The pros and cons of beauty (I)

This is the 4676th article of Da Yi Xiao Hu

Everyone loves beauty. In recent years, with the improvement of people's consumption capacity and their yearning for beauty, coupled with the continuous advancement of medical beauty technology, the scale of the medical beauty industry has expanded rapidly, and the market is very hot. However, the pursuit of beauty has brought "sadness" and "harm" to many people, and complaints and disputes involving the medical beauty industry are on the rise. In the next few issues of the Medical Law Notes column, let's talk about the pros and cons of beauty.

Once a beauty seeker has a beauty need, the first thing to determine is whether the beauty project to be done is a daily beauty treatment or a medical beauty treatment, that is, to determine the nature of the beauty project. Daily beauty treatment refers to the use of non-medical means such as skin care products, cosmetics, and non-medical equipment to provide comprehensive care and maintenance of the skin and hair of the human body, massage, and other non-invasive maintenance or health-care services, and to beautify and modify the appearance and body shape of the human body. Common daily beauty services on the market include beauty SPA, eyelash extensions, and nail art.

In contrast, medical cosmetology refers to the use of surgery, drugs, medical devices and other traumatic or invasive medical techniques to repair and reshape the appearance and shape of various parts of the human body. Common medical cosmetology services on the market include botulinum toxin injection, Thermage (radio frequency treatment), picosecond laser (laser treatment), photorejuvenation (intense pulsed light treatment), blepharoplasty (double eyelid surgery), rhinoplasty, breast augmentation, etc.

It can be seen that medical cosmetology is obviously different from daily cosmetology. Medical cosmetology technology is traumatic or invasive and must be performed by qualified practitioners in medical institutions that have obtained medical institution practice licenses. Medical cosmetology is a medical behavior, which must comply with the requirements of the health administrative department for medical practice or employment; while daily cosmetology is a non-medical behavior, which is simply a commercial service behavior. In other words, once you choose a medical cosmetology project, you have chosen a certain risk of medical damage, which means that you need to be cautious.

So once you choose a medical beauty project, what preparations do you need to make and what precautions do you need to take? This issue focuses on the physical and psychological preparations of the beauty seekers themselves.

Before preparing for medical beauty, the beauty seeker must be physically and mentally prepared, especially if they choose cosmetic surgery that requires "surgery". Physiologically, whether they have suffered from any diseases recently, and whether their chronic diseases are well controlled. For example: patients with hypertension and diabetes, whether their blood pressure and blood sugar are under control; patients with respiratory or other infections, whether their infections are under control, etc. Moreover, these physiological assessments need to be judged by specialists. Before cosmetic surgery, communicate with the attending physician in full about your physical condition, whether you have a history of past medical conditions, chronic diseases, drug allergies, etc. Do not conceal anything, and ask the doctor to record it truthfully in the medical record. Carry out necessary laboratory tests according to the doctor's instructions, and let the attending physician judge whether there are any contraindications to the medical beauty project selected by the beauty seeker.

Psychologically, people seeking beauty should be prepared for the possibility of dissatisfaction with the cosmetic results, complications, and a relatively long recovery period. After all, cosmetic surgery is an invasive diagnosis and treatment technology. Moreover, if there is any dispute in the evaluation of cosmetic results, the expert evaluation shall prevail. In other words, there should be an objective and rational analysis and understanding of the pros and cons of cosmetic surgery. Before proceeding, you should fully communicate with the attending physician about the specific requirements you expect, and ask the doctor about the short-term and long-term effects.

In addition, those seeking beauty should also understand the project prices clearly and be careful to choose medical beauty projects within their financial capabilities to avoid unnecessary disputes in the future.

It is understandable that people are eager to be beautiful, but we should not fight a battle without preparation. In the next issue, we will talk about how to choose a medical beauty service agency.

Author: Shanghai Boss & Young Law Firm

Lawyer Zheng Jun