Young teacher hugs a patchy, rough face after a quick makeover

Reflecting with VietNamNet, Ms. BT (28 years old) said that the victim of beautify da express is H. – his sister. Ms. H. is currently a teacher in the countryside in Dong Thap province.

According to Ms. BT, her sister had mixed pigmentation after giving birth, her skin was no longer smooth, so she wanted to recover. When a family acquaintance opened a spa near her house, Ms. H. came to support and hope to regain beautiful skin.

However, the requirement is that no matter what method you use, don’t make your face swell or your skin too bad because Ms. H still has to go to class, meet students and colleagues. Spa is committed to 100% of all customer requirements.

Ms. H.’s face is swollen and peeling after 2-3 days of using alcohol-scented ointment. Photo: NVCC

According to Ms. T, after the basic care steps, the spa staff took a glass bottle similar in shape to a serum bottle and applied it to Ms. H’s face.

“When I applied it, I smelled a smell like medicinal alcohol straight up my nose. I was a little worried, but I didn’t ask carefully what drug it was, or was it alcohol. If I knew it was alcohol, I would definitely disagree because I knew the consequences in advance!”, Ms. T. regretted.

According to the description, the solution is contained in a 30ml bottle, with residue underneath, without a label, when used, it must be shaken well. Each bottle is used for 4 days, applied morning, afternoon, evening, do not wash your face. Within 1 month, using 5 bottles of Ms. H. will have smooth skin.

The entire cost for the beauty treatment is over 3,550,000 VND, including a skin whitening tonic 1,200,000 VND, a facial solution (with the smell of medicinal alcohol) 350,000 VND. Worth mentioning, according to Ms. T., all the cosmetics and medicines of this spa have been torn off the labels, making the products unrecognizable.

Before there was any hope, Ms. H’s face swelled up after 2-3 days.

“At that time, I knew it was medicinal alcohol, but if I climbed on the tiger’s back, I couldn’t get down, so I had to continue to apply it to its old skin. But the more my sister applied, the more swollen she became, and when she texted the spa, they told her to go buy some pain reliever and take it.”

H.’s face is deformed and her skin is always hot and painful. She is stressed when she wakes up every morning with a peeling and scratched face. 3 days later, unable to stand it, Ms. H. took antibiotics to reduce swelling. At the same time, going to the spa asked to rinse off the peeling skin. Here, the spa staff asked her to buy a new set of skin care products.

“We don’t agree, the spa thinks that the customer voluntarily quit the treatment, so the bad skin is the customer’s choice. We were negligent by not asking what people put on our faces. People in the countryside are not familiar with these things, think spas are good, so why should they say that, and then lose money,” said Ms. T.

Alcohol-scented facial solution and skin whitening medicine are sold to customers. Photo: NVCC

Doctor CK1 Lu Huynh Thanh Thao, Department of Aesthetic Skin, Ho Chi Minh City Hospital of Dermatology, said that allergies and complications after beautifying with medicinal alcohol are not uncommon, occurring in both men and women. Many people had to go to the Dermatology Hospital for treatment.

Mild cases only have local skin irritation, severe cases of allergic reactions that spread to the whole body, or very severe infections.

According to Dr. Thanh Thao, products containing alcohol are very irritating. Chemicals that are applied to excessive peeling will cause skin damage, which may not be reversible.

Besides, each person has different skin conditions and skin diseases. Sensitive, red, dry or acne-prone skin is easy to develop allergies when using alcohol-smelling substances and causing peeling. At that time, the skin is damaged and aging very quickly with increased pigmentation later.

“Therefore, this is an unsafe beauty method,” emphasized Dr.

In addition, the doctor also recommends that, for products without labels, people should be careful because they do not know the ingredients or are suitable for their skin type or not. Failure to do so may result in serious complications or consequences.

“A beautiful skin is first of all healthy skin, taking care of the skin like a child, will grow up slowly to be beautiful and lasting. Women need to be evaluated by a doctor for their skin condition and have appropriate solutions to beautify, “said the doctor.

Recently, hospitals in Ho Chi Minh City have received many cases of complications due to cosmetic surgery, skin beautification, filler injection … from fake spas, non-professional cosmetologists. Therefore, you need to be very alert before “choosing a face, sending gold”, avoiding the situation that the customer suddenly becomes… the victim.

Linh Giao