Argyll Aesthetics Oban

31/12/2025

Wishing everyone a very happy & healthy 2026 ..💛

09/10/2025

‼️ 2 YEARS IN PRISON ‼️ ARE YOU SELLING OR SUPPLYING UNLICENSED BOTULINUM TOXIN?

MHRA and Environmental Health Criminal Enforcement UNIT are active across SCOTLAND will be ramping up activity to catch individuals supplying and selling unregulated botulinum toxin.

**Why Has the Law Changed Around the Sale and Supply of Anti-Wrinkle Treatments in Scotland?**

It is illegal for any prescribing healthcare professional to work outside of a Healthcare Improvement Scotland (HIS)-registered clinic when providing aesthetic treatments in Scotland. If you are not attending an HIS-registered aesthetics clinic and are being supplied or sold anti-wrinkle treatments or products, the individual selling you these products is breaking the law. They could face up to 2 years in prison under the Human Medicines Regulations 2012.

**Why Was This Not Illegal Before?**

It has always been illegal in the UK to supply and sell unregulated medicines, as per the regulations surrounding the Human Medicines Act. Yet, enforcement of this law has been insufficient, and the activity went unpoliced for years.

Many non-medically qualified injectors in the UK may not fully realise that they are breaching regulations. These individuals facilitate the avoidance of face-to-face consultations with prescribing professionals and often directly supply and sell low-cost, untested, unregulated, and imported products, which is illegal.

**Why Is Enforcement Happening Now?**

Enforcement is being ramped up due to a public health crisis triggered by an exponential rise in non-medical injectors offering unregulated treatments. This surge has been directly linked to a substantial increase in botulism cases being reported in hospitals across the UK.

The UK Government and its agencies are now prioritising enforcement of existing laws to prevent the public health situation from spiraling further out of control. There is a concerted effort to apply maximum legal penalties to those breaking the law in the interest of protecting patient safety.

**Why Are Some Products Banned in the UK?**

❌ Products originating from countries such as South Korea, including well-known brands like Botulax, reNTox, Innotox, and Toxpia, are not authorised for sale in the UK. This is because they:

❌ Lack approval from UK regulatory bodies (e.g., the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency – MHRA).

❌ Are often untested, unregulated, and may pose serious risks to patient health.

By strictly enforcing the Human Medicines Act 2012, the Governments of the UK and Police aim to significantly reduce public exposure to dangerous, imported, unregulated products.

This proactive approach will help prevent injuries and complications caused by the injection of these unauthorised substances.

Enhanced enforcement safeguards public health by ensuring that all aesthetic treatments comply with legal and MHRA standards, thereby reducing the risks posed by untested and unsafe products.

Please read the article below :

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/mhra-crackdown-on-illegal-botox-after-victims-left-seriously-ill #:~:text=Anyone%20caught%20selling%20or%20supplying,the%20Human%20Medicines%20Regulations%202012

09/10/2025

Please read ..🙏

Quietly on an October morning in 2025 ScotGov published a document called 'Non-Surgical Procedures and Functions of Medical Reviewers (Scotland) Bill 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
The Bill makes it an offence to treat patients under the age of 18 years.
The Bill makes it an offence to carry out medical aesthetic procedures which pierce or pe*****te the skin in a setting other than a HIS regulated premises. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
The Bill also restricts the 'type of person' who can perform these procedures. 👩‍🎓
The Scottish Government is clear in its policy to specify that certain non-surgical procedures must be undertaken by a medical or dental practitioner, prescribing nurse or midwife or prescribing pharmacist.
For a comprehensive detailed view of the Bill, please see ScotGov website.
Id like to thank all those hard working individuals who have striven toward a safer medical aesthetics sector in Scotland.
Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 will now be the number one example of how to keep our patients safe from harm in the future 🙏
Scottish Medical Aesthetics Safety Group - SMASG

07/06/2025

Some clarification for those people/premises in Oban providing Botox treatments or dissolving treatment for dermal fillers & not in registered HIS clinics.

28/05/2025

🛑Please note all businesses that offer aesthetic treatments & they are not registered clinics…
We ALL have a DUTY OF CARE to the public to be offering a service that is safe … that includes your business being properly insured ‼️

‼️❌ BREAKING NEWS: please be aware that some Insurance brokers in the UK are refusing to insure non medical injectors.

These insurance agents are also not insuring prescribing medical professionals to prescribe BOTOX and the DERMAL FILLER and SAFETY DISSOLVING SUBSTANCE HYALASE for non-medical injectors.

‼️ WE ADVISE YOU TO CHOOSE A HIS REGISTERED CLINIC IN SCOTLAND FOR YOUR PERSONAL SAFETY, AS A PRESCRIBING MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL IS ON SITE AT ALL TIMES.

Here is a map of SMASG members HIS registered Clinics in Scotland.

https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?hl=en&mid=1SjZIMEptb-OknMq0VoGjjntYa9Lb0L0&ll=56.770372301909845%2C-5.217550963790396&z=7

30/04/2025

30/04/2025

Finally 🙏🙏🙏
So possibly this is confusing for those that attend non-medical persons for Botox & Dermal fillers … Botox & an emergency drug called Hyaluronidase, used for dermal filler complications are PRESCRIPTION ONLY .. so if someone is getting Botox in a beauty salon or hairdressers that is not on the NHS Scotland private clinic register they are likely going to be getting unlicensed drugs injected into their face & if they actually see a medical professional for the “prescription” that medical professional will be breaking the law in Scotland as from the 1st June . There will be more regulations of the Wild West aesthetic industry to follow but this is a significant step forward in keeping the public safe 🙏

20/04/2025

01/09/2024

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01/09/2024

I can't thank Stuart McMillan MSP enough for his continued support with our campaign. Initial announcements to be made next month, and as Jenni Minto stated in 'The Herald' minimum qualifications, medical mal practice indemnity insurance and safe and clean clinic treatment environments will be prioritised.
As a registered independent clinic with Healthcare Improvement Scotland HIS we are expected to achieve a wide range of requirements in order to achieve this status.
I look forward to the legislation.
Jill Best Medical Aesthetics Ltd

29/08/2024

10 years already ..gone in a blink 💗

18/08/2024

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