The chief presidential doctor denied Tuesday that President Park Geun-hye received a series of injections noted for their skin care and anti-aging effects for cosmetic purposes.

Lee Sun-woo said that he prescribed the treatments, including placenta injections, based on his "medical judgment" to manage and improve the president's health conditions.

Cheong Wa Dae has been under fire for using taxpayers' money to purchase large amounts of medicine for skin care and nutrition, even though the medical efficacies of some of the them have yet to be proven.

"A doctor has an obligation to choose the best among various treatments for a patient based on his or her specialty and experience," Lee said in a statement. "Based on such a medical judgment, we had used these injections."

Opposition lawmakers accused Lee of making false statements during a parliamentary probe into a corruption scandal involving the president and her longtime friend Choi Soon-sil.

On Monday, Lee stated that the presidential medical staff did not give the president any medicines for skin care or other cosmetic purposes. But he later admitted that the president received placenta injections. (Yonhap)