The cosmetic doctor who turns grade-school science into a magic trick with premium pricing
A shady 30-something cosmetic surgeon. Shows how "dark sludgy blood turns bright red when mixed with ozone!"—which is just basic physiology of venous blood binding with oxygen. Charges premium prices for this grade-school science trick. Has zero medical evidence and was bashed by the medical community for infection risks.
Temporarily boomed when celebrities promoted it on social media. Criticized heavily by the medical community for lack of evidence and infection risks.
When venous blood (dark red from oxygen consumption) is extracted and mixed with oxygen or ozone, it naturally turns bright red—this is basic physiology (hemoglobin color change from oxygen binding), taught in grade school. Extracting and returning blood carries infection risks, and there is zero evidence for "anti-aging" effects.
"Visual change" and "health benefit" are different things. Color change doesn't mean "rejuvenation." Scientific literacy to not blindly trust celebrity endorsements is essential.
Catchphrase“Isn't your blood all sludgy? Let's clean it up!”
Oxygen (O) binds hemoglobin to make blood red. This happens with every breath. Oxygen is furious: "Don't turn my job into a magic trick."
Iron (Fe) is the core of hemoglobin. Turning red when binding oxygen is iron's basic chemistry. Iron is furious: "Don't rip people off with basic chemistry!"
“ほら見てください！この暗い血が…オゾンを混ぜると…キレイな赤に！若返りの証拠です！”
“1回5万円？ あなたの血液が生まれ変わるんですよ？ 安いものでしょう”
“…え？静脈血に酸素混ぜたら赤くなるのは当たり前？ そ、それとこれは違います！”
“有名人もやってます！ SNSで話題です！ …それがエビデンスです！（ドヤ顔）”
“感染症のリスク？ 当院は清潔ですので…（目が泳ぐ）”
(Appearing from a luxurious clinic in a white coat) Everyone, how about resetting your body with blood cleansing? Youth for just 50,000 yen!
(Showing dark blood) See? Your blood is this sludgy! ...But when we add ozone... (Ta-da!) This beautiful!
Ozonika: "Oxygen! Thanks to you, blood cleansing is a huge success! Let's do business together!"
Oxygen: "...My binding with venous blood to change its color happens in the lungs every second."
Ozonika: "B-but doing it outside the body has special effects..."
Oxygen: "It doesn't. When I bind to the iron atoms in hemoglobin, it turns red. That's it. Didn't you learn this in grade school?"
Ozonika: "But... patients say they 'feel refreshed'..."
Oxygen: "That's just blood pressure dropping from blood draw. Have you considered the infection risk of extracting and reinjecting blood?"
What I was doing was a "magic trick." The secret is written in middle school science textbooks. But in a white coat at a luxury clinic, it looks like a 50,000-yen "medical procedure."
"Looks different" does not equal "effective." The human tendency to believe "color change = rejuvenation" was my business model.