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Recent reports from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have brought to light a concerning development for those in the aesthetic.
In 2021, police officers arrested a woman after she offered undercover agents counterfeit Botox injections in a makeshift medical office she had set up in a Los Angeles hotel room. A year later, a California-based doctor pleaded guilty to hiding from patients that the drugs she had injected them with were not name-brand Botox, but unapproved versions she bought online. Now, federal and state health officials are investigating a spate of illnesses linked to counterfeit or improperly administered
On January 23, 2024, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a warning advising consumers not to purchase or use any tianeptine products.