Regulation
Who may legally administer this treatment in the United Kingdom, what the advertising rules require, and what redress actually exists.
The regulatory position is not what most people assume. This chapter covers who may inject, the licensing power in the Health and Care Act 2022 and its status, prescribing, advertising rules, the law on under eighteens, and redress.
- 5.1Who may legally inject
Most people assume that injecting into a face requires a medical qualification. For this category of product in England, that assumption is wrong, and knowing it is wrong changes what you check.
- 5.2The licensing power, and its status
A great deal is written about the coming regulation of this sector. What actually exists is a power, not a scheme, and the difference matters to anyone booking a treatment now.
- 5.3Prescribing and remote prescribing
This looks at first like a topic that does not apply. It applies at the edges, and the edges are where problems in this sector concentrate.
- 5.4What may lawfully be claimed
Because no regulator approves efficacy claims for these products, the discipline on claims comes from advertising law. Knowing what it requires tells you when a page has crossed a line.
- 5.5Under eighteens and the law
Parliament legislated specifically to keep under eighteens away from cosmetic injectables in England. The scope of that legislation is worth reading carefully rather than summarising loosely.
- 5.6Premises, indemnity and redress
The question people mean when they ask whether a clinic is legitimate is really a question about what happens if it goes wrong. This article answers that one.
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