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A TV cosmetic expert has shared unthinkable before-and-after pictures showing really injections of salmon sperm rejuvenated her face.
Channel 4's Embarrassing Bodies presenter Dr Jane Leonard underwent nan bizarre beauty curen to combat dry tegument and eczema astir her eyes.
The 40-year-old, who runs a cosmetic session connected London's prestigious Harley Street, told MailOnline she was 'delighted' pinch nan results from conscionable 1 treatment.
Dr Leonard said nan swelling went down aft 24 hours.
Sharing her ain results, she said: 'I'm 40 and I activity successful this industry.
'I've had Botox done, I've had a spot of filler successful my cheeks and lips, but I don't really person that overmuch done.
'That said I want to support myself looking arsenic good arsenic I can, without looking different.'
Dr Leonard pictured (left) earlier polynucleotide treatment. The 40-year-old says she sewage nan curen amended nan quality of eczema and barren tegument astir her eyes. Pictured (right) 1 period aft getting polynucleotides injected nether present eyes. Her tegument appears to person little wrinkles
Dr Leonard, who besides useful arsenic an NHS GP, added: 'I person rather barren tegument astir my eyes and I suffer pinch eczema rather badly.
'So utilizing this successful a delicate area of nan eye, wherever Botox isn't appropriate, it's nan cleanable point to thief amended nan value of my tegument successful a classically difficult to dainty area.'
Fish sperm injections is simply a bizarre caller beauty trend, which tin costs much than £400 a pop.
Advocates opportunity it offers a 'natural' replacement to different accepted 'tweakments' specified as Botox and filler. Some doctors declare it is safer than different cosmetic injectables, which person been linked to a catalogue of complications including blocked humor vessels, lumpy tegument and infections.
It uses purified and sterilised DNA molecules extracted from salmon aliases trout sperm, known as polynucleotides.
Dr Jane Leonard, a GP and cosmetic expert based successful Marylebone, London , is nary alien to nan wacky curen which originated from South Korea and says it's safer than getting Botox and filler
The celebrated fishy injectable has been a staple skincare curen successful South Korea for much than a decade and now celebrities including Jennifer Aniston (pictured) are reaping its tegument rejuvenating qualities
South Korea's aesthetics assemblage has been utilizing nan curen for complete a decade but its now gaining fame among Western celebrities, including Jennifer Aniston, who told The Wall Street Journal she is reaping its tegument rejuvenating qualities.
When polynucleotides, DNA molecules extracted from food sperm, are injected into human skin, fibroblasts are activated.
Fibroblasts are stretchy molecules recovered successful tegument that thief to support nan structural model of nan tissue. As we property these fibroblasts decrease.
So, erstwhile the polynucleotides are injected nether nan eyes, successful nan cheekbones aliases successful nan neck, it theoretically 'rejuvenates' nan skin.
Dr Leonard admits she doesn't cognize really scientists discovered specified an different ingredient, but says it shows conscionable really 'amazing' nan cosmetic manufacture is that 'they really find this worldly out'.
'Now it's truthful communal group seldom moreover inquire nan mobility astir what it is and really it works,' said Dr Leonard.
The beauty treatment uses purified and sterilised DNA molecules extracted from salmon aliases trout (pictured) sperm, known arsenic polynucleotides, and immoderate doctors declare it is safer than different cosmetic injectables
When polynucleotides, which are fundamentally purified food sperm, are injected into quality tegument nan segments of DNA, activate fibroblasts
She moreover claims nan injectable tin 'do nary harm', because they do not person nan aforesaid broadside effects arsenic Botox and filler.
'They stimulate nan tegument to do earthy rejuvenation processes,' she said.
'There is thing being added to nan skin, for illustration fillers, it's conscionable a trigger to commencement nan rejuvenating pathway by activated fibroblasts. It useful successful different ways.'
Dr Leonard, who besides offers nan curen astatine her Marylebone clinic, said nan symptom feels 'similar to getting anti wrinkle injections'.
Although you tin get numbing pick for nan 10-minute procedure, Dr Leonard said she 'coped easy without'.
Depending connected genetics, whether you fume aliases person had a batch of sun exposure, you whitethorn request much treatments, but for Dr Leonard she says for her nan rejuvenating effect of nan curen lasts astir six months.
