Placenta Of Attraction
Placenta Of Attraction
In the 2004 movie, Three Extremes, Chinese actress Bai Ling raised eyebrows playing an unlicensed midwife who makes dumplings out of aborted foetus and placentas. She sold them to rich women who believed that consuming them would reverse the signs of aging.Although Bai herself claims to be disgusted by the idea of eating placentas, there are rumours aplenty of other celebrities who do it in the hope of improving their health by regaining a youthful complexion.
Singaporean actor Andew Seow,36, for one, has been waiting for years to get his hands in a placenta. He said “I have seen people who have taken it, and I believe it works.” He says he has heard stories that youthful looking Taiwanese actress Lin Ching-hsia, 53, was taught by her mother to “slice it and eat it with porridge”. Then there is another un-named actress, who, after giving birth, had “super skin, a super chest and a super butt” because she is known to have eaten the organ which is “full of amino acids and proteins”, he says.Despite being vegetarian, Seow does not baulk at the thought of consuming something which, when raw, resembles a slimy, bloody liver. “A placenta”, he says, “naturally comes out with the baby, if it is not used, it is just wasted.”Origins of SpeciesA placenta is an organ rich in blood vessels that develops in female mammals during pregnancy. It lines the uterine wall and partially envelopes the foetus, to which it is attached by the umbilical cord. At full term, it is about 18 cm long and 5 cm thick. It is expelled during child birth, forming part of the after birth. Its function is to transfer oxygen and nutrients from mother to the foetus. It also releases carbon dioxide and waste from the foetus through the umbilical cord to be disposed by of the mother.Dr Peter Chew, a consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist, says that though people have been talking about “frying, drying and eating placentas” for years, his patients rarely ask to keep theirs. He says: “Placenta are full of hormones, so theoretically, they should improve the complexion, even though theres no medical evidence to support this.”As for the possibility of dangerous side effect from consuming it, he says “theres no harm, seeing its your own bodys organ.” But to be on the safe side, he recommends cooking the placenta before consumption.Dr Douglas Ong, an obstetrician-gynaecologist, says KK Womens and Childrens Hospital (KKH) “used to have a placenta fridge whose contents were sold to cosmetic companies”. KKH is unable to verify his claims but a spokesman says that if it existed, it would probably have been “a long, long time ago”. Dr Ong claims the practice stopped after HIV and other viruses came on the scene”.He is uneasy about mothers consuming their placenta, terming it “borderline cannibalism”. He says: “Women will go to great lengths for beauty but there are other ways to achieve good skin.”Life ForceTraditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) experts claim the human placenta has been eaten by the Chinese for 2500 years.Dr Low Chai Ling, a medical director at an established medical institution, says “the Chinese believe it contains “qi” (Chinese for life force) and use it as a remedy for a whole range of problems such as lethargy, rejuvenating ageing skin and promoting breast milk production”.In Singapore, human placenta from China is readily available in a dried form from Chinese medical halls.Professor Xu Yi Jun, a physician from a renowned TCM Center, prescribes consuming 2g to 3g of powdered placenta daily to increase fertility and blood circulation and to make the body more resistant to disease.You can also find it commonly used in beauty salons in various forms. In a certain beauty salon in Mandarin Hotel Shopping Arcade, it offers a health tonic, facial essence and hair tonic said to contain human placenta. Another major spa chain touts its placenta facial that uses sheep placenta as “an alternative to Botox”.According to a spokesperson for the Health Sciences Authority (HSA), “placenta from both human and animal origin is currently allowed in cosmetic products”. However, “dealers of eye and dental products are required to provide supporting evidence of safety”. But as facial creams and face masks are considered “low risk” products, they are not subject to HSA approval.The Food Drug Administration (FDA) in the United States classifies animal extract from organs such as placenta as potentially dangerous. Out of 12 doct…
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