Genuine medical equipment sells for nearly one million yuan, while "parallel imports" only sell for 20,000 yuan
Fake institutions, fake devices, fake doctors, beware of these "pits" of medical beauty and anti-aging consumption
Our reporter Wang Yu
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Fake institutions, fake devices, and fake doctors flood the medical beauty market. I originally wanted to spend money to buy beauty, but the result was almost disfigured. When will the chaos in medical beauty cease?
"As long as you have no problems with your five senses, I can make you look younger than people of the same age." In the past two years, a medical beauty anti-aging project that claims to make people younger-Remaggie It's hot.
"It has a good firming effect and quick recovery. Compared to projects that require surgery, this kind of light medical beauty is more convenient!" Within 5 years, Liu Qing has invested more than 250,000 yuan in his face. Ji beauty project, she needs to spend nearly 40,000 yuan.
Valuable medical beauty projects have spawned false equipment and personnel qualifications, and frequent medical beauty accidents.
Not long ago, in a case of counterfeiting medical beauty equipment uncovered by the Shanghai police, 54 counterfeit medical beauty medical devices alone were seized, with tens of thousands of probes and other consumables and packaging materials, and the amount involved was nearly 100 million yuan.
According to industry insiders, over 80% of Thermomagnet instruments on the market are parallel imports, and complaints such as "scalds", "facial depressions" and "no effect" on the Internet have also caused a lot of controversy over this medical beauty project.
Want to be beautiful but almost disfigured
On social platforms, overwhelming evaluations and comments have made Remaggi an "age-defying artifact". Various celebrities and Internet celebrities have appeared to say that they have become the "wild" spokesperson for the medical beauty project.
According to the "2021 China Medical Beauty Anti-Aging Consumption Trend Report" released by Xinhua Finance and Xinyang, in June this year, the consumption of skin beauty, which is mainly photoelectric, increased by 39% year-on-year, and the sales of Remage grew the fastest.
However, there are hidden risks behind the anti-aging and changing beauty consumption.
In June of this year, Ms. Xia and her friend did the fifth-generation Remaji Tila project at a medical beauty institution in Wuhan. The two spent a total of 15,800 yuan. However, before they left the hospital, Ms. Xia had blisters on her cheeks and forehead. The cheeks also became red and swollen the next day.
"In the beginning, the beauty agency refused to admit that there was a problem with the qualification of the instrument. The doctor in charge of the operation asked him to do a medical appraisal, claiming that if there was a problem, he could refund the money, otherwise he could only sue the beauty agency." In desperation, Ms. Xia looked for it. I got a lawyer, but before the lawsuit, the other party actively requested mediation and agreed to Ms. Xia’s request for compensation.
According to Feng Yongqiang, deputy chief physician of the Laser Beauty Center of the Plastic Surgery Hospital of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Remag is a beauty device that can lift and tighten the skin, but currently there is only one agent in China.
In March of this year, the China Plastic Surgery Association emphasized in its "Medical Aesthetic Network Public Opinion and Risk Warning Briefing" that among many medical services or products related to adverse events, Remaji and Rhinoplasty were ranked first.
Authentic certification can not stop the "parallel imports" hot sale
"A genuine instrument costs about 800,000 yuan, and a probe is 6,000 yuan. Since the validity period of each probe is only two to three hours after unpacking, one probe can basically only be used by one consumer, so it is less than 10,000 yuan. Yuan’s Remage items are basically fake. It is conservatively estimated that over 80% of Remage’s instruments on the market are parallel imports.” According to industry insiders.
According to the "Guiding Principles for the Classification and Definition of Radio Frequency Beauty Products" issued by the National Food and Drug Administration, Remaji uses radio frequency energy to act below the dermis to cause pathological or physiological changes in human tissues and cells, and may cause potential damage to the human body. The third category of medical devices affected or damaged.
At present, domestic agents have introduced authentication methods and a list of compliant institutions and doctors in order to help consumers identify the authenticity of the equipment.
However, this measure cannot prevent the proliferation of fakes.
Recently, on an e-commerce platform, the reporter tried to contact a store selling hot Maggie instruments, and indicated to the customer service that he wanted to buy the instruments, and soon received an application from the manufacturer’s WeChat friends.
The other party said that the "top version" is priced at 18,000 yuan, and the appearance is no different from the original version. It can be authenticated by scanning the code, and 10 probes can be given as a gift.
When it comes to shipping, the other party is very cautious and bluntly said: "I have been working hard recently, and I have to wait a bit, and I need to pay a deposit first."
Less than 30% of legal doctors
In addition to device fraud, many illegal medical beauty projects also involve practitioners' qualifications, and Remag is no exception.
Non-professionals who operate photoelectric therapy are prone to under- or over-treatment, ranging from burns to disfigurement.
According to data from iResearch, in 2020, the number of users of medical cosmetology in China will reach 15.2 million.
However, in the face of huge market demand, domestic legal and compliant medical aesthetics institutions account for only 12% of the industry, and there are more than 100,000 illegal medical aesthetics practitioners.
"Once an accident occurs, the situation of rights protection is often not optimistic." Liu Qing said, because the "beauty" in medical aesthetics is a subjective feeling, it is difficult to have objective standards for the success of treatment. If medical aesthetics accidents are not identified as a certain level of disability, It is difficult to obtain compensation.
Song Zhongqing, the chief lawyer of Beijing Zhongzaicheng Law Firm, reminded that before conducting medical aesthetics diagnosis and treatment, you should carefully read and save the medical aesthetics service contract, medical records, payment records, front and back comparison photos and other materials to facilitate rights protection.
If you encounter suspected medical device fraud, you can report to the local drug supervision and administration department. Once the department determines that it is a fake, it will constitute a medical fraud and obtain punitive compensation.
Previously, the National Health Commission, the Central Cyberspace Administration and other departments have jointly issued the "Notice on Printing and Distributing the Special Rectification Work Plan for Combating Illegal Medical Beauty Services", emphasizing that any unit or individual that does not meet the statutory requirements shall not purchase or use medical services illegally. Cosmetic drugs and medical devices, while strengthening the registration management of domestically marketed drugs and second and third categories of medical device products, products that have not obtained registration approval shall not be listed.