Yesterday, the Ministry of Health renewed its warnings of the dangers of preparations and creams used to enlarge or reduce breasts and buttocks, or tighten the abdomen and remove flabs, as it is promoted through local newspapers and special bulletins. The Ministry of Health affirmed that the goal of promoting these products is material gain only, as they are sold at expensive prices without regard to their effectiveness or the health of those who use them. There are no studies that prove its safety and effectiveness, and we all hope that those in the local newspapers will not allow such advertisements except after obtaining the approval of the competent authority at the Ministry of Health.
He added: “I advise all citizens not to be drawn into these ads and to be deceived by them because they are free of health and ineffective. Dr. Al-Wahhab indicated that there are valid health scientific methods for those who wish to perform cosmetic operations such as liposuction and injections that work under the most honorable medical and according to the need of each case. Regarding the Saudi society’s drift towards these misleading advertisements in cosmetic and other matters between Dr. Al-Abdulwahab that there is a race towards them to obtain quick results, but they are fictitious results that are not based on knowledge or evidence, while requests for liposuction, injection and other medical surgical procedures in hospitals Governmental or private
