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Cosmetic surgery treatment by a fake doctor

I recently came across a newspaper article about a Korean woman being arrested for injecting anti-wrinkle medicine without a license, violating the Medical Practitioners Act. One of my patients was tricked by this fake doctor and had cosmetic surgery? and suffered a lot. An acquaintance told her that a famous cosmetic surgeon from Korea was coming to Japan to perform a special nose job, and she had a rhinoplasty at home without hearing any specific explanation or surgical method. Soon after, something foreign was inserted into her nose, which became red and swollen, and in a miserable state. I happened to be in Akasaka at the time, so I asked a cosmetic surgeon friend of mine to perform the revision surgery right away. Something outrageous had been inserted into her nose. A large ready-made prosthesis without any processing had been inserted haphazardly, causing inflammation and infection. Fortunately, the problem was resolved early, but it seems that this was the procedure performed by the arrested Korean woman. It seems that she was worried about the flood of complaints about her cosmetic surgery, so she changed to injections such as Botox and made a killing. Below is the article about her arrest. <Article> The Metropolitan Police Department has arrested Korean esthetician Choi Bok-rye (53) on suspicion of violating the Medical Practitioners Act (practicing medicine without a license) for injecting women with a drug to remove wrinkles without a medical license. The drug used in the wrinkle removal contains botulinum toxin, which has caused deaths from side effects overseas. Since it is not approved for cosmetic surgery in Japan, it is difficult for anyone other than doctors to obtain it, and the Organized Crime Control Division 1 is investigating the drug's acquisition route. According to the investigation, Choi is suspected of performing medical procedures without a license, such as injecting a drug containing botulinum toxin, which has the effect of temporarily paralyzing nerves and relaxing muscles, in order to remove wrinkles on the faces of five Korean women and other customers at her home in Chuo Ward, Chiba City, between March and October last year. Choi came to Japan in 1998 and said that he had been performing cosmetic surgery on Koreans at his home and other locations since around 2000, stating that he had learned how to give injections in Korea, where minor cosmetic surgery was popular. He opened an esthetic salon in the city in November last year, but closed it within a month due to a lack of customers. Choi was arrested on the 15th of last month on suspicion of violating the Waste Disposal Act for dumping empty injection bottles and other items in a garbage dump. About 300 used needles were found in the garbage, and the department believes that hundreds of women may have been subjected to unlicensed medical procedures, and is currently investigating.