A highly profitable medical industry is undergoing a rebranding in the aftermath of the new laws banning doctors without the necessary training from describing themselves as ‘cosmetic surgeons’.

This ban applies to all doctors who are not recognised in the specialties of surgery, O&G or ophthalmology or who have not completed cosmetic surgery training formally endorsed by the Australian Medical Council.

Given that the Australian Medical Council has yet to formally endorse any cosmetic surgery training program, you suspect the ‘cosmetic surgeons’ title will be in limited circulation.

But this is the move by AHPRA to clean up the industry in the wake of allegations of bad practice and patient harm against high-profile cosmetic doctors, including Dr Daniel Lanzer, the dermatologist who ran a chain of clinics across Australia which are likely to result in a class action.