{"id":23889,"date":"2025-03-13T10:32:15","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T11:32:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=23889"},"modified":"2025-03-13T13:23:36","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T13:23:36","slug":"warning-over-the-dangers-of-botox-parties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=23889","title":{"rendered":"Warning over the dangers of Botox parties"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-component=\"byline-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ\">\n<div data-testid=\"byline-new\" class=\"sc-b42e7a8f-0 haItSe\">\n<div class=\"sc-b42e7a8f-1 cjDa-dM\">2 hours ago<\/p>\n<p><!--$!--><button disabled type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Share\" class=\"sc-48d6da7e-2 sc-48d6da7e-5 sc-48d6da7e-6 oYtVL dRvUPz dXDmtS\"><span data-testid=\"button-icon-wrapper\" class=\"sc-48d6da7e-0 dMpdqo\"><\/span><span data-testid=\"button-text\" aria-hidden=\"false\" class=\"sc-48d6da7e-1 eihkAj\">Share<\/span><\/button><button disabled type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Save\" 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data-component=\"image-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 ejjhCR\">\n<div data-testid=\"hero-image\" class=\"sc-a34861b-1 jxzoZC\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/927eae50-fff9-11ef-bf5e-e7d005fd4b0b.jpg.webp\" loading=\"eager\" alt=\"Getty Images Close-up of a woman&#039;s face as she is getting Botox injected into her cheeks.\" class=\"sc-a34861b-0 efFcac\" \/><span class=\"sc-a34861b-2 hesJxn\">Getty Images<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fezwLZ\">Scotland&#8217;s regulator of private health clinics has issued a warning about the dangers of so-called Botox parties.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fezwLZ\">Healthcare Improvement Scotland (HIS) is concerned about treatment at parties organised with unregulated providers, such as beauticians, where alcohol is being consumed.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fezwLZ\">The regulator says cosmetic treatments such as Botox, dermal fillers and slimming jabs should only be administered by recognised healthcare professionals.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fezwLZ\">All private clinics, hospitals and hospices where services are provided by healthcare professionals are legally required to be registered with HIS.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fezwLZ\">Eddie Docherty, director of quality assurance and regulation at HIS, said: &#8220;Having a cosmetic treatment is a serious undertaking that should only be entered into with due consideration of the very real risks to an individual&#8217;s health and safety.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fezwLZ\">&#8220;Bringing together the injecting of Botox, alcohol and a party atmosphere reduces people&#8217;s judgement, and their ability to properly provide consent and consider the real risks.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fezwLZ\">&#8220;No clinic regulated by us, and run by a healthcare professional, would be permitted to run Botox parties as an appropriate environment to provide such a treatment.&#8221;<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fezwLZ\">Mr Docherty said only trained and experienced healthcare professionals should administer Botox, acquired through a registered pharmacist.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fezwLZ\">He added: &#8220;People should always check that a clinic is registered with HIS before undertaking treatments.&#8221;<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fezwLZ\">Jackie Partridge, clinical director of the Dermal Clinic in Edinburgh, told BBC Radio&#8217;s <!-- --><a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sounds\/play\/m0028t01\" class=\"sc-c9299ecf-0 beIoQm\">Good Morning Scotland<!-- --><\/a> programme that such parties were &#8220;really, really dangerous&#8221;<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fezwLZ\">She said dermal fillers were more dangerous than Botox as they can block the blood supply to the skin and cause &#8220;skin death&#8221;.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fezwLZ\">She said: &#8220;If that were to happen in a medical clinic, there&#8217;s another prescription medication that can be used to dissolve the dermal filler to get out of that dangerous scenario,&#8221; she said.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fezwLZ\">&#8220;That will not be at the hands of someone who is not medically qualified.&#8221;<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"sc-518485e5-0 DkKTF\">Remote prescribing <!-- --><\/h2>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fezwLZ\">She said the General Medical Council (GMC) had banned remote prescribing &#8211; where  a doctor prescribes to a non medic &#8211; to be administered to someone else and it was hoped the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) would follow suit.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fezwLZ\">She said: &#8220;It is very frustrating when there is a double standard out there between somebody like ourselves and others who are registered with HIS versus someone who has done a few hours-long course and might have been a taxi driver, plumber or beautician<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fezwLZ\">&#8220;They then start stabbing the public with something which is a very powerful, prescription-only medication.&#8221;<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fezwLZ\">Ms Partridge added that those in the industry were &#8220;desperately seeking tighter regulation&#8221;.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fezwLZ\">She added: &#8220;If you are going to a home environment, the standards of cleanliness are not going to be there, there are going to be infection control risks, there&#8217;s going to be very limited patient safety.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fezwLZ\">&#8220;It&#8217;s so important that people do their research before undertaking a procedure.&#8221;<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fezwLZ\">A Scottish government <!-- --><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/consult.gov.scot\/healthcare-quality-and-improvement\/regulation-of-non-surgical-cosmetic-procedures\/\" class=\"sc-c9299ecf-0 beIoQm\">consultation on tighter regulation<!-- --><\/a> closed on 14 February with the results expected by the end of June.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2 hours 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