Unregulated botox becoming ‘health crisis’, MP warns as petition launched
Unregulated botox becoming ‘health crisis’, MP warns as petition launched
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Unregulated botox on the high street is “an emergent healthcare crisis”, a Conservative MP has warned days after a doctor launched fresh calls to tackle an aesthetics “wild west”. Bradley Thomas told the Commons that demand for non-surgical and aesthetic treatments is “partially fuelled by social media and societal pressures on young people”.
He asked Commons Leader Lucy Powell when the Government planned to introduce new legislation for a “mandatory licensing regime”. Dr Rosh, whose full name is Dr Roshan Ravindran, launched a petition on the UK Parliament website last week which warned that unregulated botox, fillers, fat-dissolving and liquid Brazilian butt lift (BBL) treatments can lead to “severe complications and unnatural results”.
Mr Thomas, the MP for Bromsgrove, said: “We face an emergent healthcare crisis in towns and communities across the country as demand for non-surgical and aesthetic treatments including botox and dermal fillers rise. “It is particularly fuelled by social media and societal pressures on young people. This often takes place in unregulated high-street environments and places pressure on the NHS.
“When will the Government bring forward legislation to introduce a mandatory licensing regime and will the Government allow for a debate in Government time on the floor of this House?”. Ms Powell replied: “He raises a very important topic which I know affects many of our constituents.
