Congrats and good luck to @AnnaCollinson ! Anna has been a driving force for highlighting the lack of regulation & dangers that exist in the non-surgical aesthetics industry & instrumental in educating women on how to stay safe when having Botox and fillers. We salute you Anna.
Two years ago today was the beginning of the biggest role of my life - being a health correspondent during the covid pandemic.
But in April, I will start an exciting new role as a reporter for @BBCNewsnight, where I will continue my health specialism alongside other issues.
'The JCCP...has campaigned relentlessly over the past four years for the implementation of a nationally approved system of licensing for the aesthetic sector underpinned by mandated standards for education and training for all practitioners’.
#CosmeticProcedures#Aesthetics
We’re just getting flashy now! Soon Glowday clinics will get a snazzy payment terminal that also generates a patient review request, which is then populated to a practitioner’s profile on https://t.co/tZKIaYMW22 & indexed by Google. Sexy stuff! #aestheticsclinics#smallbiz#SaaS
‘Clinic in a box’ just got a bit closer as our chip and pin terminals from Stripe come on stream. Now every payment a medic processes generators a verified patient review. #verticalsaas#marketplace#fintech
@sueTimlin2@hannahmcrussell Thanks Susan. We’re not suggesting non medics are less able to perform aesthetics per se - however by virtue of the fact they aren’t medically trained, they are less experienced in complications, emergency care, patient management and mental health assessments than a medic.
This week we've been focusing on Profhilo, but for those of you who are still unaware of what this miraculous treatment has to offer, we've got a great article over on our website from @toesinappropes who shows us her before and after photos and tells us why she believes Profhilo
Botox and micro-needling are being taught on the internet and during unsafe one-day courses, this undercover filming exposes ⬇️
https://t.co/EU1LzPSfRw
Courses that teach non-surgical procedures like botox and thread lifts are almost entirely unregulated. A @bbcthree doc has gone undercover on a course which lasted less than two days and what they saw has been called "barbaric". It's a must watch.
https://t.co/X9AS7euJ2Z
Where we stand in the issue of regulation - and the lack of it - for non-surgical aesthetics. The Government is capitalizing on vulnerable women .
https://t.co/5fGdiK3SRY