Beauty products from the skin of executed Chinese prisoners

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A Chinese cosmetics company is using skin harvested from the corpses of executed convicts to develop beauty products for sale in Europe, an investigation by the Guardian has discovered.

Agents for the firm have told would-be customers it is developing collagen for lip and wrinkle treatments from skin taken from prisoners after they have been shot. The agents say some of the company’s products have been exported to the UK, and that the use of skin from condemned convicts is “traditional” and nothing to “make such a big fuss about”.

It is unclear whether any of the “aesthetic fillers” such as collagen available in the UK or on the internet are supplied by the company, which cannot be identified for legal reasons. It is also unclear whether collagen made from prisoners’ skin is in the research stage or is in production. However, the Guardian has learned that the company has exported collagen products to the UK in the past. An agent told customers it had also exported to the US and European countries, and that it was trying to develop fillers using tissue from aborted foetuses.

When formally approached by the Guardian, the agent denied the company was using skin harvested from executed prisoners. However, he had already admitted it was doing precisely this during a number of conversations with a researcher posing as a Hong Kong businessman. The Press Complaints Commission’s code of practice permits subterfuge if there is no other means of investigating a matter of public interest.



guardian.co.uk/china/story/0,7369,1568622,00…

Totally sick!
 
Wary consumers should just avoid expensive skin creams and purchase cheaper products which are probably just as good. The hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars saved could be better spent elsewhere. Even if the manufacturers weren’t using skin cells derived from illicit sources it may be morally questionable to spend so much on ones vanity while so many do without the basic necessities of life. After all, the many blessings we have are gifts from God and Christians truly living the gospel message should be spending their money responsibly.

In God’s eyes, every wrinkle on Mother Teresa’s weathered face was very beautiful because she spent herself in sacrificial love.
 
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