This week has seen the gauntlet well and truly laid down between the aesthetic (beauty) therapists and the medical fraternity (doctors, dentists and nurses) when it comes to who should and shouldn’t be allowed to inject the general public with cosmetic injectable products including dermal fillers and botulinum toxins.
The debate has now been thrown wide open.
The Cosmetic Treatments and Injectables Association (CTIA), formed this month by its Chairman Molly Hanson-Steel, has openly set out to challenge the Independent Healthcare Advisory Services (IHAS) and its Treatments You Can Trust Register which excludes practitioners who aren’t doctors, dentists or registered nurses from its government-backed quality assurance accreditation scheme for cosmetic injectable providers.
Author: Ron Myers
Ron helps aesthetic clinics and suppliers to maximise their profits. With a proven business background in identifying and capitalising on trends and a love of the natural world, Ron is also keen to champion and incorporate sustainability issues in the Aesthetic arena.
Ron was involved in the launch of Botox into the UK marketplace in 1994, and in 2002 he set up a specialist consultancy service with business partner Martyn Roe, working on a variety of high-profile business and marketing projects in the aesthetic industry.
This included the development of Wigmore Medical’s concept as a specialist aesthetic distributor and the launch and development of the FACE Conference.
They also launched the UK's first consumer information website, The Consulting Room, in 2002 and introduced HydraFacial into the UK market as an aesthetic distributor.
In addition, they co-owned MediZen, a leading Midlands-based cosmetic clinic for 15 years with their partner, Dr David Eccleston.
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