AESTHETIC ENHANCEMENT Materials
About 48 % of the listings that were removed were cosmetic enhancement products.
A total of 1, 611 like goods were taken down, including do-it-yourself beauty intravenous products, dermal filler, Botulinum chemical, bandages, and uterus injectables. They also included body products marketed for physical lifting, body cleaning, and treating problems like acne and dermatitis.
The remaining advertisements included contraception, medications, antimicrobial or antiviral drugs, contact lenses, sexual development and adult strength products, hair loss products and painkillers.
Prescription-only and pharmacy-only drugs formed about 40 per share of the entire ads that were removed.
Consumers are informed that HSA has no evaluated these online products for security, quality, and effectiveness, according to the authority.
Do-it-yourself cosmetic beauty injectable sets made up of dermal fillers or botulinum toxin shots are health products that need HSA’s approval before being distributed and should be administered by qualified health professionals in particular.
Prescription-only and pharmacy-only treatments should also be obtained from doctors or professionals with a doctor’s prescription.
Just registered opticians or call glass practitioners can prescribe and use contact lenses.
According to HSA, customers who purchase these items from online retailers are at risk of serious negative effects.
FINES
In September, a 32-year-old man was fined S$ 266, 500 ( US$ 198, 000 ) after being convicted of possessing and supplying 126 types of cosmetic products that were found to be counterfeit.
He had created numerous Lazada accounts to promote these false plastic goods.
This was the largest great given for , selling counterfeit decorative items.
A 48-year-old girl was jailed for two weeks in August and fined S$ 19, 000 for promoting her services on social media and providing unregulated health goods during her home-based cosmetic companies.
Dermal fillers and drug phosphate injection vials were among the 51 different types of health products the woman had seized from her house.
A 30-year-old girl was fined S$ 18, 000 in February for selling an unlicensed body lotion, called Star Cream, on some e-commerce programs.
A four-year-old baby was diagnosed with Cushing’s illness after the product was used to treat his baby allergy. The product was purchased online by his mom.
HSA tested the product and found it to contain , clobetasol propionate, a dangerous steroid, and ketoconazole, a medication for bacterial infections.
” It is illegal to sell unregistered cosmetic improvement materials and dermal filler, prescription-only medicines, medical devices and tainted health products on nearby e-commerce and social media platforms”, said the expert.
” HSA takes serious action against those who are engaged in the illegal sale and supply of these products” ( p. 11 ).
People convicted of supplying such items may be jailed for up to three years, fined up to S$ 100, 000, or both.