Seek beauty injections with care, Hong Kong watchdog urges
Consumer Council plea to patronise registered practitioners comes amid rise in complaints
Consumers should choose a registered medical practitioner and ensure they understand the risks of beauty treatment microinjections as the city’s watchdog is receiving more complaints.
Nine beauty injection-related complaints were received in the first five months of this year compared with none for the same period last year, the Consumer Council said on Wednesday. Last year, the total number of such complaints was five, compared with none in 2014.
Council chief executive Gilly Wong Fung-han said computer-operated injectables were widely used to control the depth, dosage and speed of applying microneedles, with injections made between 0.4mm and 5mm below the skin’s surface.
Considered invasive, the procedure should only be performed by registered doctors, she said.
“In previous cases, complainants found their face to be very painful,” Wong said. “Their wounds also couldn’t heal easily and their faces were swollen.”
