Laws and Regulation
Save Face Investigate Rogue Aesthetic Practitioners with ITV The Kyle Files
Save Face teams up with the Kyle Files to investigate rogue practitioners and we share our expertise on the challenges the public face when seeking to find a safe practitioner.
The Times: Instagram pushed nose jobs and lip fillers to 13-year-old
Instagram is promoting cosmetic surgery to children as young as 13. Lip filler deals pop up within minutes of anyone following reality stars The Times created an account on the social networking se...
Save Face Successfully Renew PSA Accreditation With Commendations on our Public Engagement Activity
In 2016, Save Face became the first voluntary register of non-surgical cosmetic practitioners to become accredited by the Professional Standards Authority. In doing so, Save Face became the first body...
MARCELLE KING WHO FELL VICTIM TO BOGUS DOCTOR OZAN MELIN JOINS SAVE FACE AS PATIENT AMBASSADOR
Save Face are Delighted to Announce the Appointment of Patient Safety trailblazer Marcelle King as Patient Ambassador 5 years ago Marcelle King attended an appointment to undergo a Botox treatment wit...
Save Face Work With BBC Three to Expose Rogue Beauticians Providing Illegal Botox Treatments by Flouting Prescribing Rules
Non-surgical cosmetic treatments such as Botox and dermal fillers generate over £2.75 billion in the UK and account for over 75% of all cosmetic enhancements carried out each year. However, unlike it...
Sunday Mirror: Girls as young as 17 offered lip fillers as clinics flout ban on teens without ID checks
Fillers can cause extreme swelling, blood clots and even blindness - and experts fear for youngsters' safety as social media pressures drive them to cheap deals. Lulu, 17, goes to clinics in Mancheste...
ITV Tonight: Inside the world of cowboy beauty practitioners
Under the law, anyone can administer these treatments, leading some to describe this part of the industry as the “wild west”. These days who hasn’t heard of Botox or fillers? So-called ‘tweakm...
The Times: Complaints About Non-Surgical Cosmetic Treatments Continue to Rise
Campaigners received a record number of complaints about non-surgical cosmetic procedures last year, raising fears over how the public will be protected during the period before a new licensing regime...