As a beauty editor who is more than familiar with the world of injectables, even I was a little shocked when I read headlines this week showing two-thirds of cosmetic injectors aren't doctors. I read the headline the day before visiting my go-to injector, Dr Ahmed El-Muntasar, for a Botox top-up.
I asked him if he had seen the stories. He hadn't. But our conversation around the topic was weighty. "You don't need to be a doctor to be a cosmetic injector," he said. "For Botox, you have to be a prescriber—so, for example, a prescribing nurse or a dentist can administer Botox, providing they've had the training. The rules around filler aren't so strict."
