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

Counterfeit cosmetic procedures from rogue operator left one woman with issues that could last a lifetime

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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.