Thread embedding for weight loss is popular, and Western medicine is also included in the Department of Health's proposed management

Many girls like to go to traditional Chinese medicine clinics for thread embedding to lose weight. The business is so booming that even Western medicine has joined the fray. Medical disputes involving inflammation and suppuration have begun to occur frequently, and the Department of Health is planning to intervene and strengthen regulation.

Improper thread embedment for weight loss may be harmful to your health, so you must be careful. (Photography by Luo Huiwen)

The Director of the Medical Affairs Department of the Department of Health, Hsu Ming-neng, explained on the 18th that there are currently more and more Chinese and Western medicine beauty clinics on the market that are combining acupuncture and thread embedding with diet and exercise for weight loss treatments. Therefore, the Chinese medicine community will be consulted to develop the qualifications for thread embedding to avoid excessive abuse that would damage medical quality and patient safety.

The Consumers' Education Foundation said that improper thread embedding is harmful to health! There was a case of a woman in Taichung who had about 1,500 thread implants in one year, which caused more than 10 wounds on her body to fester and even worsen into cellulitis. She almost died.

Currently, not only Chinese medicine practitioners can perform thread embedding for weight loss, but Western medicine practitioners and dentists can also be eligible for thread embedding if they go to the Extension Education Center of China Medical University or Taipei Veterans General Hospital to complete acupuncture credits and internship totaling 192 hours.

Sun Maofeng, chairman of the Federation of Chinese Physicians Associations of the Republic of China, said that thread embedding for weight loss uses special needles to embed catgut into acupuncture points in order to achieve the same effect as acupuncture, but the stimulation lasts longer. The thread ends of thread embedding will remain on the body surface for 1 week, which has longer effects and risks than acupuncture. Western doctors or dentists, etc., definitely use acupuncture thread embedding needles less frequently than Chinese medicine practitioners. Therefore, we are very happy that the Department of Health is proposing a plan to strengthen personnel training. We also suggest that the Department of Health can entrust the acupuncture-related medical associations of Chinese and Western medicine to add 15 to 20 hours of advanced thread embedding courses to the current training.

Huang Linhuang, chairman of the Department of Health's Traditional Chinese Medicine Committee, said that acupuncture and thread embedding was quite expensive in the beginning, but since it has been introduced for more than ten years, it has gradually been price-cut to compete. Now, more than ten needles can be embedded for only 300 yuan, and hospitals have also begun to offer classes, resulting in an increasing number of thread embedding clinics in the market, leading people to mistakenly believe that the effects of acupuncture and thread embedding are quite amazing.

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