Self-injecting Restylane Medically Unethical?

It is illegal to self medicate and inject fillers into yourself.  Only a doctor a nurse or a PA I believe in NY state  can inject you with medications or fillers.

Hi Scrippsgirl, No physician in their right mind would inject a product like Restylane when they're not sure from where it came. Restylane is a prescription drug that needs to be administered via a physician's office and injecting something brought in by the patient is unethical, a sure fire way to attract malpractice suits and a reason for disciplinary action from the state medical board. In addition to the issues on the physician side of the equation, importing drugs like Restylane via... more

Any doctor who would encourage or allow this is stupid, and you don't want to go to them. Furthermore, anyone who would purchase something that could potentially harm them for life off the Internet and willingly inject it into their bodies is making a terrible decision. 

This is quite unbelievable. Only a fool would inject a product that they did not purchase legally in the US and have control over it until used. This Restylane must be from another country, because in the US, only licensed physicians can purchase Restylane and Perlane. Any doctorwho would take these kinds of chances, must surely be unqualified or perhaps even unlicensed themselves.

Dear Scrippsgirl Yes this would be unethical and it might be illegal. BT Barnum once said that "no one has ever gone out of business underestimating the intelligence of the American public." I suppose these doctors are encouraging you to obtain filler from the overseas market which might be cheaper. However, there very good counterfeit packages out there that look like legitimate product with holograms that are filled with things like silicone oil. The doctors who are... more

This practice would be putting the patient and their physician at risk. Even if the Rest;ylane came with the same packaging it still could be fraudulant. For a physician to trust that the patient's source of Restylane is the same, but cheaper, than the physician's source  could be a costly mistake.

This just makes no sense to me. There is a certain supply chain which verifies the source of teh restylane. Imagine how complex and how good some of the fake watches and purses (made overseas) approximate the real thing. Now imagine how easy it is to make fake restylane ( a syringe with a label and a box). Be careful. Verify your sources and supply. I would be extremely reluctant to inject restlyane provided to me.