WOMEN buying dodgy beauty treatments off the internet are being left disfigured from DIY facelifts.
The Cosmetic Physicians Society of Australasia is warning about the dangers of buying injectable substances on the web after an Australian woman suffered horrific and painful side effects.
The woman, who asked not to be named, has fat lips and infected blotches after getting a friend to jab her with products bought online.
Her experiment with a dermal filler designed to plump her lips went horribly wrong: they grotesquely ballooned. Abscesses also appeared on her face six weeks after the injection.
It is not clear if the woman, who is in her early 30s and being treated with antibiotics and drainage, will fully recover.
CPSA president Dr Gabrielle Caswell said it was worrying that overseas-based websites were claiming to offer cosmetic "medicines" such as Botox and dermal fillers, some packaged with unsafe and unhygienic do-it-yourself injection kits.
An international laboratory is testing the ingredients in the product the woman bought.
In Australia, cosmetic medicines such as botulinum toxin and dermal fillers are prescription-only. An appropriately registered doctor needs to do a medical history check and examination.
"The general public should be aware that the substance they intend to purchase online may not be sterile, or worse, may be a toxic blend of something unidentifiable, leading to long illness, scarring and disfigurement," Dr Caswell said.
"Purchasing such alleged medicines from international websites and importing them into Australia also may be illegal."
collierk@heraldsun.com.au
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