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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Tobi Thomas Health and inequalities correspondent

‘The pain was unbearable’: the agonising cost of England’s ‘cowboy’ cosmetic clinics

A woman has something injected into her forehead via a hypodermic needle
Invasive cosmetic procedures from people with no medical training have left people ‘maimed’. Photograph: imageBroker/Alamy

Plans to cut down on “cowboy” cosmetic procedures have been introduced by the government, meaning that only qualified healthcare professionals will be able to perform high-risk treatments.

Clinics administering fillers and Botox will need to meet strict standards to obtain a licence as part of the Department of Health and Social Care proposals to protect people from “rogue operators” with no medical training who often provide “invasive” procedures in homes, hotels and pop-up clinics.

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