PSA: HSA Warns Public Against ‘Health Tonic’ & Anita iBrow Product After Consumers Suffered Health Problems

In this day and age, miracle beauty “treatments” are aplenty and getting your hands on it has never been easier.

Thanks to HSA recent news release—they have shed light on two health products that caused two consumers adverse side effects.

Before we go into details, let’s take a look at the health products in question.

URE Tonic Herbal Traditional

Sold by a traditional practitioner in Malaysia, the HSA found out that it contained dexamethasone which is a potent steroid.

Dexamethasone is typically prescribed for inflammatory conditions and should only be administered under medical supervision.

If it is used over a long period of time, the oral steroids can cause Cushing’s syndrome (where you will develop a round face and upper body obesity with thin arms and legs), diabetes, muscle weakness, bone disorders and other ailments.

So when a woman in her 50s used the said tonic for more than a year, daily, she developed Cushing’s syndrome.

She took it to “strengthen” her body but instead, she sustained complications which led to pneumonia and sepsis.

She was admitted to the ICU for treatment and is going through outpatient care as of writing time.

RDL Hydroquinone Tretinoin Babyface Solution 3

Sold at “Anita iBrow” in unlabelled brown bottles, they contain prohibited western medicinal ingredients, hydroquinone and tretinoin.

Both ingredients are used for the treatment of skin conditions and should only be prescribed by a doctor.

With the lack of medical supervision, hydroquinone can change your skin colour and tretinoin will cause skin redness and peeling of the skin.

A customer in her 20’s who visited “Anita iBrow” beauty parlour bought the said brown bottles—sold to the consumers as “magic water” to brighten up the skin, the customer experienced superficial chemical burns and skin peeling after two to three days of using it.

She is now seeking treatment from a skin specialist as her skin darkened and turned red and itchy.

Apparently, the beautician bought these “magic water” from an online platform and she is now assisting in the investigation.

Do not buy dubious products

It goes without saying, but if you have been using the aforementioned products, please go and see a doctor.

And in the future, do not buy into the gimmicky and tacky ads which promise you to relieve you from your medical/beauty woes.

They might just end up making it worse.

Those who supply illegal health products can be jailed for up to 3 years and/or fined up to $100,000.

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