all fillers have side effects whether they are immediate or occur several months to years after treatment and therefore should only injected under direct medical supervision. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
