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Why DIY Plastic Surgery Procedures Are Dangerous In the past few years, we have seen a growing trend of cosmetic procedures among men and women as part of enhancing their lifestyle. However, there is a negative trend as well that is seen to develop alongside, and which is likely to prove risky. We are talking about the DIY plastic surgery procedures some people are undertaking in an attempt to achieve their cosmetic goals effortlessly and with minimal expense. A number of bad experiences with DIY kits are being reported every day, some of which may be curable side effects while some others are life threatening. So it is high time that people woke up to this fact, consider it as an alarming sign and avoid the use of such products. New York Daily News recently reported the news of an Argentinean woman who lost her life due to a botched DIY breast augmentation procedure. She injected her chest with petroleum jelly hoping to make her breasts larger but what she achieved was the worst effect of a DIY procedure. BBC News reports say that it is not just women but a lot of men are also taking up such DIY treatments to meet their personal cosmetic goals, which is a frightening prospect indeed. According to the Global Post, the DIY surgery trend is especially popular in South Korea. DIY procedures
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are performed with items that claim to have face molding and nose reshaping capabilities. Most of these come with rather severe side effects. There are hardly any cases reported when the DIY procedures went alright. Some of them made no difference in the person thus resulting in loss of money invested. But majority of them gave adverse effects which made them spend many times the initial money invested in the long run to get back to normal. Similar are the cases when some non-physicians offer such injections which neither give the aesthetic perfection nor ensure the safety of the patient. DIY injections such as Botox are the most serious among these cases and here is what can happen if it goes wrong. • It may completely paralyze the wrong muscles • Results may be droopy eyelids and eyebrows or even poor eyesight • Speech and swallowing difficulties with fake neck and face injections A DIY Botox is never assured of sterility or the right dose, which results in major health risks. It goes without saying that whichever be the cosmetic procedure, the service of a good plastic surgeon is indispensable. Desiring to look and feel better is natural, but safe and successful aesthetic enhancement procedure will be possible only when it is provided by an
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experienced, board-certified plastic surgeon at a reputable plastic surgery facility.