Two state regulators have issued warnings about unregulated botox injections following the hospitalisation of three women including one in ICU with suspected iatrogenic botulism. The…
Patients are at risk of HIV and hepatitis B due to poor hygiene practices at a cosmetic clinic where unregistered staff allegedly performed cosmetic surgeries,…
A banned doctor has been accused of infecting a patient with hepatitis B after continuing to work at a Sydney cosmetic clinic under a different…
A botched breast augmentation by a fake doctor that caused the death of a woman in a Sydney clinic was a “mistake” and not due…
A ban on advertising “dermal fillers” or “anti-wrinkle injections” has angered cosmetic doctors, who say the TGA did not provide any warning or guidance ahead…
Doctors have shined a spotlight on the potential dangers of laser hair removal after the procedure left a young woman with second-degree burns and scarring…
The global cosmetic surgery market has witnessed remarkable growth in recent years. In 2021, it was valued at US$67 billion ($105 billion), and projections suggest…
Medical Board of Australia chair Dr Anne Tonkin has thanked the doctors who have come forward with information on shonky cosmetic surgery operators, saying they’ve…
Cosmetic ‘surgeons’ who are not registered as surgeons, ophthalmologists or obstetricians will face potential prison terms of up to three years, and fines of up…
The plan to restrict use of the title ‘surgeon’ to just three medical specialties should extend to a crackdown on podiatric surgeons, the AMA says. Late last year, state…
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