一生与“美”打交道，最后倒在一针美容针上：美妆高管之死的警示

它关于一个人的去世，

It concerns a man's death,

也关于一个，

and also a

我们很多人，

risk that many of us

都不太了解的，

don't really understand.

风险。

A risk.

这个人，

This man

叫坎德尔·阿舍尔。

was named Kendal Ascher.

今年，五十六岁。

He was fifty-six.

他可不是一个普通人。

He was no ordinary man.

他是全球最大的美妆集团之一，

He was, at one of the world's biggest beauty groups,

雅诗兰黛的，

Estée Lauder,

一位高管。

a senior executive.

他在公司里，

At the company,

负责的，

what he oversaw

都是顶级的大牌，

were top luxury brands,

比如海蓝之谜、

such as La Mer,

汤姆·福特美妆、

Tom Ford Beauty,

祖·玛珑。

and Jo Malone.

这些牌子，

These brands,

随便拿一个出来，

any one of them,

都是很多人，

are what many people

梦寐以求的。

dream of.

他在雅诗兰黛，

At Estée Lauder,

工作了，

he worked for

整整二十五年。

a full twenty-five years.

可以说，

You could say

他的一辈子，

his whole life

都在和"美"，

was spent dealing

打交道。

with 'beauty'.

他的工作，

His job

就是研究，

was to study

怎么让人，

how to make people

变得更美、更年轻。

more beautiful and younger.

然而，

And yet,

就是这样一位，

exactly such a man,

最懂"美"的人，

who understood 'beauty' best,

最后，

in the end,

却倒在了，

fell

追求"美"的，

on the road

路上。

of chasing 'beauty'.

今年早些时候，

Earlier this year,

他突然去世了。

he suddenly died.

一开始，

At first,

没有人知道原因。

no one knew the cause.

直到这个星期，

Not until this week

纽约的官方，

did the New York authorities

才公布了，

make public

他的死因。

his cause of death.

而这个死因，

And this cause

让所有人，

left everyone

都沉默了。

silent.

他是因为，

He died

打了一种美容针，

from a cosmetic injection

而去世的。

he had received.

这种针，

This injection,

你可能也听过，

you may have heard of —

就是我们常说的，

it's what we commonly call

"填充针"，

a 'filler injection',

或者叫"水光针"一类的东西。

or a 'skin-booster' and the like.

医生把它，

A doctor injects it

打进皮肤里，

into the skin,

可以填平皱纹，

to fill in wrinkles,

让脸，

making the face

看起来更饱满、

look fuller

更年轻。

and younger.

那么，

So,

这么小的一针，

how could such a tiny injection

怎么会，

possibly

要了人的命呢？

take a life?

这里，

Here,

我们简单说一下。

let's explain briefly.

正常情况下，

Normally,

这种东西，

this material

应该待在，

should stay in

皮肤的表层。

the surface layer of the skin.

但是，

But

在极少数的情况下，

in very rare cases,

它可能，

it may,

不小心，

by accident,

被打进了，

be injected into

血管里。

a blood vessel.

一旦进了血管，

Once in the blood vessel,

它就会，

it

跟着血液，

follows the blood

到处流动。

and flows everywhere.

最后，

In the end,

这些"异物"，

these 'foreign bodies',

顺着血管，

along the vessels,

跑到了他的肺部，

reached his lungs,

像塞子一样，

and like a plug,

把血管，

blocked

堵死了。

the vessel dead.

医学上，

In medicine,

管这个，

this is

叫"栓塞"。

called an 'embolism'.

就这样，

And so,

他出现了，

he suffered

急性的呼吸衰竭，

acute respiratory failure,

身体，

and his body

一下子就垮了。

collapsed all at once.

据说，

It's said

他离开的时候，

that when he passed,

是在自己爱人的怀里。

he was in his loved one's arms.

他先是感到，

He first felt

一阵头晕，

a wave of dizziness,

然后，

then,

很快，

very soon,

就不行了。

he was gone.

官方说，

Officials said

这是一场意外。

this was an accident.

听到这里，

Hearing this,

你可能会害怕。

you might be afraid.

是不是，

Should you

以后都不敢，

never dare

打美容针了？

get a cosmetic injection again?

先别急。

Not so fast.

我们要看清楚事实。

We need to see the facts clearly.

其实，

In fact,

这种注射，

this kind of injection,

绝大多数，

the vast majority of the time,

都是安全的。

is safe.

有数据说，

Data show

光是在美国，

that in the US alone,

每年就有，

there are, each year,

超过五百五十万次，

over 5.5 million

这样的注射。

such injections.

真正出事的，

Those that truly go wrong

是极少数中的，

are the rarest

极少数。

of the rare.

有医生也说，

A doctor also said

风险虽然小，

that though the risk is small,

但确实存在，

it truly exists,

严重的时候，

and in severe cases

甚至可能，

may even

让人失明。

cause blindness.

所以，

So,

这件事，

what this case

真正想提醒我们的，

really wants to remind us

不是"别变美"，

is not 'don't get beautiful',

而是：

but rather:

任何往身体里，

any act of putting something

打东西的行为，

into the body

都不是，

is never

绝对的零风险。

absolutely zero-risk.

找正规的机构，

Finding a proper clinic,

找专业的医生，

a professional doctor,

比省那一点点钱，

matters far more

重要得多。

than saving a little money.

说到这里，

Speaking of this,

我想和你多聊一句。

I want to say one more thing to you.

我们生活在一个，

We live in an age

越来越看重"颜值"的时代。

that prizes 'good looks' more and more.

想变美，

Wanting to be beautiful

一点也没有错。

is not wrong at all.

但是这件事，

But this case

像是一个，

is like a

冷静的提醒：

sober reminder:

在我们，

while we

拼命往脸上，

frantically add things

做"加法"的时候，

to our faces,

也别忘了，

don't forget

健康和安全，

that health and safety

才是那个，

are the

最重要的"1"。

most important '1'.

最后，

Finally,

我想留给你两个问题。

I want to leave you two questions.

第一，

First,

为了变美，

to become beautiful,

你愿意，

how much risk

承担多大的风险？

are you willing to bear?

你的底线，

Where is

在哪里？

your limit?

第二，

Second,

当"变美"，

when 'getting beautiful'

变成一种，

becomes a

人人都在追的潮流时，

trend everyone chases,

我们，

how do we

要怎么，

keep

保持一份，

a

属于自己的，

clarity

清醒？

of our own?

这两个问题，

These two questions

没有标准答案。

have no standard answer.

但是值得我们，

But they're worth our

慢慢去想。

thinking about slowly.