How DIY Botoxers risk PERMANENT facial paralysis: Experts' concern over trend for dangerous at-home treatments
- Around 4% of people having non-surgical treatments self-administer
- Some 11% of patients receive treatments from hairdressers
- And 21% would undergo laser hair removal from non-qualified practitioner
- Two-thirds of patients do not think that the industry is regulated enough
- One-third have felt nervous or frightened before, during or after procedure
Experts have issued a health warning against carrying out non-surgical cosmetic procedures on yourself or allowing untrained friends to do them, saying doing so risks permanent facial paralysis.
In an alarming new trend for DIY Botox, some 13 per cent of people undergoing intense, non-surgical cosmetic treatments such as chemical peels or Botox injections have been treated by untrained friends, while four per cent are self-administering, according to research.
And despite 83 per cent of patients believing it is crucial a practitioner be adequately qualified, 21 per cent would undergo laser hair removal from an untrained person.
Furthermore, 11 per cent have been treated by a third party such as a hairdresser, and had no idea if they were appropriately trained to perform the procedure or not.
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