19/11/2025
Not all Aesthetic Services are equal ❎
There has been a massive media push this year in raising awareness of rogue aesthetic practitioners and the need to be vigilant- but what do you need to look out for?
🚩 Low pricing for high-cost treatments
Medical grade products from reputable suppliers are expensive. That old phrase “If it seems too good to be true, it probably is” springs to mind.
🚩 Products in unlicensed packaging
Counterfeit products have been a real concern that has come to light.
This is when products used are not from a registered pharmacy, or even worse, not from a pharmacy at all.
If products used have been bought online, there’s no telling of their legitimacy or ingredients.
Patients can always ask me to see proof that my products are legitimate.
🚩 Administering treatments in a non-clinical environment.
If they are coming to administer injectables in your living room or dining room and not a designated area this heightens the risks of infection, too.
You should always be treated in a fit-for-purpose clinical environment.
🚩 No training or medical qualifications.
It seems unbelievable but there are people out there who have either had no training, or very little. Beware of people who don’t have an in-depth knowledge of the treatments, the anatomy and any possible contraindications.
Patients are always very welcome to see proof of my qualifications and training certificates.
🚩 Not being a part of any registered body.
I am a registered Nurse practitioner and I am registered with BAMAN.
We are held to a very high standard of practice and professionalism.
🚩 Not offering a face to face consultation.
All Aesthetic practitioners should be offering a face-to-face consultation prior to any treatments. This is a legal requirement prior to some Prescription only medication. With others, it is not a legal requirement but it is necessary to ensure ethical and moral agreement of treatments.
No one should be agreeing to treatments such as filler without first assessing you and managing your expectations.
🚩 Never saying no.
Following on from above, there may be times when I say “No, sorry I don’t believe that this treatment is in your best interests”.
I will always explain a reason for this- perhaps I don’t feel the treatment will achieve your desired result, perhaps you have had treatments prior and I feel that from a medical point of view, more product would be detrimental.
A good practitioner will sometimes say no.
