Hong Kong police seize cadaver-based anti-aging injections, arrest woman over illegal organ product

Hong Kong authorities arrested a 38-year-old woman after a raid on a Mong Kok premises yielded 20 vials of the South Korean anti-aging injectable Elravie Re2O, which the seller claims contains purified human skin from deceased donors. The Department of Health, represented by Dr Fung Ying, said the product has no clinical safety data and is regulated under the Human Organ Transplant Ordinance as well as classified as a pharmaceutical under the Pharmacy and Poisons Ordinance.

No exemption or registration for the product has been granted. The operation formed part of a wider crackdown that hit four beauty-treatment centres across Mong Kok, Tsim Sha Tsui, Tsuen Wan and Yuen Long, seizing more than 170 vials of suspected Part 1 poisons or unregistered drugs. Other cases involving illegal sales of regulated products have been referred to police for further action. Officials reminded the public that injection procedures are medical treatments and should only be performed by registered doctors or dentists, highlighting the health risks of unapproved cosmetic injections.