Trust us: utterly unqualified man and woman arrested for performing illegal cosmetic surgery in Shanghai
He had four days’ training in a Shenzhen hotel room, and she operated out of a manicure salon
A man with four days training and woman manicurist have each been charged for performing unqualified cosmetic beauty treatments in Shanghai, news website reports.
The man, surnamed Nie, opened an illegal plastic surgery clinic in the city while the woman, surnamed Yang, operated a manicure salon.
The two were not known to each other but both charged high fees for similar illegal services that included injections and micro-surgical treatments, Thepaper.cn reported on Tuesday.
Nie, opened an underground beauty clinic early last year after receiving four days plastic surgery training in a hotel room in Shenzhen in December, 2014.
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Prosecutors in Shanghai Minhang District arrested Nie for selling fake medications.
Seeing the huge profits of plastic surgery, Yang began to practise plastic surgery despite a lack of qualifications at her manicure salon.
She posted advertisements for plastic surgery in her salon and ran a WeChat public account to attract more customers.
Two of her customers who received injections later suffered allergic reactions, according to the report.
Yang was charged by the Minhang District procuratorate, as the prosecutors office is called.
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Plastic surgery is rising in popularity in China in recent years, and Chinese even travel to South Korea to receive treatment.
In the mainland, underground cosmetic treatment courses charging exorbitant fees for several days training have sprung up, targeting people with no medical training with promises of high incomes.
Tuesday marked Consumer Rights Day in China, in which mainland media highlight practises that harm customers.
