Cheap cosmetic surgery can come with risks

WITH SALES AND injections of "imported" botox on the rise, experts have called for its use to be better regulated. Beijing News commented on Wednesday:

Supposedly under strict supervision, the use of botox is prevalent in the cosmetic surgery industry. But while an injection can cost over 10,000 yuan ($1,460) in a similar hospital, an injection can cost just a few hundred yuan on the black market. For many potential buyers, although the source is unknown and the quality is not guaranteed, the price is cheap enough.

In the pursuit of beauty or high profits, both buyers and sellers are willing to naively think that an injection of the botulinum toxin, "is just as easy as injecting a needle under the skin".