health feature 22 April 2022 www.bahrainthismonth.com EVERY WOMAN’S NIGHTMARE “I trusted them and they disfigured my face.” – These are the words of a woman who was disfigured at a cosmetology clinic in Bahrain. Bill Grieve narrates her story, advises you on how to prevent the same from happening to you, and empowers you with the tools and information to seek justice should you have the misfortune of being a victim. Around the world, but more so in the Middle East, a woman’s face is her personal treasure - admired daily, displayed, shown off, treated, handled with care, and looked after with tenderness and caution. Women look at their faces every day and know every spot, dot, and line, and at times might consider a minor correction or enhancement to further enhance their beauty. Most women use the services of reputable skin treatment centers who have experienced and skilled specialists who have studied, trained, and understand what they are doing and use internationallyproven equipment to enhance facial features, correct blemishes and scarring and effectively meet patient’s expectations. These are the true skin specialists who have the skill, intelligence, and training to meet their client’s needs and fulfill their undertakings. But woe betide those many women who turn unsuspectingly to the rogue and maverick charlatans of the trade only to bear the brunt of broken promises, poor treatment due to inexperience, lack of training, arrogance or sheer ignorance and suffer clinical disfigurement, scarring, pain, and humiliation as a result. The great pity is that everybody seems to know somebody who has endured this unnecessary clinical disfigurement pain and suffering at the hands of a medical ‘specialist’ who thinks they know what they are doing when the results speak for themselves and show otherwise”. “ Elliana is one such unfortunate patient who, working directly with the public and reliant on her presentation and grooming which is also an employment requirement, chose a skin treatment “specialist” to rectify minor childhood acne scarring only to find herself in the worst predicament possible - a badly disfigured face from a poorly effected treatment involving micro needling using a derma tool. Elliana had saved up for the treatment and asked a physician at the clinic she attended for general hair removal laser treatment for advice on the minor acne scarring she wanted to fix. After a paid assessment appointment, the doctor convinced her that using an FDA approved micro needling ‘derma pen’ treatment would produce optimum results. Elliana attended her appointment in good faith anticipating a good outcome, however this anticipation was short lived. On the day of the scheduled treatment Elliana began to feel that she was not being appropriately handled, the doctor was “late”, numbing cream was applied and left on far
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