NOTE: This article was originally published on The Australian Lawyers Alliance.
Lawyers welcome Ahpra’s move, announced today, to increase regulation of the non-surgical cosmetic procedures industry, and introduce new guidelines for health practitioners advertising and providing fillers, Botox injections and other aesthetic treatments.
“We have been very concerned for some time now about the increasing number of people who suffer serious complications and ongoing injury as a result of elective cosmetic procedures, and these incidents unfortunately do occur after non-surgical procedures as well as more complex surgery,” said Mr Shaun Marcus, National President, Australian Lawyers Alliance (ALA).
