The girl’s skin got burnt due to laser treatment by an inept doctor. – Symbolic picture.
Highlights
Consulting quacks and other doctors for skin and hair problems is proving to be costly. A large number of patients are reaching skin specialists in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh every day. Health problems are arising due to giving excess amounts of steroids and antibiotics.
Naiduniya representative, Jabalpur. In the desire of fair and smooth skin, the face is getting spoiled by getting treatment from quacks. The use of arbitrary creams to remove blemishes from the skin in beauty parlors is causing serious infections. Every day people suffering from skin and hair problems are reaching the clinics of dermatologists in the city when the condition worsens.
Went to a quack doctor or beauty parlor
Most of these patients are those who went to quack doctors or beauty parlors to enhance their beauty. Where, patients are being given other types of medicines and treatment methods. Patients are facing health problems due to excessive amounts of steroids and antibiotics. They are at risk of getting serious infections ranging from skin, lungs to blood.
Some recent cases….
A 40-year-old woman had pyogenic granuloma on her eye lids. A quack gave her a wart-killing lotion. A milkman tied a hair under the wart. It became a serious wound in a few days. It was later removed by radiofrequency ablation. A 26-year-old woman had a dark complexion. Before marriage, she approached a skin clinic for fair skin. There, the laser treatment of an inept doctor burnt the skin of the woman. The skin that got damaged three days before the marriage will now take three years to heal. A 58-year-old woman was using a cream from a beauty parlor to enhance the complexion of her face. The cream she was using for about 15 years contained steroids. The skin has become thin due to its continuous application. Now she is facing the problem of infection.
patients coming in continuously
Patients are constantly coming with skin problems. Many patients are coming whose case has worsened due to wrong treatment. These people had gone to those clinics and doctors for treatment, who belong to another discipline. The health department has been informed to take action against quack doctors and illegal clinics. – Dr. Amarendra Pandey, former president, IMA
Big concern…immunity is decreasing
Dermatologists said that quacks and unskilled doctors are using steroids and antibiotics indiscriminately to treat skin and hair problems. When the infection becomes serious and the patient goes to a specialist doctor for treatment, he has to give expensive antibiotic injections. This reduces the patient’s immunity. They are getting fever and other infections. It is difficult for a poor patient to bear the cost of these expensive injections.
Complaints have been received about illegal clinics
There have been complaints regarding illegal operation of clinics. Recently, the registration of a clinic has been cancelled. Medicines of other systems were being supplied from this clinic. Wherever complaints are received, investigations are being conducted. Action will be taken against those who violate the rules. – Dr. Sanjay Mishra, Chief Medical and Health Officer
The problem here is…
Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) is being done in illegal clinics to enhance beauty. There is a risk of blood-related infection if careless. Unskilled people are doing laser treatment. They are burning the skin in the attempt to remove blemishes. Some clinics falsely advertise themselves as skin specialists. Such small clinics are opening in lanes and neighborhoods, where there is no direct eye. In the treatment, inferior equipment is being used for gel and therapy. In some centers with chains of skin treatment clinics, homeopathy doctors are being appointed and allopathy and laser work is being done by them. Arbitrary lotions and creams are being sold from beauty, hair parlors and quack doctors. Action is stopped as illegal clinics and quack doctors get protection from influential people. Wrong treatment is not being curbed.