By Rachel Borrill
Source: http://www.irishexaminer.com
Saturday, June 02, 2012
The pressure to look younger has never been greater. But several leading Irish plastic consultants are worried that Irish women and men are being used as "guinea pigs’’ by opting for cheap, quick-fix anti-ageing procedures.
Dr Patrick Treacy, medical director of the Ailesbury Clinic, Dublin, says the number of patients who have asked for help following adverse reactions to the permanent or semi-permanent fillers injected into their faces has dramatically increased during the last few years.
"I have seen some pretty horrendous cases, far worse than Leslie Ash’s trout pout. I had an awful run last winter, with 13 cases in the space of six months — four from the same doctor,’’ he says.
"Irish women are going abroad getting these procedures done cheaply, then I am the dumping ground when they go wrong. How these people can inject crap into somebody’s face and sleep at night, I just don’t know. It would not be allowed in America.’’
Dr Kumbiz Golchin, a facial and plastic surgeon at the About Face Clinic, in Dublin agrees, and blames poor quality products being used by poorly trained practitioners.
"Unfortunately the number of patients with problems from fillers has doubled in the last year. I have seen a lot of horror stories and we are seeing more of them.
"I am very concerned about the quality of the fillers being used in the Irish market. Every day we get loads of e-mails at the clinic trying to entice us with unbelievable deals for fillers, literally getting 20 for the price of one,’’ he says.
"Because of the recession some clinics have switched to these cheaper products to keep up with demand. But someone will pay a high price because these products have not been vigorously tested in terms of quality and their effects.’’
Currently there are over 150 permanent and semi-permanent fillers on the European market, as opposed to just six in America. Under the EU these fillers are classified as ‘implantable devices’ and so are not clinically tested and only need a CE Mark, to be sold on the market.
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