BBC News, Peteroro
BBC News, Peteroro
At least four people have been hospitalized after complications related to cosmetic procedures. Botulinum toxin.
Peterboro City Council has started Investigation In the report of people experiencing the symptoms of botulism, it is considered from products such as licensed or fake botox.
The cases were not associated with any beauty or cosmetic salon in the city, but were associated with private doctors working in their own or customer’s homes.
Cabinet member for adult health and social care on the authority. Shabina Qayyum said that it was “incredibly frightening” to see the “irregular medicine”.
The UK’s health safety agency and NHS Council were working with the council to work with the council to prevent further procedures.
A labor councilor and GP in the city. Qayyum said that four people were admitted to the hospital last week after cosmetic procedures, it is believed that it is believed that
He said that some of the affected people were admitted to an intensive care unit for ventilator support.
“Complications around it can be harmful to one’s life and can put someone’s life at risk,” he said.
“Botox makes the muscles to achieve a cosmetic look from an aesthetic point of view, but if you are using an irregular form of botox [botulinum toxin]It can be a risk that cripples the muscles of the airways … which can actually be very related. ,
He said that some medical staff were meant to deal with the “unfamiliar area” as the substance used was not regulated.
Dr. Qayyum also urged people who passed through cosmetic treatment to go to someone who was medically qualified.
‘Scary place’
Botulinum toxins, such as used in products such as botox, can be used to temporarily paralyzes muscle movement.
It is a drug that can be used to treat migraine and muscle cramps or for cosmetic preferences such as reducing the presence of wrinkles.
Daniel Black, a beauty businessman at an ondle of Northamptonshire, said the industry could be a “scary place”.
“People have online training, learn injection techniques and how to use botulinum toxin without understanding the depth of injection or in the depth of injection or the depth of the facial composition science and physiology.”
Ms. Black said that there was a big limit in training standards and urged people to “walk away” if she felt something like that “just doesn’t seem right”.
Elegon Esthetics, a manufacturer and only owner of the Botox trademark, said it was known about recent reports of suspected botulism in patients in the North East who received an injection of a product, referred to as Botox.
He said that he was notified that the product administered in cases was fake, “further outlines the importance of ensuring that you are getting a real product through reputed and reliable channels”.