A curvaceous body is becoming the benchmark for beauty in China and many women are paying big bucks to attain that dream figure.
But up to 300,000 may have paid too high a price. The dream of beauty is in ruins; and worse, their health might have been irreparably damaged.
The women went through an operation to inject a colloidal liquid named Ao Mei Ding which translates as "man-made fat" into their breasts for enhancement, reported the China Daily.
Many are in such agony that they can hardly sleep; and some had their breasts removed to save their lives.
Even the more fortunate ones are not quite so because remnants of the liquid will stay in other parts of the body throughout their lives.
The State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA), which approved the production of the liquid in 2000, reversed its decision,, saying: "It continuously caused negative effects and consumer complaints."
, and the administration’s monitoring centre believes its safety cannot be guaranteed."
Before the ban, Ao Mei Ding had been a very popular breast-enlarging injection used in many small and medium-sized hospitals and beauty salons in the country.
According to the Chinese-language Beijing Times, Ao Mei Ding received approval for trial use before it was tested on animals as regulations require.
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The liquid was made by Fu Hua Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. in China’s Jilin Province.
The company is a subsidiary of Shenzhen-based Fu Hua Group, which also owns three hospitals in Shanghai, Shenzhen of South China’s Guangdong Province, and Changchun, capital of Jilin.
