About this episode
In What's Trending in Aesthetics? we discuss the topics doing the rounds on social media, in injector forums and in the news: the controversies, big stories and themes getting our industry talking.
In September 2024, 33-year-old Alice Webb tragically died after a non-surgical liquid BBL procedure in the UK, performed by an injector with no medical qualifications. In Chapter 7, Newcastle cosmetic physician Dr Steven Land joins us to discuss the circumstances of the case and its wider implications.
We cover the risks of unregulated practice, non-medical injectors and legal loopholes, the scale of the problem and why the UK is different, regulation and enforcement, comparisons with other medical procedures, training and certification, advice for patients seeking treatment, and the future of UK aesthetic medicine regulation.
What you'll learn
- What is known about the liquid BBL case
- The risks of unregulated, non-medical practice
- Why UK aesthetics has unique legal loopholes
- Training and certification problems
- What patients should check before treatment
- Where UK regulation may be heading
Topics
- What's trending
- Regulation
- Patient safety
- Liquid BBL
- Non-medical injectors
- UK
Full transcript
The full transcript for this episode is coming soon.