Laws and Regulation
MARCELLE KING WHO FELL VICTIM TO BOGUS DOCTOR OZAN MELIN JOINS SAVE FACE AS PATIENT AMBASSADOR
Save Face are Delighted to Announce the Appointment of Patient Safety trailblazer Marcelle King as Patient Ambassador 5 years ago Marcelle King attended an appointment to undergo a Botox treatment wit...
Save Face Work With BBC Three to Expose Rogue Beauticians Providing Illegal Botox Treatments by Flouting Prescribing Rules
Non-surgical cosmetic treatments such as Botox and dermal fillers generate over £2.75 billion in the UK and account for over 75% of all cosmetic enhancements carried out each year. However, unlike it...
Sunday Mirror: Girls as young as 17 offered lip fillers as clinics flout ban on teens without ID checks
Fillers can cause extreme swelling, blood clots and even blindness - and experts fear for youngsters' safety as social media pressures drive them to cheap deals. Lulu, 17, goes to clinics in Mancheste...
ITV Tonight: Inside the world of cowboy beauty practitioners
Under the law, anyone can administer these treatments, leading some to describe this part of the industry as the “wild west”. These days who hasn’t heard of Botox or fillers? So-called ‘tweakm...
The Times: Complaints About Non-Surgical Cosmetic Treatments Continue to Rise
Campaigners received a record number of complaints about non-surgical cosmetic procedures last year, raising fears over how the public will be protected during the period before a new licensing regime...
BBC - Botox and fillers: Are these 'tweakments' all they're cracked up to be?
Have you ever considered an anti-ageing ‘tweakment’? Botox? Fillers? Maybe you’re already a fan of the wrinkle-reducing injections? Well, with more images of perfect faces on TV, film and social...
Cosmetic nurse who featured on Geordie Shore ‘exposed’ in BBC investigation after causing several patient complications
Save Face contributed to an explosive investigation with BBC 1’s Inside Out which exposed a Nurse whose bad practice and poor ethics caused an unprecedented amount of patient complications. Registe...
Regulation - Enough Already?
Emma Davies, clinical director of Save Face, reviews the background to the current regulatory framework in the aesthetics industry, exploring its weaknesses and makes a case for voluntary self regulat...