Hyaluronic acid is positioned as one of the discoveries of modern technologies that can effectively fight aging. This discovery is almost 90 years old.
For the first time, hyaluronic acid was isolated from the vitreous body of the eye by scientists K. Meyer and D. Palmer. At first, it was not used, but a little later it began to be used for medical purposes. Due to its properties, it is a cure for many joint diseases. For example, in the United States, hyaluronic acid is successfully used in the treatment of arthrosis of the knee joint. It is also one of the most effective remedies for chronic dry eye conditions.
When the cosmetic properties of hyaluronic acid were discovered, some especially ardent distributors prophesied its glory as an anti-aging drug. Here it is necessary to clarify that this acid is initially present in our body. It is found in joints, in skin cells.
Until the age of 25, this substance undergoes daily multi-stage processes of decay and re-synthesis, but then this process stops. The body produces hyaluronic acid, but much less. At first we don't really feel it, but over time, traces of skin wilting become noticeable, and then the joints become not so mobile, they begin to "crunch". In the course of injections, hyaluronic acid is replenished in the body, at the same time it helps to smooth out the contours of the face, smooth out wrinkles. Everyone is happy, everyone is happy.
However, the massive introduction of "hyaluronka" in almost every district clinic quickly dispelled the myth about the "elixir of eternal youth." Allergy sufferers were the first to suffer. As experts from the University of Maryland Medical Center explain, if a person is allergic to the components of the drug, then he is threatened with swelling of the zones of acid injection and throat. However, even without allergies in people, after the injection of this substance, arms and legs may swell, sometimes the limbs become numb, or severe pain occurs in the joints. Often this is a temporary effect, but it happens that pain and swelling do not go away, and then you cannot do without the intervention of doctors.
Today, without exception, all cosmetologists confirm that smokers after the procedure with hyaluronic acid develop hematomas that do not go away for a long time.
The more popular hyaluronic cosmetology became, the more fakes of hyaluronic acid began to appear. So, according to the medical journal Vademecum, in 2015 in Russia 50 percent of injectable drugs were used illegally.
One of the most famous victims of such a fake was TV presenter Oksana Pushkina. Cosmetologist Gelena Rymarenko, as reported, instead of a drug based on hylauronic acid, injected her with a mixture of liquid silicone and polymer gel. As a result, the injection caused a severe inflammatory process, the nasolabial folds turned black, and the drug did not dissolve at all. The cosmetologist was sentenced to three years in prison, but nothing can be fixed.
Andrey Andrievsky, Ph. D., plastic surgeon, explains that each box with the drug must have its own certificate. The box is opened just before the administration of the drug, and the patient is shown that this is exactly the substance that was planned to be administered. But not all cosmetologists do this.
The doctor also talks about another problem. Due to the high prices for procedures with hyaluron in official cosmetology clinics, many are trying to save money by turning to private cosmetologists. Often it ends in tears. So, there are cases when such a procedure "at home" led to abscesses, migration of hyaluronic acid - injected in one place, and it "migrated" to another.
If an inexperienced employee enters the lumen of a vessel, or an injection is made roughly, a vascular embolism occurs. This means that over the next day, there will be severe pain, reddening of the skin will occur, and severe swelling will appear. And then there is necrosis with scarring, which can disfigure the face beyond recognition. Even an incorrectly selected concentration of a substance can turn into seals under the skin. And that's not to mention the appearance of spots or bulging.
In South Korea, a 49-year-old female patient was once admitted to the emergency room with three days of progressive dyspnea and cough. The woman was diagnosed with pulmonary embolism resulting from an illegal cosmetic vaginal procedure using hyaluronic acid. Before the procedure, the doctor did not find out information about the patient's comorbidities. One of them was associated with lung disease. The injection provoked its development. How it provokes the growth of cancer cells if there is at least one active cell in the body, say Korean doctors Hyun Joo Park and Ki Hwang Jong.
Beauty expert Anna Kiselevskaya reminds that, for example, a procedure such as biorevitalization must be carried out continuously, since the injected substance is enough for only a month, then the acid is completely removed. Although in cosmetology centers they assure that the injection is enough for a year or two. And if the body is constantly replenished with acid, then it will generally cease to produce it on its own. And the dose will need to be constantly increased. How it ends, says another expert, cosmetologist Ekaterina Anushkevich. According to her, the overuse of hyaluronic acid in the body does not lead to a decrease in age visually, but, on the contrary, to its increase.
- Pay attention to women who constantly take care of themselves, without resorting to injections. Most of them look much younger than those who are inferior to them in age, but have already managed to “pump themselves up to the limit with injections,” says Anushkevich.
