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Written By: Editorial Team | Published : August 19, 2018 10:14 AM IST
In a first, the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) have given approval for conducting clinical trials and drug development for skin, hair and other plastic surgery medications. © Shutterstock
Do you take advice from YouTube for surgeries? If yes, then beware! A new study has found that YouTube is a bad source for advice on plastic surgery because most of these are misleading campaigns. The pieces of advice are given by non-qualified media professionals. According to the NewsHub report, scientists from the Rutgers New Jersey Medical School watched around 240 videos discussing a range of cosmetic surgery procedures including lip augmentations, facial fillers, ear surgery, lip augmentation and nose jobs.
The lead author Boris Paskhover, Assistant Professor at the University reportedly said, "Videos on facial plastic surgery may be mainly marketing campaigns and may not fully be intended as educational."
The researchers also assessed the people who posted the videos, including whether they were health care professionals, patients or third parties.
Most of the videos did not include professionals qualified in the procedures portrayed and out of 240 videos 94 are total with no medical professional at all.
Even Paskhover noted that videos posted by legitimate board-certified surgeons may be marketing tools maThe researchers also assessed the people who posted the videos, including whether they were health care professionals, patients or third parties. de to look like educational videos.
According to the IANS report, Paskhover reportedly said, "Patients and physicians who use YouTube for educational purposes should be aware that these videos can present biased information, be unbalanced when evaluating risks versus benefits and be unclear about the qualifications of the practitioner," he said.
He also stated, "YouTube is for marketing. The majority of the people who post these videos are trying to sell you something."
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