Beauty delusion in Vienna: life -threatening interventions in the back yard!

Beauty delusion in Vienna: life -threatening interventions in the back yard!

Wien-Landstraße, Österreich - The world of beauty is booming: More and more people are striving for flawless looks and often do not shy away from doing risky interventions. Current reports show dramatic consequences. Doctors raise the alarm: The number of risky “beauty operations” in backyard practices increases rapidly. An estimated 100,000 treatments are carried out in Austria a year. The attraction of using cheaper offers from home and abroad leads to tragic incidents, as the case of a 28-year-old Viennese, who died after an intervention at an "Instagram Kosmetiker", since she did not receive treatment in several Viennese hospitals, such as the The numerous reports of serious complications are particularly alarming. A 58-year-old woman who had entrusted herself to a Georgian “doctor” in Vienna were inflicted life-threatening injuries, which is why she needed an emergency operation. The doctor who had no admission to Austria is now in custody. In another frightening case, that of a nurse, the olfactory organ was practically completely destroyed by a misjudged nose correction. These incidents are particularly piling up in the east of the country, where the investigation against an insolvent "Beauty-Klinik" has been running for over a year and a half, as Kurier

The price of beauty

The extravagant fashion designer Harald Glööckler is another example of how far people are willing to go to change their body. In recent decades, he has not only invested numerous interventions, including chest operations and eyelid lift, but also about 600,000 euros in his beauty treatments. This transformation began for him in response to his mother's aging process. Glööckler explained that he would have liked to be operated on at the age of six and that his interventions now feel comfortable: "I do that for myself," he said in an interview. Despite the risks and the immense financial costs, his goal remains to counteract the aging process and to preserve a perfect appearance.

The striving for beauty also has its dark sides. Numerous women who are not aware of the risks or rely on unprofessional providers experience terrible disappointments and even life -threatening injuries. The industry is under observation and the clarification of safe treatments is urgently necessary to prevent future tragedies.