Dr. Eowyn posted: " What price vanity? A source told the New York Post
that NBC's prime-time Olympics host Bob Costas, who had to take a 6-day
absence after coming down with viral conjunctivitis in both eyes, had
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Bob Costas with "pink eye"
What price vanity?
A source told the *New York Post* that NBC's prime-time Olympics host Bob
Costas, who had to take a 6-day absence after coming down with viral
conjunctivitis in both
eyes<http://nypost.com/2014/02/11/bob-costas-and-his-red-eyes-will-take-night-off-from-olympics/>,
had contracted the infection from a "botched" Botox injection to smooth out
facial wrinkles. More than that, the source said, "This isn't the first
time he's had it."
NBC, of course, denies that Costas -- who arrived to host the games in Sochi
with a forehead smoother than the Olympic luge track -- developed the
infection from a Botox procedure.
Costas actually is very lucky. Instead of "pink eye," he could have gone
blind from the Botox.
Botox is the shortened form of Botulinum toxin, a neurotoxin, which
Wikipedia<http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=98738&action=edit&message=10>calls
"the most acutely toxic substance known" -- the same Botulinum toxin
that causes the deadly disease of botulism.
Bahar Gholipour reports for Live
Science<http://www.livescience.com/43925-in-rare-cases-people-may-lose-eyesight-due-to-facial-enhancement.html>
that
according to a new report published on March 6, 2014 in the journal *JAMA
Ophthalmology*, injecting cosmetic fillers into the forehead to remove
wrinkles can cause permanent blindness.
Injecting fat, collagen or special cosmetic products like Botox under the
skin for facial rejuvenation is an extremely common procedure and is fairly
safe, with side effects usually limited to bruises or swelling of the skin.
However,* the Food and Drug Administration approves the fillers only for
the middle parts of the face, for example around the mouth, but not for use
around the eye area.* Despite the lack of FDA approval, the fillers are
commonly used as "off-label" by doctors for wrinkles around the eye and on
the forehead.
The report's author Dr. Michelle Carle, an ophthalmologist at Retina
Vitreous Associates Medical Group in Los Angeles, explains that *when
injected in the area around the eye, the fillers may accidentally get into
small blood vessels on the face, and find their way into the eye's artery
and block its blood supply.*
Because of the intricate web of arteries and vessels around the eye, any
injection done in that area poses a risk of material entering the eye
artery. The visual effects of a blockage in the arteries are devastating
and irreversible in otherwise healthy patients.
Carle said doctors should discuss with their patients that there's a small
risk of damage to the eye with such procedures: "While this complication is
very rare, it is very significant. A bruise will go away, but vision loss
is permanent."
Carle and her colleagues treated three patients who permanently lost their
vision in one or both eyes after having a cosmetic facial enhancement:
- A woman in her mid-40s who had received an injection of bovine
collagen and a dermal filler product called Artefill to remove her forehead
creases. After the injection was complete, she opened her eyes and could
not see with her right eye, according to the report p
- A man in his 30s who lost part of his vision in his left eye,
following an injection of a gel called hyaluronic acid, which blocked the
blood supply to his retina.
- A healthy woman in her 60s who experienced severe loss of vision after
receiving fat injections around her hairline.
While complications from these increasingly common cosmetic
procedures<http://www.livescience.com/6456-drive-cosmetic-surgery-procedures-soar.html>
are
rare, *cases of blindness, stroke and even death have been reported.*
*~Eowyn*
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