Advertising and marketing breaches by non-surgical aesthetic trainers

The practice of non-surgical aesthetics is a booming industry, and discussion is being had about how this area of practice requires regulation in order to protect patients from undue harm. Whilst GMC guidance is available and often adhered to by clinicians advertising clinical services, there is guidance available from the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) regarding medical services provision and the methods used to promote such practice. Having reviewed these ASA guidelines, we wanted to establish how many providers were in fact in breach of the ASA and GMC guidance.

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