A beautician from West Yorkshire has taken on the might of the media and won a libel case two years after they published a false and damning article about her work. As part of a wider attack on the industry under the headline “Curse of the Cosmetic Cowboys”, the Mail on Sunday used a story…
As you should all be aware all adverts for all anti-wrinkle toxins are now banned in the UK. Many in the aesthetics industry have used phrases like “anti-wrinkle injections” to get around the ban on advertising prescription only medicines – but following the release of an enforcement notice by the Committee of Advertising Practice, the…
The Association of Cosmetic Prescribers (ACPB) has helped with more than 40 written requests for help with patient safety since it was awarded charitable status just a few months ago. In addition, it has assisted with an estimated 100 requests to its telephone helpline. Since May 2019, the charity, which was created to: “Promote the…
The Association of Cosmetic Practitioners Britain (ACPB) is looking for a permanent national prescriber to assist with its ongoing work promoting public safety in the aesthetics industry. The ACPB a charity focused on providing protection to the public within the aesthetic industry by setting industry-leading standards for practitioners. Now the charity is looking for a…
The Scottish Government recently launched a consultation on its plans to regulate non-medics working in the aesthetics industry. And it looks a lot like what Cosmetic Couture CEO Maxine Hopley has been calling for. And could this be what happens across the UK in future? The Scottish Government is proposing to introduce an order that…
Over recent days there has been a surge of questions and potentially misleading information on social media about various beauty and aesthetic insurance providers. Now one insurance provider has responded attempting to set the record straight. Insync Insurance has drawn up a list of common questions and misconceptions and answered them to help aesthetic practitioners…
PRACTITIONERS URGED TO TAKE PART IN GROUND-BREAKING RESEARCH INTO ADVANCED BEAUTY AND AESTHETICS TREATMENTS Statistics for 2019 reported that over the last five years there has been a 74% growth in the number of beauty salons. After barbershops, beauty salons are the most popular start-up business. The range of advanced beauty and non-surgical aesthetic treatments…
All adverts for anti-wrinkle and other toxins are being banned in the UK. Many in the aesthetics industry have used phrases like “anti-wrinkle injections” to get around the ban on advertising prescription only medicines. But following the release of an enforcement notice today by the Committee of Advertising Practice, the body which writes the advertising…
In a dramatic new development, The General Pharmaceutical Council has banned pharmacist prescribers from issuing anti-wrinkle toxins to non-medics. The announcement does not affect nurse prescribers or other prescribers like doctors, but means any pharmacist prescribers are not allowed to issue toxins to non-medical professionals, and from May 2020 the same rules will apply to…
The largest professional association for nurses carrying out cosmetic treatments in the UK has updated its code of conduct saying that regulated healthcare professionals should not train or prescribe for “Beauty Therapists/Lay people” in injectable cosmetic treatment such as dermal fillers and Botulinum Toxins. The British Association of Cosmetic Nurses is a voluntary not-for-profit organisation…