NSW Health urges community to only receive cosmetic injections from authorised practitioners
A 51-year-old remained in intensive care in Sydney’s Westmead hospital on Saturday morning after a suspected case of botulism.A 51-year-old remained in intensive care in Sydney’s Westmead hospital on Saturday morning after a suspected case of botulism.Health to issue an alert urging the community to only receive cosmetic anti-wrinkle injections from authorised practitioners or risk “serious harm and … death”.
She was admitted to Auburn hospital on Friday before being transferred to Westmead hospital, where she remained in a stable condition on Saturday morning receiving intensive care.“Police are working with medical authorities after a complaint was made to Cumberland police area command concerning a cosmetic procedure reportedly conducted at a home in Guildford,” police said.
Symptoms can appear for up to two weeks after injections, NSW Health advised, and include worsening weakness, difficulty swallowing, drooping eyelids, blurred vision and trouble breathing. “Cosmetic injections, if used incorrectly, could result in serious harm and even death in the most serious of cases,” he said.
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