A growing interest among Hong Kong women in an anti-ageing injection containing human tissue has prompted a recent crackdown by health authorities, as the product, widely known in Chinese as the “cadaver skin jab”, has not been registered for use in the city.
The South China Morning Post examines why the injection has become a new beauty trend, what it claims to do and the risks involved.
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