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In today’s social media era, everyone wants to look perfect and beautiful. But when this desire takes the form of an obsession or mental illness, a living example of how scary its consequences can be has emerged from Poland. Here, Elva, a 26-year-old woman, bought fake and unlicensed beauty products from the Internet to avoid fees at expensive cosmetic clinics. After this, without any training, she started giving silicone injections on her face herself at home. The result of this fatal carelessness was that today the condition of her face has gone from bad to worse and she is not even able to recognize herself in the mirror.
Trap of mental stress and black market products
Originally born in a small town in Poland, Elva was going through deep mental stress for the last several years regarding her physical appearance and looks. Wanting to change her facial features, she started ordering dubious cosmetic products from the black market a few years ago.
Initially, he himself started injecting fat reducing medicines on his face twice a week. This had the opposite effect and his face became excessively thin and deflated. To compensate for this loss, he bought injectable lipolysis and fake silicone from the internet and started injecting it on his face again.
Dangerous addiction of needle pricking started once a week
In an interview given to a Polish news outlet, Elva told that initially she used to inject silicone only once a week. But gradually she developed such a dangerous addiction to it that she started pricking her own face with a needle every day.
At that time she was living in Warsaw city and most of her earnings went towards room rent, so she did not have money to go to any expert doctor. Without any medical training and using large amounts of fake silicone, Elva’s entire face developed severe swelling. There are deep scars on his skin and his eyes are almost completely closed due to swelling.
Serious warning from doctors: Indiscriminate use threatens eyesight
Expressing deep concern and warning on this matter, Aesthetic Medicine expert Dr. Marek Wasiluk said that the products used by Elva are not certified and are extremely dangerous for health. He warned that even if no serious infection is visible right now, in the next six months this inflammation can take the form of a fatal infection, in which his eyesight is the biggest threat.
What do psychologists say?
Psychologist Paulina Mierzejewska believes that Elva ‘Body Dysmorphia’ Suffering from a serious mental illness named. In this disease, the person starts disliking his real form and becomes blind in his insistence on getting an imaginary form without caring about the risks. According to doctors, to bring Elva back to normal condition, first mental counseling will have to be done and then MRI will have to be done to accurately assess the damage to the face.
This story of Elva teaches us how shortcuts and cheap cosmetic products found on the internet can put your life in danger. For any kind of cosmetic change, the only safe way is always to consult certified doctors and experts.
