After the cosmetic procedure, American women have grown bones in the eyelids
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70-year-old resident of California, USA, decided to rejuvenate and for this she turned to a very expensive, fashionable and modern procedure - facial rejuvenation with the help of stem cell injections. Being at a respectable age, the lady was impressed by the effect of the newfangled procedure, but soon she was expected by a more unexpected and not so pleasant surprise.
Stem cells are used for a variety of purposes - they help treat cancer and use in the field of cosmetology.
Researches of scientists speak about possible danger of application of stem cells. Experts warn that consequences of their introduction can be deplorable. The fact is that stem cells have the ability to transform into differentiated cells of various organs and tissues - the liver, bone marrow or skin.
Scientists did not have to confirm their fears experimentally, because for them it was the 70-year-old American who decided to please herself with the procedure of rejuvenation with the help of injections of stem cells.
The woman went to the clinic where she was told about the miracle effect of injecting stem cells, which are injected under the skin to smooth out wrinkles. The elderly lady was very interested in the procedure and did not regret even 20,000 dollars, just to be young and beautiful again.
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After the stem cells were introduced, the woman could not get enough of the result and was very pleased. However, the euphoria from the second youth did not last long - only three months. And then the worst began. At first the woman began to notice that she could hardly open her right eye, but soon every morning and awakening from a dream became a real nightmare and torture - her eyes opened and closed with difficulty, and the blinking was accompanied by painful sensations, but the most surprising - the movements of the eyelids were made by clicking sounds.
With this problem, the concerned lady turned to the doctors. After hearing the story of a woman, doctors at first did not believe, and already decided that the seventy-year-old grandmother had fantasized that something had happened. And during the story of clicking eyelids, "similar to the sound of small castanets," doctors began to think about possible problems with the psyche.
But how they were amazed and stunned after they removed from the tissue of the grandmother's age the tiny fragments of bones. The operation lasted more than seven hours and all the remains of the bones were extracted, but no one can guarantee that the bones will not start growing again.
As it turned out later, the calcium hypochlorite, the mineral, was used as a filler, which influenced the fact that later the stem cells turned into not in the young skin, but in the bone.
Such procedures are in demand and are being held in the United States increasingly. Such procedures are carried out without the approval of the Food and Drug Administration, and are therefore not pre-tested.
Despite the great potential of the procedures, where stem cells are used, their effects are not fully understood, and this story is the brightest example.
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