Injectable Safety Just Upped By Several Notches:

The Physicians Coalition for Injectable Safety, an alliance of the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS), American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons (AAFPRS) and the American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons (ASOPRS) recently announced their alliance with the FDA Counterfeit Alert Network in a first of its kind move.

According to Mark Jewel, the leader of the coalition, “Cosmetic injectable treatments provide very positive aesthetic outcomes without surgery. As a result, interest is high, but risks are also high when consumers are unaware of providers who offer or use off-shore, counterfeit or non-FDA approved injectable drugs and devices.”

Aptly, this move to screen substances shipped in from abroad comes on the heels of reports of Elvis’ ex-wife Priscilla Presley’s cosmetic fiasco in which low-grade injectable used on her face by a plastic surgeon a few years back.

The coalition also exhorts plastic surgery patients who have injectable treatments in procedures like eyelid surgery and face surgery to request their doctors to show them the packaging before they undergo any kind of treatment.

Moves like these can help the plastic surgery profession which is pot-holed with reports of unethical treatments and sub-standard surgeons. An advanced surgical institute for cosmetic enhancement like the Plastic Surgery Institute of California could certainly do with the air being cleared up a bit for the plastic surgeons that do practice and adhere to board standards.