How to Know Your Injectable Products Are Legitimate

Hi, if you’re having an injectable treatment, how do you know if your provider is using correct and legitimate products?

Always ask for information. I’ve lost count of the times people say to me, they’ve no idea what was injected elsewhere, or they weren’t shown the product, it wasn’t opened in front of them, and they didn’t see the expiry date. So, ask for that information if you’re having treatment for your face/body.

Let’s look at two products here. This one is Radiesse (a collagen stimulator) and we buy it from reputable suppliers, so we know what the product looks and feels like, and we get a ton of information on the back. This will tell us that it conforms to the CE regulation. It a medical device, it’s for single use. It tells me it’s sterilised with ethyleneoxide gas. It tells me what the lot number is, where and when it was manufactured, and what the expiry date is. And there’s usually a bar code.

So, if we’ve any issues with the quality of the product, we’ve got all of that information to hand, and that’s really important. If you’re having an injectable, you could always ask to take a screenshot of it. But do ask for the information.

Here’s another one, Profhilo (hyaluronic acid), and this has hologram logos to help protect safety and protect against counterfeits. Again, it’ll give me the CE regulation. It’s a medical device. It’ll give me the temperatures it needs to be stored at. I need to follow the instructions. It’s single use, and it will give me all of those details. There will be an internal barcode/QR code for the company, and that feels and looks like the right product.

So, ask for that information, it’s going into your face. Stay as safe as possible, and ideally keep a record of treatments for future providers.
Take care. Eithne

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