Taiwanese health officials scrambled after widely shared online footage appeared to link a private cosmetic clinic in central Taipei to a wave of severe reactions that left 31 people under medical care, two in intensive care. The footage, posted on social platforms on Monday night, shows an actress receiving an injection; within days several recipients of the same treatment sought emergency treatment with high fevers and intense local inflammation.
- 31 patients treated across three hospitals.
- Clinic 'Auris Aesthetics' sealed on 22 September.
- 56 vials seized; preliminary tests show unapproved peptide traces.
- Footage of the injection posted 21 September, widely circulated 22 September.
